ivan_nosnibor
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| Is it all in my head?? @nonoise,Maybe I didn't see that you were addressing the OP and not the thread?? | |
| Is it all in my head?? @nonoise,"Your hearing is completely different from someone else.You’ll have some overlap but your hearing is unique.Your amp won’t have the same output specs as others.Your speaker won’t have the same input specs as others."Not sure I get that pa... | |
| Could I be a Retail Wretch? We all start out in the hobby unsure of ourselves, but maybe folks just want to spend too much on it in spite of the uncertainty factor, in an attempt to avoid the perceived spending mistake of buying something of inferior quality....scared money?... | |
| Could I be a Retail Wretch? "No one can make a decision on their own..."Absolutely! I agree 100%. Although I think that’s true no matter Where they want to buy. | |
| Is it all in my head?? ...not that AQ had any kind of lock on compromised wire designs. | |
| Is it all in my head?? @kumakahn, It seems to me, a few decades back, AudioQuest wrote a "manifesto" about what they considered to be worthwhile goals in wire design. I read it, and for the most part, it is about as good a reference as any manufacturer ever produced in ... | |
| Is it all in my head?? @kumakahn Exactly...unfortunately for us all, there Are no sources of sound, scientific information that relate to sound characteristics like the ones you mention. That sort of thing, AFAIK, is not to be found in science, per se, but only in marke... | |
| Is it all in my head?? Infinitely better than trying to cook them into compliance! That is to say that, IME, most wires that have Very little or no insulation, do not seem to require any break in at all...with the possible exception of silver conductors, which I don't w... | |
| Is it all in my head?? One thing I believe I do know by now, is that the insulation known as PVC is just plain terrible...I mean it’s hot stinking garbage...just no good way to apply it for sound quality’s sake. It’s that smooth, usually black or dark grey, rubbery mate... | |
| Is it all in my head?? I've built speaker cables and IC's, but have never attempted power cords. | |
| Is it all in my head?? An ee told me once (and I’m not nearly an ee) that sound was primarily determined by power-vs-length-vs-geometry. Other things like noise cancellation or group delay caused by insulation thickness and material also enter into it. The actual calcul... | |
| Is it all in my head?? Welcome to audio! Where you generally first have to hear a given difference or effect for yourself...and then struggle to find the evidence or proof of its existence after the fact. That’s because there is actually a lot about this hobby that tech... | |
| Power Uber Alles ? @erik_squires,Interesting thread, judging from responses so far, there doesn't appear to be any evident correlation between power and sound quality, per se. In my own example above, the only different element changed was increased power and all ot... | |
| What do you like most? Jazz or Classic? Hi Adley,I like them both! My first attachments to classical violin were of massed sections...what glorious harbingers of melodic line they are. Nearing twenty, I discovered it was a main-instrument fascination of mine when I was turned on to Jean... | |
| Wet carpet under system Hope you don't have LP's near that area. The longterm problem is going to be mold. Decades ago part of my record collection was on carpeting that was soaked from an air conditioner that leaked while I was on vacation. 90% of the LP's were ruined w... |