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| BUSTED: UK company is raided for fake vinyl production One wonders how they were able to fake overly aggressive dynamic range compression. 🤔 | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound I actually find the argument that the pet dog perked its ears up and cocked its head a more credible argument than the ones involving the wife hearing the difference from the kitchen or yoga studio. In any case, it’s well known audiophiles can’t h... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Obviously, the simplest solution is to keep power cords away from cables. Problem solved!Of course, the real question is, is shielding on power cords per se bad for the sound, all things being equal? Apparently, shielding can affect the Sound when... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Mr. Smarty Pants, shielding on power cords doesn’t actually do anything when the rf is coming in on the conductor along with the current. Hel-loo!The primary psychological phenomenon appears to be that naysayers have psyched themselves out. | |
| Where is great audio going? - Headphones and Mid-Cost I don’t think downsizing is necessarily a compromise in sound quality. Quite the contrary. There are many obvious and maybe not so obvious advantages going to a small system, especially a small portable battery powered system as I have. Going to a... | |
| Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies? Hey, anyone know why CD copies can sometimes sound better than the original or is that an old wives tale? | |
| A thousand audio uses for memory foam. Or maybe just one . . . Acoustic foams generally are very bad for the sound, the most agregious example perhaps being SONEX, the worst scam ever perpetrated on gullible naive audiophiles. Another prime example is the IKEA Puang foam-filled chair. It looks like such a nic... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound jetter852 posts01-20-2019 1:23pmGeoffkait (resident directionality guru), would you think that a manufacturer supplied power cable where the cable is made with the correct directionality would sound better or worse than a mega priced aftermarket P... | |
| The invention of measurements and perception In space no one can eat ice cream. 🤡 | |
| Is it true that a digital cable has to acclimate to your system? Agree with Steve. Digital cables are like any other cables or cords. | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? Just to mention that the figures touted for CD SNR and Dynamic Range of 90 dB or more are strictly theoretical. In practice the ordinary drawbacks of the playback system and room not to mention the *intentional overly aggressive dynamic range comp... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Calm down, people. Nobody measures anything. At least not power cords. Not much of anything else, either, I dare say. Certainly, not cables, not interconnects, not room treatments, not isolation devices, not sprays, enhancers, or any other tweaks.... | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Bingo! Pop quiz - What are the odds half the fuses are in the wrong direction?Pop quiz, Part 2 - What are the odds all the fuses are in the wrong direction? | |
| Best practices - cleaning contacts! It probably goes without saying all contacts in the house should be cleaned and/or conditionied once in a while, i.e., all wall outlets and plugs for fridge, TVs, computer, lamps, air purifier, what have you. All circuits feed into the audio circuit. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound I’ll take that action. Measure the resistance one direction, then the other. They are different. Scout’s honor. ✌️ |