geoffkait
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| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? So, help me understand. You think that anyone who disagrees with you is creating a pissing contest? Is that that the EE part of your brain talking or the pharma part? | |
| Upgraditis? Rule No. 1. Never ever listen to someone’s system that’s better than yours. | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Lots of speakers don’t image well. Everything is relative. It’s not black and white. 🦓 Define image. The imaging is not dependent on speakers anyway, at least not entirely. Not by a long shot. Hel-loo! | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Higher speaker SPLs mean worse room acoustics problems. I.e., comb filter effects (not good for imaging). | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? koan2i see the reason for a car’s brakes - to heat treat the rotors evenly and burnish an set the pads, but I have never seen any explanation for speaker cables.>>>>We see that here a lot. They frequently say proudly, “I have found no ... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? GlupsonOnly quasi-technical babbling seems to be allowed.>>>>That’s where you come in. | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? ganainmThing is Geoff, nobody HAS given you a Nobel prize. The "appeal to authority" is not MY authority but say, about a million lbs of EE and Physics texts back to Maxwell and Faraday and hundreds of universities, thousand of recording studios a... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? glubson to self: gee that guy seems like he knows something. I think I’ll ride in on his coattails and scold geoffkait again and brag about my simple experiment (which by the way is discredited by the thousands of other experiments with the opposi... | |
| Symposium Ulta Shelf under floor standing speakers - Any Thoughts ? Ah, the audiophile’s dilemma - to couple or isolate? What to do, what to do? 🤔 | |
| The current best band in the world? Schubert, it’s pretty clear anyone who disagrees with you must be a troll. Lighten up, enjoy the ride. | |
| “Oppomod” linear power supply I also suggest not (rpt not) tightening the bolt holding down the transformer and wrapping the transformer *twice* with mu metal, maintaining a 1/2 inch separation between layers with cotton or whatever. Off the top of my head one layer is 73% eff... | |
| “Oppomod” linear power supply I had the OPPOMOD linear power supply installed in my already modded Oppo 103 by EVS. EVS also upgraded the many generic caps to Pannies. I think the OPPOMOD LPS should be viewed as a somewhat expensive item that has the unwanted side effect of pr... | |
| Upgraditis? Think if it like heroin addiction. Chasing the dragon. 🦖 | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? ganainmMusician, Physician, EE degree, Ham, Audiophile. No, cables do not have burn in or have directionality. Many things CAN change such as your listening position, air density and your ears and brain. But for those who do believe in wires with ... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? ganainm“If your experience suggest things that violate well established scientific norms I would usually suggest to any student to ponder, hard, alternative explanations, other than "oh all that estblished science is wrong". But IF you really have... |