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| Is it all in my head?? Something good is coming out of this. It looks like we have a new definition of a naysayer. Someone who will argue until the cows come home. š š š Or, someone who will argue until heās blue in the face. š„¶ | |
| Is this the end of HEA? The premier high end store Excalibur in Alexandria closed circa 1986. They even had the monster Infinity Reference System. Itās been downhill in HEA ever since. Meyer-Emco, Audio Associates also long time gone. The Paragon of Sound in MD long gone... | |
| Stein Music H2 Acoustic Harmonizer - Any experience with this?? Some of my favorite things, in no particular order. Mpingo disc, just one in the right place can blow your mind. Silver Rainbow š Foil, you will never be the same. The Red x Pen, another freaky PWB product, astounding! Herbies tube dampers, after ... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed Geez, these demands for cable manufacturers to burn their cables in are a little bit late. Throbbing Gristle TG Audio burned in their speaker cables, interconnects and power cords for 30 days prior to shipping and shipped everything in anti static... | |
| Is this the end of HEA? It has some of the same advantages and drawbacks as an electrostatic driver although the point source operation is interesting. | |
| Is it all in my head?? Some folks like those MBL Speakers. I donāt. I guess tastes vary. In fact I had the misfortune to be in the exhibit at CES right next to the MBL Room. Thump, thump, thump all day long. I did take the opportunity at some point to go next door to se... | |
| Is this the end of HEA? Low mass speaker drivers are a trade off. Standard speaker drivers typically move more air than dipole drivers, thus deliver lower bass frequencies and greater dynamics. How are we defining low mass systems? Taking the transformer out of the chass... | |
| High end in Tokyo? What I like about Tokyo and the determination of Japanese audiophiles is nobody has any space to put up a big audio system so the only recourse is to turn the entire apartment or house into a giant super hi efficiency horn system. | |
| Bright or Dim? š³ | |
| Bright or Dim? Oh, I see. Now Iām the troll.Ā | |
| Bright or Dim? Uh, but micro arcing is the correct answer. Hel-loo! š | |
| Bright or Dim? barnettk OPInteresting comments. I agree that dim lighting when listening to music allows one to focus more on the music. There is a lot going on in the brain while enjoying music. According to several articles I have read suggests that we use mor... | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids teo_audioāSkin effect in audio is generally related to the idea of a wire diameter. This is only a small part of application of what skin effect actually technically and scientifically is. Engineering does not need to look at the science, engineer... | |
| Bright or Dim? barnettk OPGeoffkait "Unplugging the fridge oft results in better sound, too. A much bigger mystery is why taking all cell phones outside improves the sound. "My rack is on a dedicated circuit. However We have 2 refrigerators and a huge Freezer in... | |
| Bright or Dim? Less noise is always a good idea. Thatās why itās a good idea to not only clean all electrical contacts for appliances and lamps, etc. but also to employ contact enhancer on all contacts, you know, to reduceĀ micro arcing. Unplugging the fridge oft... |