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What makes tape sound better than vinyl ?
Cost factor and maintainability are not necessarily convincing arguments when dealing with audiophiles. You know..... 
Cassette Tape
Kills them how? On paper? Digital, I’m afraid, doesn’t float my boat. Too thin, shrill, paper mache like. Yes, I know, but, but ...the noise, the wow, the flutter!  
Can't we all just get along?
“Quote only facts.” Priceless! 
Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?
Uh, are you SURE you’re in the right thread?  
Most overrated bands
Anyone who doesn’t like the Beatles either listened to them too much or not enough. 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
I am from the future. So you can trust me, the SQ gets better and better, without end. Amen. There is not enough time left in the world for ANYONE to get to the final destination. Assuming there was one. Which there isn’t. The trick is to stop 🛑 o... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana, you know, the one with Tebaldi and Bjorling.  
Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?
If ya don’t know I ain’t goin’ to tell ya. It’s for me to know and you to find out. 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
sqlsaviorWith respect to FIDELITY, there certainly IS a glass ceiling, and it is the recording. One may be able to improve the sound of a recording, to make it sound better than it really is, but it is logically impossible to be more faithful to a... 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
Pete and Repeat were riding on a horse. Pete fell off. Who was left? 🏇 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
Sorry to be so disagreeable but I found out that all this audio stuff is actually NOT (rpt not) asymptotic. There is no glass ceiling. There is no law of diminishing returns. The reason for my statement is that real sound quality SQ, not what you ... 
Why is it so easy to tell the difference between live and recorded music?
Frank Zappa’s entire catalogue or most of it has one outstanding characteristic. Dynamic range. The Official Dynamic Range Database. Check it out. 
Annoying sounds from cars at stop light
The real answer is both. Sound waves travel through the walls AND make the walls vibrate.  
Whats playing on your system today?
How uh, Christmassy. 
Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?
They are not men? They are Devo?