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Audiophiles are not alone
Abnerjack, you really need to work on your reading comprehension. The whole point of the discussion is the older instruments are NOT preferred, at least in tests with trained musicians. Hel-loo! Note to self: Why hasn’t anyone mentioned expectatio... 
Best interconnect burn-in method
Karl Popper believed science theories could be falsified, I.e., proven false by careful experiments. As fate would have it that philosophy is plainly false at least in some cases. We see frequently in audio, especially when controlled blind tests ... 
8K for a one-time listen?
If you buy one for $8K do you get a price break on additional purchases? If you purchase two at one time do they combine shipping? 
Best interconnect burn-in method
I fear we're witnessing the revenge of the English majors. 
Best interconnect burn-in method
Shakespeare?! What? Hey! Nothing so high falutin', I'm afraid. That's David. The android from the Sci Fi flic Prometheus. 
Best interconnect burn-in method
But no one here has claimed skin effect applies to audio frequencies. So what you said is, you guessed it, a Strawman Argument. 
Best interconnect burn-in method
Sometimes to create you must first destroy. 
8K for a one-time listen?
They could sell the digital download separately for $1K. Wouldn’t that make sense? 
Audiophiles are not alone
Good to know. Too bad classical music cannot attain high sound pressure levels. 
Audiophiles are not alone
Just curious, wouldn't being subjected to the full power of the orchestra over time be kind of bad for ones hearing? Maybe musicians wear earplugs, who knows. The other possibility is there's something wrong with the test itself. Who knows? 
Best interconnect burn-in method
Sorry to be the one to tell you but you cannot control what goes into the subconscious. Hence the "sub" in subconscious. Especially when what’s in the subconscious was put there hundreds of thousands of years ago and has remained there through the... 
Best interconnect burn-in method
Things are worse than you think. Much worse. You only think science, acoustics, electronics, neuroscience, whatever, can explain it all and that you can actually control it because you’ve lived with your while life. Besides, it’s subconscious. You... 
Best interconnect burn-in method
You’re both waaay off. You need to study mind matter interaction and evolution, especially evolution as it pertains to survival skills and sensory perception. Everything else, all the typical things audiophiles take for granted, are not even close... 
8K for a one-time listen?
Is it better than Redbook CD? 
Cryogenic treatment of tubes? Anyone with experience positive or negative?
tubegrooverI am aware of at least 2 speaker manufacturers in the past and present that cryo(ed) the internal components/wires of their speakers. I can’t imagine it is based on anything other than perceived improvement or possibly for the reason gi...