geoffkait
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| Cable Snake Oil Antidote bdp24One man’s technical jargon is another’s facts about the magnetic behavior of wire, as explained by an electrical engineer. No harm in that knowing the basics, unless one harbors an irrational fear of commonly-agreed-upon facts, or a distrust ... | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax Obviously, car CD players are the exception that proves the rule. Most people would probably not consider car CD players high end. But they do have certain advantages as you intimate. I actually use a car ready Sony Walkman CD player as my primary... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote I wasn’t suggesting Mr. McGowan was pushing Belden Cables. I was suggesting that it was published on PS Audio because it supposedly makes everybody look smart, including Paul McGowan. As I said, anyone could have cut and pasted the articles from W... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable We often see this sort of thing, you know, people who are over educated in certain areas but who can’t see the forest for the trees. Since I actually didn’t read any of Mr. Self’s Cable screed what exactly was his reason for saying cables aren’t d... | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax There are lots of things wrong with Redbook CD including but not limited to scattered background laser light getting into the photodetector, the stubborn vulnerablity of CDs to vibration of all types, especially seismic vibration, CD wobble during... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable @willemj Exactly! That’s why it’s an Appeal to Authority. Anybody can round up some expert somewhere who will support your position, no matter what your position happens to be. See, you guys learn something everyday. Even what’s his name knows wha... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable willemj, why are you arguing against your own star witness? You quoted him as stating cables are directional. Did you misquote him or are you just confused? 😳 | |
| Does anyone have any experience with Bryston amps A touch of bloat? Well, maybe a touch of bloviate. 🤡 | |
| Have you ever hated the sound of your system one day, and loved it the next? The wine you can control. Ideally. 🙄 Wife, probably not. Uncontrolled variable. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I’m always in awe of anyone who knows the limits of my perception. Gosh, does that Mr. Self dude have like, ESP or something? I’m guessing a little but here but Mr. Self isn’t on board the Tweak Train, is he? 🚂 Toot, toot! | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses douglas_schroederMy goal is to curate the thread to prevent as many tangential discussions as possible. I have no problem with such things being discussed, but imo if they are discussed here it becomes a quagmire to the primary objective of seeing... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses I get that a lot. Many folks think I’m a Young Turk. 🤡 | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses That’s OK, douglas_schroeder, I understand. 😬 My only intention is to add content to the thread. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable drjsmdCables do matter but they are also the biggest scam in high end audio. I am supposed to believe that it requires $3000 to produce a 1m interconnect with no moving parts? Maybe there are rare materials that require such a cost but there is sc... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Decades of experience? Well, geez, nobody said Belden don’t work or aren’t very good cables. Not me anyway. Try to keep up with the discussion. I’m simply contending the articles are a marketing ploy, you know, making it appear Belden is super sma... |