millercarbon
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| Synergistic Research Galileo SX Power cord. (Opinions on sound quality appreciated). In my system power cords sometimes makes a difference, but sometimes not. Been there, done that. Had a guy years ago, had a whole electronics test bench in his basement. He was a variant on the snake-oil theme. He would admit some wires were bett... | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us Our cultural media environment, at its best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiu89zKa4U | |
| Sound quality of Newer versus Older speakers From a sound quality perspective, is there anything that newer speakers are doing better than older speakers.Uh, yeah. Everything. | |
| Absolute Phasing try it both ways... go with the one with better bass responseThis involves listening. People start doing that, next thing you know they're talking about what they're actually hearing. This is an audiophile site. Let's keep it theoretical, okay? | |
| Absolute Phasing It matters if you have sub woofers attached to the same Pre Amp.The main speakers could be potentially out of phase with the Subs. Nope. Next spurious pseudo-reason? | |
| Preamp making loud pitched morse code sound Sorry, couldn't resist. Besides, you know the answer. You heard it in the store: RFI. The phono stage is picking up radio frequency noise. It was different in the store because different RFI environment, also different cable routing. Play with the... | |
| Preamp making loud pitched morse code sound I listened to the noise, thanks for sending the file. You are right, Morse Code: same thing over and over again: LET ME OUT... LET ME OUT.... | |
| Food: What does the typical audiophile eat? Roll, mmmm, cinnamon, mmmmm! | |
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? What a surprise the "surge" burned out things like garage doors and doorbells that are not fused. The real reason people use surge protectors is FUDD stories just like this one. The reality is if you get hit by lightning, good luck if your system... | |
| Townsend Platforms installed under my ARC REF10 and dCS Bartok Appreciate it and you are very welcome. What you said about sibilance rings true. That's a bit of audio humor, a lot of what we call "sibilance" is ringing. There is also a character I call hardness, when the sound isn't quite strident but neithe... | |
| Absolute Phasing Does it matter? | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us @millercarbon Ah, what's point...About "the best", I was for a while pretty active in a local audiophile group. This one guy had put together a whole system of Stereophile Class A components. Pretty sure every single thing had been "the best" or... | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us Anybody else want to fight the harmful myth of "best" in audio?Anybody else want to fight the harmful truth of nihilism in audio? | |
| Building a New Listening Room on a Budget On that kind of budget I would do only the few things that make a huge improvement for almost no additional cost: IF you sheetrock anything, 5/8" blocks sound about 15dB better than 1/2" but costs almost nothing more. Use a solid core exterior t... | |
| Habituation to system changes: the Audiophiles' curse... But a little while after making any of these changes, I forget what it sounded like before!No problem- take them out and refresh your memory. So here's one for you. Every night when you listen to that last song, do you notice it sounds much bet... |