mrskeptic
Responses from mrskeptic
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? Interesting that people ASSume any integrated will sound worse than separates. I've been using them for years with the latest one being a Primare I32 with the add-on streamer and it's wonderful and sounds excellent. Personal bias is really hard to... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @teo_audio When you say "it is also happening in the cables (eg, preamp to power amp and speaker cables), where they get overloaded and they reach a certain threshold of distortion vs clean, and we hear it" are you implying that electricity s... | |
| Best cable for record cleaner, ever You're joking (I hope) but people believe the same thing about other components and it's just as silly. | |
| Concentric drivers @islandmandan I think that happens a lot in this hobby. Too many folks looking for the next big thing or coming up with some phantom malady. | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets When do we get threads about putting heavier OCC wiring in each component (as applicable) or speakers? | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? A lot of time and effort goes into their stuff and the main two guys have many years of experience in the business. In my experience most of the people who bash them do so because of the price to quality myth. Humans usually equate higher prices w... | |
| Let me explain something to you jive turkeys. I'm hip to what you're putting down. | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! @sls141 I appreciate the effort but he’s only giving his opinion. First of all, who is he and what are his qualifications as a metallurgist or other scientist that deals with wiring and electrical measurements? Second of all, when he says sim... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! Can anyone here (or anywhere else for that matter) explain in a scientific way, how electrons traveling over, around, and through wiring of any type, change the properties of said wire to supposedly improve the sound? Also, in more than 40 yea... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. @pedroeb Because I can turn my arm and see the time vs reach in my pocket, take out the phone, and activate it in some manner to see what time it is. No comparison. | |
| D'Agostino Progression Integrated Amp Audiphool jewelry at ridiculous prices. But hey, if it floats your boat, gofer it. | |
| Is it me? Will I ever be satisfied? It's possible to stop chasing what is uncatchable and the first step is to stop or greatly reduce reading audio forums or message boards, at least that was part of what worked for me. I also got tired of the know-it-alls like the people who say co... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Unless one does an actual blind test, every, and I mean every change will only result in a subjective change and won't stand up to scrutiny. | |
| Class-A Amplification and 15 Amp Outlet @carlsbad They are. | |
| Speaker system The key is to use all Siltech wiring, and ensure you know someone who can do the required cryogenic treatment if it hasn't already been done. Then find the best cable elevators that money can by, also cryogenically treated, and top everything off ... |