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Turntables and Trusting Online Reviews
michaelr23 writes: Or it really does come down to audition with your own ears because not only can you not know what another prefers, they may or may not be honest in their own right?Help me out here? Bingo! We have a winner!And it has ALWAYS be... 
Ultimate power condotioner
Actually that sounds more like a normal Japanese audiophile. The eccentric Japanese audiophile would make his transformer from five nines wire hammered out by hand and then wound by hand onto a former made from recycled Hattori Hanzo samurai sword... 
Alert, Warning, and Caution about Modified Components
So you say. Claim. Or posit. 
Alert, Warning, and Caution about Modified Components
I object, dissent and protest the recent, current, and ongoing departure, change, and divergence this thread, subject, and post is, has and might take away from three, triple, and tri-dundant locutions to this new, current and present habit, tende... 
First Turntable - Direct drive or Belt drive?
I would say the problem is less that the OP is missing something, than that the OP is missing.One post. That never did make any sense. Which by its very nature will now run on and on and on, let's see for how many pages. DD, lol, where do I buy re... 
I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"...
captbeaver writes: My good friend that is in the business and very very knowledgeable calmed that a well made 10ga power cable reduced his soundstage... I’m not saying it will or won’t but why would it? I would like to know the science behind this... 
Ultimate power condotioner
Until now I was thinking The Gate was expensive. But this, moving to remote location, underground power, whole new utility service, makes it seem a stone bargain. 
Digital Cabling questions in new set-up
Technics to Herron: Standard cable TT to pre. What do you mean, "Standard cable"??? 
Distortions that the human ear likes. Are there any ?
mrdecibel writes: This is based on a post from another thread, where someone speaking to a studio mastering engineer, repeated a quote by this engineer, stating " most audiophiles like certain distortions ", and it quickly started a debate. Thi... 
Speaker wire... Diy?
williewonka writes: for the BUDGET CONSIOUS Scroll up and read my post. Pay special attention to how cheap the professionally built cable was. Pay super special attention to how hard this guy worked only to fail at even that low bar. DIY’ers in o... 
Speaker wire... Diy?
musicloversaudio writes: I love it that people think they can equal at home what takes engineers with decades of experience and 10s of thousands of dollars in testing equipment. If they could only listen to Gen 5 Transparent Audio Reference cable,... 
Confused About Relative Sonic Impact of DAC VS. Transport
Trying to figure out "why" or "what" is going on will only drive you crazy. Ultimately, does it even matter? Really? How? How does it matter? Right. Only thing that matters is how it sounds. Why and how and what is going on, these are questions fo... 
How much to tip the home theater installers?
Never tip. Tips are taxable. So intending to help the person you help the government. What you do instead is gift. Gifts under $10k are not taxable. So make it cash, under $10k, and between you and them and its nobody's business. 
Seeking speaker purchase advice
Find as many under $4k as you can. Go and listen to them.All else is noise. 
How to hook up headphone amp?
Simple. Connect Jadis Tape Out to either one of the headphone amp inputs. Then when you want to listen, set the Jadis to Source and then whatever source (Phono, CD, etc) you're using.A Tape loop is nothing more than a Line Out and a Line In. It do...