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| Lively, fast & open sounding integrated under 3k? I was going to recommend the Kinki Studio M-1 but it's not small and weighs in at around 50 lbs. It does all the things you mentioned with aplomb and one eye closed and one hand tied behind it's back.From what I've read from a reviewer who's owned... | |
| Measuring line noise and power conditioners @steakster ,Those are some pretty nice quotes. Jimi was more than a musician. I especially liked the one the went, "I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes."Seems he also had a great sense of humor.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Measuring line noise and power conditioners Wow. Just, wow. Seems like every discussion on audio brings out the worst in people: those who decry things due to, measurements, and those who actually use their ears and report their findings.Then comes the acrimony, the insults, the authoritari... | |
| Are CD players goig the way of the 8 track,and the cassette? For the umpteenth time, CDs are going nowhere, unless you settle for iffy sound quality. With CD, I always get great sound quality. When I’ve had the chance to listen to streaming or NAS stored music, it’s been hit and miss enough for me to just s... | |
| Measuring line noise and power conditioners Before I got my Audioquest Niagara 1200, I read where a lot of manufacturers of conditioners go for a change in sound, rather than good filtering of AC hash on the line.But to go so far as to discredit all makes of power conditioners is silly. I h... | |
| Too good a post to waste If one can't find any studies of measurements not lining up with hearing ability, the logical explanation is the measuring is not up to the level of one's hearing.It takes some real pretzel logic to say it's the other way around.All the best,Nonoise | |
| It was 20 years ago today... Congrats!You've seen this place go through many phases, with their ups and downs. Here's hoping there's at least another 20 years for you to go.All the best,Nonoise | |
| CD Transport to pair with Audio Note DAC 5 - suggestions? Denafrips, which makes highly regarded DACs has come out with a CDT for around $1200.00https://www.denafrips.com/avatar All the best,Nonoise | |
| Directionality Explained It's hard to change your ways when it's been working all this time, but change, it will. We are living in interesting times, I dare say. It's surreal watching events unfold in gigantic, historical ways.Something to tell the grand kids about.All th... | |
| Too good a post to waste Science and belief systems progress, one funeral at a time. Or, to quote Plank fairly:A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new gen... | |
| Directionality Explained If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? 😬https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p93w7MpbZRw A favorite movie of mine.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Directionality Explained As much as I like some of you and really and truly appreciate your insights on most things audio, I must say you've got to stop implying that those who hear a difference are, to put it simply, insane.No matter how your sugar coat or frame it, it s... | |
| Directionality Explained If you can’t hear depth, image, slam and a lot of other cues, then you have crappy hearing, or a crappy system and rely on the old fall back position of "if it can’t be measured....blah, blah, blah" to make up for it.I still have lots of old cable... | |
| Directionality Explained Could it be the way fuses are made? Are both end caps attached to the wire in the same manner? Is there a little more solder on one end than the other?And I've always felt that better and purer metals used in a fuse should have an effect on sound ... | |
| Directionality Explained Oh. I just read the last couple of posts and thought, for once, I can be of service. 😄 |