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| Talk but not walk? Funny story. Once upon a time I went over to this dude’s house to demo a product. He was a musician, first oboe in National Symphony Orchestra, DC. He was also a dealer for Cello high end audio products and his system comprised all Cello, includin... | |
| Power Cables sisyphus51geoffkaitRe. Pop Quiz " How come HDMI cables are directional?"They are not unless they have active circuitry built in to compensate for unusually long runs. ;-)>>>>Quick, you better tell Audioquest! I have their Carbon HDMI C... | |
| Power Cables ron1319Power cords are directional because one end is terminated to plug into the wall or power conditioner and the other end plugs into the audio equipment. I can’t remember ever seeing one that wasn’t.Yuk, yuk. No, I mean really. | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Engineering School. Mechanical Aero Dept. I was in the very first class of Aerospace Engineers following Kennedy’s speech about the brand new Space Program. | |
| Power Cables Hey, how ‘bout an explanation how power cords can be directional? Or an explanation how they can’t would be fun, too. 😀Pop Quiz: How come HDMI cables are directional? | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense I went to elementary school, then high school, then prep school modeled after English boys schools with forms. Then off to the University, but not “college,” Tool school. College was for English majors and history majors. | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense I heard you the first time. We’re stupid, not deaf. | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 2) That’s some primo hog jowl, Jethro. | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Hmmmmm, a mystery. What is CC? OK, let’s break it down, think it through. It’s not street lingo for sissy. It’s not cubic centimeter. It’s not carbon copy. It’s not cuckoo cage. Not crowd control. What could it be? Think, damn it, think! | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Try to keep politics out of the discussion. Why so angry? 😡 | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES Just for the record, not intending to judge too harshly, ceramic wall outlet covers sound much better than brass ones. But not for the reason you think. It’s also partly why ceramic feet/cones sound much better than brass ones. Hint: it’s good old... | |
| Talk but not walk? audiopointMy question for you is; what does hardness have to do with attack, sustain and decay qualities related to sound reproduction equipment or musical instruments?>>>>Let me answer with a question. Why are the very hardest cones h... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Big cheapskate? A 50 grand system hardly qualifies you as a cheapskate. What it does qualify you as is penny wise and pound foolish. The first step is believe in power cords. The next step is believe in directionality of power cords. I know you ca... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Competing devices? What the ding ding?! Am I high? | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Gosh, really? |