mrtennis
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| Opinions - The Absolute Sound if you "know" something to be true you must be certain else, there is a probability of it being false.regarding your example of the parked car, you don't know it is located at a particular spot, you have a recollection of where it is located.secon... | |
| Strangest Tweak? here's a tweak nobody evr thought of:when playing a cd for a second time, press open, twice, and replay the cd. | |
| Why buy older digital gear? some older digital gear sounds better than anything made today, such as forsell components, the original zanden dac, some older wadia gear--the 2000 series, the cal aria, rhe cal tempest, etc. . obviously, ears and preference are the relevant vari... | |
| Brought a new Tweak home today to try out. i assume that the nordost kones are hard objects. my experience with such devices is that they harden the sound and provide more resolution, which may be beneficial if one's stereo system is on the "soft" side.since i have not auditioned this prod... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound hi jdoris:truth without certainty seems contradictory. | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound i will admit that this discussion is out of proportion to the importance of the topic, however, i wish to comment upon my position of the inadmissibility of scientific knowledge..any "theories" based upon observation cannot be proven mathematicall... | |
| "What's Your Best Price?" its obvious that from the sellers point of view the best price is the highest price he can get., whereas from the buyer's vantage point the best price is the lowest price enabling him/her to purchase the component.so, if a buyer asks the question ... | |
| Why do the new 2009 Beatles CDs sound so good? i borrowed the beatles set from my local library.i would agree that there is an improvement in the current mastering vs the older discs.however, i own many discs which i consider much better sounding than the beatles reissue.i would give them a b ... | |
| cardas hexlink golden 5c speaker cable i owned golden hex 5 c and golden cross. i found neither warm. i sold them because they were not very full sounding in the upper mids. i have heard from others that there is a glare in the midrange produced by these cables, but without listening m... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound hi frogman:i reread your post in which you commented on statements you believe are held by some cynical audiophiles. while i agree your statements are opinions. to suggest that that knowledge is relevant is something with which i don't agree.accus... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound empirical observations and so called empirical knowledge is based upon induction. so called empirical knowledge is usually synthetetic posteriori.that is a collection of corroborating facts leads to knowledge of an evnt.for example. the sun has ri... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound hi frogman:knowledge has nothing to do with attitude.the idea expressed that "absolute sound is a worthless rag" can not be proven. it is a matter of opinion.for you to say that such a person doesn't know what he is talking about is technically co... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound simple answer:it doesn't matter, one way or the other.maybe they are entertaining, but they take up space.of course, you can read it and then give it away.point is , you can be a happy as a music listener and owner of stereo equipment, without rea... | |
| Ten audiophile commandments do not pass judgment on other people's components. | |
| The Hub: Numbers unclear, but strongest RMAF yet! hi audiogon bill:i have an observation and a question for you :it sems to me one of the issues entailed in the listening to music at home is the hhuge gulf between its "sound" and what the music would sound like if it were live. inother words, if ... |