glupson
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| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days What has this become? A history vs. social science debate?Lots of errors on both sides. Better to keep on audiophile track. | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? "I believe in Burn in..…...Wire or metal is the same."Come to think of it, how many of us have seen a metal burning (in, out, in the middle, wherever)?I think that may point towards the answer.If your cable does burn, you need to switch to some fu... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? n80,"I drive a mostly unmodified Nissan 350z. Roll bar, race seats, harnesses, HANs, all that."Is that really "mostly unmodified"? I know nothing about Nissan. Do they come that way? Maybe not an audio topic, but nor is the title of the thread so ... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? "Some will say it’s the way I phrase things but it’s not. It’s the way THEY read it. There is probably a snooty voice in there heads that reads out loud to them."Oh, my, they tried to give you a way out. You read it against them. It just turned in... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan_Is_RealHighly recommended, together with a story about the duo. Covers do not get any better than this. | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? "The connection with hi-fi becomes tenuous at a certain point..."+1Having a nice car or stereo system is not only for poseurs. | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? "Why ask unimportant questions that have nothing to do with this hobby?"We have been trying to figure that one out over a couple of threads. | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. skyscraper,I would not be capable of selling a sandwich to a starving billionaire. However, when it comes to speaker wire designs, I have extensive experience. Lamp cord got me through my teenage years and a decade more. I enjoyed it anyway. I am ... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. I have nothing against prices of cables being whatever someone wants to pay for them, but selling them does seem like a good business. I wonder how many cables are actually sold yearly. It cannot be too many. To sustain so many manufacturers/selle... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? How many threads on this same topic does it take for all of us to be in awe of that particular system and it’s cost?Many people have decent systems and live happily ever after. Without ever starting a thread about it. Much less multiple threads of... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. "...he's got..."I have nothing against it, but it seems that selling cables is a lucrative job. No wonder there is such a competition. At the same time, no wonder that doubters feel it is a highway robbery. Just looking at the business side of cab... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? I was also wondering should we look for gawdbless who is missing in action. He did it to us. Burned us all. | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need b4icu"But anything above 0.2% is audible. 1.5% is a bad figure for today amps.",As true as it may be, don’t forget that people tend to like some sound so that particular distortion, as presented in numbers, may actually be beneficial and preferred... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? andy2,"I have nothing against lawyers."You fooled us all. | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. skyscraper,As a little entertainment and, I guess, reality reminder, here is the end of your original post..."Thank goodness I don’t have to figure out the cabling nightmare yet. Thanks for any help."It went down quite fast. Now, it is on you to d... |