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Is this the end of HEA?
geoffkait,You are partially right. By far, the largest number of people who listen to music are doing it on low-mass systems, namely cell phones. They are connected to some kind of ear/headphones or, at home, to Bluetooth speakers or similar quali... 
Is this the end of HEA?
Reading OP, I got the impression it is about High Cost Audio, not High End Audio, whatever the definition of High End Audio would be."Watching the pendulum swing from expensive, high mass and complicated back to simplicity, low mass and thoughtful... 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
bigkidz,"...if you can use a soldering device, most of the time you wouldn’t look for a cable or cord first to tune in your system."It may not be directly related to why people sometimes obsess with cables but many are not that good with actual ma... 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
"But I left you with a tribe of headhunters in Borneo...….How did you ever end up back in the USA? (and not just as a tiny shrunken head?)"Audiogon is a source of information about everything. Debates about cables and fuses may not be that useful,... 
Talk but not walk?
You can make all the adjustments you want and reach perfection. Then you are proud and call a few of your friends to hear it. Once they enter the room, your previous adjustments become, for lack of a better word, incorrect. Now, someone could star... 
New $24,000 inter-connect
"...when you visionaries decide that people who overspend on such items do so out of some weakness or deficiency."Why is it overspending? It is simply spending a relatively unusual amount. It is hard to imagine it being done out of weakness. Maybe... 
New $24,000 inter-connect
"Cable threads provide more entertainment than any others in the forum. "Fuses come close. 
Technics vs. Focal
contuzzi,You almost got it right. You should have ended with...I laughed out loud, noisy, and astonished. 
New $24,000 inter-connect
"...people that comment on things with which they have no experience are called fools."In fact, many people who comment without experience are called "visionaries". Some of them make progress possible by thinking in advance and not wasting time an... 
New $24,000 inter-connect
"Here’s why the Koenigsegg Agera RS1 is worth $10 million."It appears that the number assigned to a semantic trick "worth" is presenter’s opinion and not actual price of the car ("It cost the owner $4 000 000", or something like that). In that sam... 
New $24,000 inter-connect
n80,"The Swedish Super Car Keonnegsig is worth 10 million bucks."You did not miss anything. That is with about $5 000 000 of optional equipment. Depending on the model, maybe a few million more. $10 000 000 might have been, I am afraid, yet anothe... 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
"Can somebody just please mail the non believers a spare power cord they have lying around ."Could you include "undecided due to no experience"? 
The awakening...
"This awakening is making me wonder what else I am doing wrong in my life, but I’m still in denial :-)"I would tell you my suspicion but there is one creepy member who would then start insulting me. 
The awakening...
"Find places where they don't speak English and the menus aren't translated."That should not be too hard in Italy although they did get better. 
New $24,000 inter-connect
"....the easiest way to appear foolish is to talk about things you know little or nothing about."He was a wise man.