geoffkait
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| I'd like to upgrade my speaker wire It’s still ambiguous. No, I’m not being a smart ass. | |
| How to value a used CD collection? A thousand for all assuming they’re in perfect condition. The most profitable way is to sell them in small lots on eBay. Or in some cases, if very collectible, rare or whatever, one at a time. | |
| The Science of Cables Well, their previous power cords were not controlled for directionality. So, there’s that. Plus they might be not forthcoming regarding proprietary information. So, there’s that, too. | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? The elephant in the room, of course, is even if you eliminate all of the surface noise or can play vinyl that’s noise free, there is still the sticky wicket of the Signal to Noise Ratio for analog systems being much lower than the SRN for digital ... | |
| The Science of Cables Quick interrupt! It shouldn’t be too much of a mystery why Audioquest cables and power cords sound so good. After all, Audioquest is very forthright when describing the physical and electrical characteristics of their cables and cords. You know, c... | |
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers Steve59The Tice clock, The realistic(radio shack) clock radio that when plugged into the same circuit caused an audible change in a reviewers hifi system so Tice runs to ’the shack’ buys up all the units he can then quadrauples (sic) the price and... | |
| The Science of Cables If it’s strength you’re looking for graphene is 100 times stronger than steel. And much more conductive than copper. Get with the program! | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? michaelgreenaudioIf it’s not vibrating you would hear nothing at all. I personally have never seen or heard of an isolated audio system. I’ve only seen HEA marketing using the term isolation as a sales tool.Strawman argument alert! Obviously we’re... | |
| Stereophile Profiles Carpets and Curtains again .... As long as there’s no proliferation of empty beer bottles and wine bottles I’m good. I abhor Helmholtz resonators used indiscriminately. 😬 | |
| Manufacturers pushing their products and agenda in the forums. What oft happens, in fact, is that disagreement is either interpreted as OR incorrectly characterized as abuse. I.e., It’s a tactic. Sometimes referred to as brown-nosing. 🤗Without freedom of speech, there can be no democracy. This country was fou... | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? Ironically perhaps the type of wood is much less important when used as the top plate of an isolation stand due to the fact that the top plate is isolated right along with the component sitting on the top plate. Obviously, you still have to deal w... | |
| How many audiophiles do you need to change a lightbulb? Do black light lightbulbs give off black photons? | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? jburidanIsolating components from vibrations is an audio fetish IMHO that is exploited by charlatans marketing to the worst of the nervosa syndrome.Each object has a resonant frequency, and it’s going to resonate in the presence of that frequency,... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty. Yeah, buddy! | |
| Doing the Power Cord Thing I don’t think there’s anything wrong with DIY. I’ve done my share. But why on Earth do folks do things by halves? If you’re going to make DIY power cords please, gentle readers, the least you can do is cryogenically treat them and try to figure ou... |