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| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years @schubert Good one. We used to call it "Chair Force".True story. I went to a military college. Had to decide which ROTC to sign up for. I went to each one and asked them how much PT they did. Marines, multiple times a week. Army, every Friday. Nav... | |
| Questions about Node 2i I’ve got an Apple TV. First or second gen. I have been told that it down samples the music so using it with Tidal hi-res would be pointless.Others say the SQ via Apple TV is terrible.In my experience, playing Amazon Unlimited music via Apple TV in... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years We were told in ROTC that historically the idea of professionalism started with the military officer class. Not sure if this is true. But at the time of the development of that concept that particular class was surely putting it all on the line fo... | |
| Questions about Node 2i Thanks Tom. | |
| SONY es configuration help Are you putting together two systems or one? It looks like some of these components would be redundant if just one system.How much is the asking price? | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years Back to the OT: When I was in the Air Force we had a Lt. Colonel in the clinic who, in addition to being an MD, was proud of the fact that he had been to shaman school. Never knew what that was or what it meant. Would often see him in his office s... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect I've only been into hi-fi for a few months now and even with this short exposure I don't think anything would surprise me anymore. | |
| Questions about Node 2i Thanks. It would be easy to get an ethernet cable but my internet service is usually fine.Another question: Does the Node multitask? In other words can I be listening to streaming on my hi-fi and my wife be listening to something else in another r... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Traffic-Low Spark of High Healed Boys.Considering whole albums I prefer John Barleycorn Must Die. | |
| Is there a better DAC than the Schiit Bifrost for $300? Good point. As mentioned, not in the market for this unit but may need to know how to go about this in the future. Thanks. | |
| Is there a better DAC than the Schiit Bifrost for $300? There is a Schiit Bifrost on eBay for $400. The description states that it was upgraded to the multibit card and that it comes with the documentation and the old card that was removed.I am not going to buy it but it makes me wonder about buying up... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years @geoffkait :"n80 is playing a semantics game with me."It only feels like a game to you geoff. I doubt anyone else was struggling to parse terms just so they could attack someone."he gives me this whole vision perception spiel".My bad. Did not know... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years @geoffkait "Duh?"You asked. Sherlock." it’s probably best to use my interpretation - hearing is the same thing as perception of sound"Not really.You can perceive sound without a functioning auditory system. Not many people would call that hearin... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years @geoffkait :" Care to explain to the folks at home what you think the difference is between hearing and perception?"Surely you know and are just being a....well, just being a Geoff. But just in case:First, obviously, hearing is a form of perceptio... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years @mapman Do you think it is always lies and deceit? Don't you think some purveyors of snake oil actually believe in its potency? |