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| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera browndtNo negative reviews, in my view, means no other review can be trusted. I know collusion when I see it and that is exactly what stereo magazines and manufactures have done for years. Any objective scientific review will have negatives. I sho... | |
| Does It have to be loud? Just to mention when the speaker manufacturer states Sensitivity spec the loudness at one meter in dB is for 1 watt of Power. That is not the speaker’s full capability. The spec is provided to indicate the speaker’s relative sensitivity. And there... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... If you think the cost of tubes is high, and I’m talking about really good NOS Bad Boys and Orange Globes and Bugle Boys and so forth, wait’ll ya get a load of the cost of tube dampers, especially when you do what I did and use two dampers per tube... | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera Re Wireless World report:“The listening panel were all well known and experienced listeners.”I’m sure. As I’ve said repeatedly you don’t have to look too far to find a test that’s inconclusive or even negative. I suggest throwing the whole test out. | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera It’s not really an elephant in the room. 🐘 It’s a nothing burger. 🍔 And there’s nothing ordinary at all about most high end cables, from the purity and crystal structure of the metal, to the controlled directionality of the cable or power cord, to... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Only quote facts. If you don’t think R makes a difference, even a very small R, just try reversing the direction of a fuse sometime. Or even better, interconnects, of the unshielded variety. | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera Another reason why reviews are almost always favorable is because the magazine and or reviewer doesn’t really want to kill a small company, especially in view of the fact that sometimes things happen, you know, such as damage during shipment to th... | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera roberjermanThe two "Peters" (Aczel and Moncrieff) made a determined attempt to avoid "favoritism" and "commercialism". Check out The Audio Critic (TAC) and International Audio Review (IAR). Listening combined with measuring for honest and forthrig... | |
| Building Maple stand need inexpensive wood supplier Bluestone is a blue gray paver Stone that comes mostly from Pennsylvania that looks somewhat like granite and has high mass and stiffness, very desirable characteristics for audio. I get my Bluestone at Home Depot, in the garden outdoor section. A... | |
| Does It have to be loud? Exactly! They even tell you on the jacket of Sticky Fingers to Play This Record Loud. Duh! | |
| Building Maple stand need inexpensive wood supplier I’m a big fan of Bluestone pavers. They sound wonderful with cones or springs. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Wagner’s Lohengrin, Kempe and Vienna Philharmonic, from 1964. Super duper. | |
| Does It have to be loud? By inspection open rooms will not support the pressures that a closed room will. For better or worse. 😛 | |
| Does It have to be loud? If you take the SPL meter while music is playing moderately loud, say average 90 to 95 dB, and measure the SPL in room corners you will notice they are much higher than the average SPL. Around 6-9 dB higher! And there are many other locations in t... | |
| What is your listening chair? Hey, if you like the sound and admire it that’s all that counts. 😛 As I listen to headphones these days I use whatever, currently a high back executive chair. In the past I have made my own Shaker chair knock off. You know, one without foam. |