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Townshend Springs under Speakers
Sound Anchors does apparently make stands for 2Cs as shown in this ad. I have never seen a set on any other speakers than on Vandersteens .Well lets suppose there is a difference.Then it would have to be either cabinet resonance producing the soun... 
Lyngdorf MD-60 vs Audio Control Maestro X9
Is the one you ordered HDM 2.1? Why did you choose Lyngdorf ?ThanksThey emailed me that they may have an upgrade to 2.1.Mostly I got it because:It looks good (WAF stuff… but I did not even consider to ask her if I should)It does room correctionI h... 
Power cord supplied with Luxman L-509X Integrated Amp
What is physically happening in the cable that produces a better sound out of the system?And can it all be measured? 
Porsche
As far as tarting a car up goes: 94 more HP and 91 more foot pounds of torque is in the neighborhood of a 25% increase when combining the two increases into a single statTechnically one cannot combine those two into a single statistic.The power is... 
Townshend Springs under Speakers
That certainty appears to be a contributing factor (Speaker cabinet construction and type of floor/surface they are sitting on). ) Seems what Richard Vandersteen was alluding to given his post testing comments and results in his two seperate rooms... 
Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence
Yeah but is not saying they change at cellular level.He is saying it more like a muscular deal. 
Townshend Springs under Speakers
@mitch2 “They call them Sound Anchor Stands”I suppose that they make them for the 2Cs?It seems like most of the people that like spikes and/or sound anchors seem to have cabinets that are not ringing and resonating?I could easily imagine that peop... 
Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence
@millercarbonWhen we listen for a flute for example, this is more than a conscious decision to focus on the flute. This creates neural impulses that actively tune ear cells to better hear the flute.I find that claim pretty unbelievable.Do you have... 
Porsche
Isseta?I would to see that one. 
If Power Cords Don't Matter...
@pedroeb how is the pressure vs Voltage  not a valid analogy or metaphor? 
Lyngdorf MD-60 vs Audio Control Maestro X9
When mine arrives and I set it up, I’ll let you know. It should be a month+ For it to arrive. A month or two to set it up… (If I get the XLRs connectors and wires ordered soon)… and then a month to understand it.So I might have something to contri... 
Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence
I find the subject to almost be boring or a self aggrandising lording over one superiority…However what I do find somewhat interesting, and possibly worth sharing for consideration, is that there is a lot of work being done on perception and reali... 
Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence
You could supply them a funnel as a passive hearing aid?I am not sure that the wet ware “of the ears” is really the most important.For instance Japanese ears did not work with Navajo. But I thought that that was the wetware between the ears, more ... 
Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence
Yeah I was on vacation 30 years ago and had a worbling sound in my ear.I went to the audiologist in that town/city and they ran some tests.And then asked if I was in the recording industry.I said, “no why?”They said the only documented case were w... 
New TT, Arm and MC Cartridge
Condolences.The eye that requires a SOTA surgery might be a sign to get the SOTA brand turntable?