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We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses
douglas_schroeder We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses 1. Do you think designer fuses are A) a Gift to audiophiles, or B) Snake Oil That’s all we need another disguised "snake oil" thread that was shut down like this one was 5mins ago, just to ge... 
We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses
So the best you can come up with is a blocked video link to a song that’s suppose to mock me. The horrors, the horrors! Try a different fuse, others can see it with $2 Digikey fuses.Cheers George 
We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses
nonoise3,110 posts03-21-2018 8:48amAs I've already said, I've swapped out three different fuses and they all sound better one way than another and when replacing one set of fuses, I put them in the wrong way and it was immediately apparent. Re... 
Best tube amp for Wilson Watt/Puppy
George, you know this is a zombie thread, right? You have the best sayings Ralph, zombie thread, expectation bias ect you should write a book on sayings.At first I thought you meant they were all zombies and can’t read graphs. Now I see that the t... 
Best tube amp for Wilson Watt/Puppy
rcaltd Best tube amp for Wilson Watt/PuppyHow about Cary 805ae and Melody pm845?ThanksFreeman No, these SE's tubes won't drive the 7's impedance in the bass. They may sound ok in the mids and highs. The 7's are the best of all the Watt/pup... 
electrostatic vs dynamic sound
You've already got the same post going here, here was my answer to your problemhttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/sonus-faber-olymipca-3-vs-martin-logan-expression-esl-13a/pos...Cheers George 
Sonus Faber Olymipca 3 vs Martin Logan Expression ESL 13A
 have recently moved my speakers( sonus faber olympica 3) to an open floor living room and they started to sound terrible. i was thinking about to trade my SF for MartinLogan Expression ESL 13A.Is it a good idea ? ML ESL's  love to be away f... 
Moving from 120 VAC to 220 VAC operation on Krell monoblocks
From what I understand make of this what you will. For 220V, a 110v transformer is installed in the power box with 110-0-110 secondary windings - with 0V (centre tap) tied to earth. This gives you 2 phases (0, 180) which = 2x 110V. I don’t know h... 
Dan D'Agostino Helius dual monoblocks, 1500w @ 8ohms
I wonder, if all the tube guys will bite their tongues with a tube amp that cost $350K usd in 2004. SE tube amp that can't drive much at all (see measurements). https://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/704wavac/index.htmlI think I'd rather have t... 
MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote!
As others have said, cannot we just get back to enjoying the music, no matter how we do it? I really do hope so... That’s the best thing you said. Why can’t we have our music as it was played, as close as possible to live, least untouched by all ... 
MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote!
brianlucey"It’s all subjective" is what MQA is selling now, because the idea that it’s equal to the source, lossless, has failed.What is more important is that mastering engineers like myself are playing NO PART in the bulk processing of catalogs... 
Who has has a totaldac DAC?
As you can see the measured noise on the graph in the above link I posted, is incredibly low well below -150db, the only two noise peaks are at 100hz and 200hz which are mains related, and is apparently eliminated with the even better optional up-... 
Who has has a totaldac DAC?
tommylion  Who has has a totaldac DAC? I’ve heard this reviewer’s system (Edgar Kramer), RedBook cd’s being converted by the top TotalDac with separate power supply, into a Lightspeed Attenuator into Gryphon Antillion Evo poweramp driving Wilso... 
Rolling KT150s in Primaluna hp integrated
They used the Wilson Watt/Puppy 8"s for this review.This statement by the reviewer is wishful thinking." Although neither the Wilsons nor the Franco Serblin Accordo’s are particularly power-hungry" Stereophile test on the WP8’s: "However, and als... 
MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote!
Now MQA is trying to suck in the "anti compression" audiophiles like myself, by adding this." If you’re an audiophile who dislikes anything that smells of compression, MQA has added a "deblurring" feature.Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/c...