jji666

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Crossing Left and Right Speakers
It's hard to believe you get anything other than a mirror image.  However, I do see the point about familiar music and the room not being symmetrical.  I can imagine that your ear is trained for a specific image and it would seem like a different ... 
UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red
That drop is so nothing.  The driver didn't even wind up!   
Pee Wee Herman has passed away
May he rest in the adult theater of his choice.  
Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers?
Wow, K-Mart and Service Merchandise. That's a trip down memory lane.  Remember Green Stamps?  
As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This?
My brother's R2R and 4 Quadraflex speakers with 12" woofers.  That could fill a room...  
Bad news for home theater enthusiasts
If anyone on either side of this petty insult-fest thinks they are coming out looking better than the other side, think again.  There was a real discussion to be had here, Sidetracked and disrupted by maybe 5th grade level ad hominem attacks?  Se... 
Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question
science fanatics Sheesh. Just listen to yourselves. Without science, you’d be in a cave or a tree, not trying power cables. You may be right that science hasn’t yet discovered why power cables matter. But this anti-science BS is right up there... 
Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question
Remember the "Pepsi Challenge" and "New Coke"? That was the product of blind testing. Just as a side comment, I am not as much of a proponent of blind testing as many of the science-side guys.  I believe that one might be able to detect and pro... 
Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question
Precisely, therefore this: I am more interested in reading data …. And raging in the Internet audio forums is my guess.   How old are you? @thyname - if you really wanted to have an adult conversation, you might want to avoid quoting out o... 
Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question
Wow, so much anti-science hostility. It’s one thing to argue about the efficacy of cables, but let’s not get off the rails! Science created audio reproduction. Science improves it. Science probably saved your life once. Science has a say in this m... 
The Snob Appeal Premium
high end mid-fi system This caught my eye as well, and initially I took it as a snobby comment since only snobby people refer to their stuff as high-end (un-snobby people might call someone else's stuff high end) and mid-fi is kind of an insult... 
Stereophile review of Millercarbon system featuring Tektron speakers
He looks so friendly in the photo.   I suspect it's one of those things where someone is really nice and normal in person but their online persona, being buffered by the ether from actual human interaction, is the opposite.   It's too bad becaus... 
How to prevent visitors from touching your system
Smear your gear with a greasy, foul smelling substance.  
So you just took a gummie...What song is on the menu?
Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions.    
So This Really Is The End....
I very much miss the record store experience even though I have limited need/desire for physical media. The need is for a place to go, a thing to do, that feeds into my interests, Even a record store doesn’t exactly do that anymore, even though t...