hilde45
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| Critical listening and altered states @unreceivedogma Similarly, altered states are good for experiential activity, not for evaluative activity.If you look back at my posts in this thread, you'll see that I'm not proposing altered states as the default for evaluative activity. They're... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? It’s a good question, OP, why some feel a need to create contention and acrimony, especially when the thread is about a fairly innocuous topic. The need to react (as @oldhyvvy pointed out) is now leaps and bounds beyond where it was. Everyone need... | |
| Hans likes Cary 700 @audiotroy I am interested in whether streamers can sound different IF the DAC is bypassed.Otherwise, one is not really comparing streamers, right? | |
| Hans likes Cary 700 IMO all streamers sound alike! Which have you compared? | |
| Hans likes Cary 700 He's a good review. Perhaps a good solution if one wants to commit to and pay for their DAC, too. | |
| Does Expert Music Streamer Outrun CD Player? Another pro/con -- which format does a better job at compensating the artist? Pretty important issue, unless one is happy to eat their seed corn. | |
| Stereophiles 2021 Recommended Components is now on line. @testpilot Insofar as the internet is filled with lists of rankings of products for people buying them, why wouldn't it be? In other words, not sure what you mean by "relevant" because which audience *counts* in your view. | |
| Low-sensitivity speakers — What's special about them? @lonemountain Thank you so much for your informative post. It's been a while since I started this thread, but your answer is probably the best one so far.Especially important is your statement:Low sensitivity is not a by product of reducing cost. ... | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? The opponent of cable differences has to maintain that *all* testimony regarding differences heard can be traced to unconscious or conscious bias. That is hardly proved and may not even be *provable.* But...thank you for setting the bar so high fo... | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? The whole cable argument is snake oil. Right. That’s why so many people hear differences and so many companies are in business selling cables. Clearly, everyone has been fooled simultaneously. Most amazing con ever! If only we could get them to bl... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy I mentioned this in his youtube comments and suggested that his performance (on video) of this contradiction might actually be detrimental to his own success. He pushed back, of course saying he was doing just fine, thank you very much. So, myopia... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @mikelavigne Exactly. We know the scientific structure for salt, but not for salty. As Aristotle pointed out, not everything affords exactitude. | |
| Critical listening and altered states @mastering92 Umm..yes we are humans. We didn’t land here on a UFO space ship.….We can grow organs and clone living things. Think about that for a minute. It seems you are too deep into the ocean of your own ideas to comprehend much else...This is ... | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different @decooney We agree, above all, that we're willing to try things first before ruling them out. It's one thing to be a realist about how much one has to spend and say, "Can't go the cable route because it would compromise other more important thing... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. Love my Quicksilver. It's not as pricy as some of the other very good suggestions here (Sachs, Atmasphere) but this would be a low-cost experiment: https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649756290-quicksilver-remote-linestage-dj8/You could probably o... |