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The Science of Cables
"...an eutectic alloy of gallium, indium and tin, which neatly undercuts your claim that the only metal that is liquid at room temperature is mercury."Probably, it meant "the only natural-occurring metal". It may not be fair comparison. I am not s... 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
georgehifi,Are you saying that fuses are not directional?geoffkait,quick, explain to the man.....what you could not to the rest of us. 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
geoffkait,I do not like brownies. Too simple of a taste, I would say.I answered your pop quiz correctly. What is the prize? 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
"...the NDM will eat your CDs, destroy the magnetic clamp and ignite your transport, causing it to explode in a massive radioactive fireball."Do not use it! 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
Color is your perception, not the absolute value. You also forgot that I may have problems with temperature sensitivity.I am still waiting to find out what my prize for answering pop quiz correctly is. 
3 things I learned from using MANY interconnect cables
How many people have 300-mile interconnects? Or 3000, for that matter. 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
"Pop quiz: what color is a Blu Ray laser?"It depends on temperature of the environment and an individual’s perception of colors.What is my prize? 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
Head count complete. Sigh of relief. 
Please help me clean up this stupid speaker cable mistake
"Nope, you made the mistake and should own up to it."He is..."But as you say, it’s my mistake, not their’s. I’ll pay for it..." 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
At least we have an answer to the question about bees and flying. Probably the only thing we have learned so far. 
Dumb lo-fi question.
n80,Now I understand why you are not letting that receiver go. It is a pretty piece.As far as technology goes, others have provided much more explanation than I could, so I would just like to emphasize to pay attention to speaker impedance. Usuall... 
Dumb lo-fi question.
falconquest,Many amplifiers, and I guess receivers, from late 1970s and early 1980s had two sets of speaker outputs. Such machines usually came with many buttons on the front plate, too. As for the reason, it was probably what mental just mentione... 
Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component"
It seems that Naim decided to keep the tradition for the sake of keeping the tradition. Their marketing department may be endorsing it to keep the story going. 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
75 years of scientific advancement does account for something.https://www.livescience.com/33075-how-bees-fly.html 
Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component"
viridian,Thanks, it makes sense now. I completely forgot that it might have been "power amps professional heritage" and not the button-infested faceplate integrateds.