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mapman

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Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
Uh, wouldn’t that make you the queen? No for two reasons:1) I do not dabble in nor profit from pseudo-science. You proudly do.2) I do not swing that way but if you do, there is nothing wrong with that. 
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
That from the king of woo and pseudo science..... 
Class D Technology
Class A particularly when no NFB used tends to have a somewhat warmer sound.I have not heard Class D that I would call an inherent warm  sound, in fact not warm at all, however if a touch of warmth  is what one seeks a tube pre-amp upstream can he... 
Samsung buys Harman for $8B
Harman already sells very nice sounding Bluetooth speakers for use with phones and other Bluetooth enabled devices.  
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
Hmm, well there are Good Vibrations ( as per Beach Boys, sorry could not resist) and bad ones. We all get to pick and choose. Or not.I’ve been to Carnegie Hall. Some good vibrations there these days for sure, at least what I heard at Dress Circle ... 
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
Isolating speakers (transducers are always by nature a prime source of vibrations) and associated vibrations from interacting with floors when needed makes a major difference in the room acoustics and resulting sound. Absolutely no debate there. I... 
Samsung buys Harman for $8B
Harmon has been making some nice products.   I hope that continues. 
SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1?
In Linear Tube Audio amps sounded very good to me at Capital Audiofest this past summer for very reasonable cost.  These use some proprietary output transformer magic  (David BEerning ZOTL technology)  in place of a traditional output transformer.... 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
An album needs some unifying theme to make it useful as a whole more so these days than ever.  
Why So Many Raidho Speaker For Sale?
gator is of course correct.     
Why So Many Raidho Speaker For Sale?
Regarding Raidho, off the cuff, probably just typical market stuff. Too many sold for too much by market standards. I have never heard these that I know of but I am sure they will find the right market price eventually. If many out there not being... 
Why So Many Raidho Speaker For Sale?
Bo, the audio messiah hath cometh.... 
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
You said it.   
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
It’ll be a cold day in hell that gk succumbs to that appeal to authority deal. 😉Btw im guessing seismic vibrations/waves to her and geologists in general infer those where the earths plate tectonics are the source. Not including man made sources. ... 
Class D Technology
Composed is a great adjective that describes what I hear quite well.