jssmith
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| Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make? I built two sets of speakers. Bill Fitzmaurice Davids, because I wanted a flat response speaker with good bass extension at a good price. And Linkwitz LXMinis, because they are so unique, they fit in the space I had available in my office, and I w... | |
| I wrote/mailed tax checks today... @jeffrey75 The 2008 housing crisis was set up in the mid-90's under Clinton by his pals Barney Frank, Andrew Cuomo and many others. Republican Phil Gramm is not without blame too. GWB just continued the Clinton years' push to have unqualified Am... | |
| I wrote/mailed tax checks today... @ghasley A number of taxpayers, after losing deductibility of some state/local taxes, paid more following the recent tax cut. Maybe that’s what the poster was referring to? Well, that's the state's fault for taxing too much, not Trump's. That... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing @henry53 In a recent test Amir 'beheaded' a product (i.e. lowest rating) because it had an unacceptable 0.003% distortion. Can anyone can hear 0.003% distortion, are any speakers possible of even 0.03% distortion? What about 0.3% distortion? I ... | |
| I wrote/mailed tax checks today... @tablejockey that's great. I am looking forward to joining that seemingly elusive club. I've got 7 years to go until F.R.A. Not so fast. Retirement takes more planning to avoid taxes. Take too much in regular dividends and capital gains and y... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? @cd318 On the other hand folks like Floyd Toole, Sean Olive and more recently Amir Majidimehr at ASR have done some good work in ushering in a new era of measurement based "statistical scrutiny" for which an increasing number of peoplebseem to ... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? I highly doubt people buy their audio gear to statistically prove (satisfy) the mass population. Well, that's not the point I was making, but they should use statistical information to filter their own decision-making process. And studies like ... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? @asctim Sounds great according to them. +1 Unless they can statistically prove over a larger population that it sounds better, it don't mean jack. The ultimate approach in audio so far has been Floyd and Olive's at Harman, where they can pre... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? Your cousin brother is mostly correct and ASR just reports the measurements - good or bad. We know what distortion is audible from measurements. If it doesn't pass that threshold then by definition it is inaudible. Measurements will show that. I d... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! @wesheadley ...you have just entered the land of confirmation bias ... Which inevitably leads to the sea of cognitive dissonance. Is there any other hobby that makes more wildly unprovable claims than this one? Yes. Electric guitars an... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing "Seems to me you need to relax for a few hours at least and listen to a variety of music before your brain can accurately assess whether something is an actual improvement." It won't matter. If you're expecting a difference you will find that d... | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? Pioneer SX-1980 So I could sell it for the ridiculous prices they bring. And no, I'm not against owning and keeping vintage. I own several vintage amps and receivers, but the SX-1980 is overkill and overpriced. | |
| What is your favorite cover? Depends on the genre. Easy Listening - The Sounds of Silence (Simon&Garfunkel/Disturbed) Folk - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan/Hendrix) Metal - Into The Void (Black Sabbath/Exhorder) Instrumental - Little Wing (Hendrix/SRV - Live at E... | |
| CD transport vs.streaming @nitewulf Which is one reason I pay absolutely no attention to subjective reviews ... even for equipment where there could be audible differences. | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? @femoore12 I wonder if this also affects how we select the equipment in our systems? Something else to consider. Hmmm ... don't know, but somehow I doubt it. I think you'd have to start with whether this trait makes you objective or subjecti... |