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geoffkait,"It’s the same company, glubby."It is not. Katana has been Suzuki for decades.Now, Katana and Hayabusa come from the same company, but thay is not SONY. 
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"Their motorcycles are excellent! 🤗"They are not Yamaha."Then again, the making of a katana involves the lamination of different forms of steel, soft, medium and hard steel."http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles/Products/KATANA/2020/G... 
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badger_erich"No wonder Klipsch stopped using Baltic Birch!"The story of SONY speaker has the second part, too."However, building the entire enclosure from a single type of wood can result in an excessively rigid and hard sound. For this reason, we... 
Why no Virtual System pics??
"911 guys are always under the hood working on their cars."That does not seem like a good advertisement.Having said that, 612 can be a nice daily driver. If for nothing else, then because it plays SACDs and DVD-A. On a Bose system. 
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A little more from Hokkaido..."The ear pieces are made from strikingly beautiful traditional Japanese Echizen lacquer-finshed Hokkaido Asada cherry heartwood."https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headphones/3c552629c6cf881d/index.htmlCheck the video... 
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Forget about the whole speaker paint..."Luxman even hand selects the color paint used on the resistors to identify value and tolerance based on extensive listening tests."https://www.musicdirect.com/integrated-amp/luxman-l-505u-integrated-amp-demo 
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"Piano black speakers sound the best!"White piano sounds the best. 
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Hokkaido wood seems to be valued. It also depends what time of the year it was harvested."The wood for the baffle board comes from Japan’s island of Hokkaido. Winters are extremely cold, a condition reflected in the tight grain, hardness and rigid... 
Youngsters these days.
" maybe I spoke too soon."There is a rumour it is always too soon. 
Youngsters these days.
isochronism,I wish you the same luck as I have had. Do not give up, maybe some day... 
Youngsters these days.
isochronism,"Although your mind went beyond ... 😳"At least I have it. 
In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science
geoffkait,"Glubson, what’s up with all the racism?"I have no idea. Virus was more interesting. 
Lower end Soundsmith cartridges vs others in same price range?
I cannot compare my Othello (old design) with any of the other similar-priced offerings, but I agree with tablejockey's assessment a few posts above. Slightly light on Deep Purple, really good on classical. It may be system dependent. I would buy ... 
Have you ever wondered who sets the trends in the hi-end speaker industry?
Did you notice that kenjit is conspiciously absent from this thread? 
Too good a post to waste
"Who Do you think makes more money, Ford or Ferrari?"Ferrari has much higher profit margin. As of the beginning of this year, Ford was not doing that well financially. Ferrari was fine. It might have changed since then.https://auto.hindustantimes....