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| CD Tweaks: An Update More importantly, when one of my discs develops some kind of hiccup, I wash it in the kitchen sink with Dawn, Cascade, whatever is around. Not only does this fix the problem 97 percent of the time the music sounds better. The soap must leave some... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? @duramax747 Professional motorsports manufacturing are held to very tight tolerances. some being within .005". Yes, the build of the machine is subject to thousands of precise measurements and ultra-fine tolerances, optimization. engineering in... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? I have perfect vision and ...I only accept testing by my ears... A spec sheet tells me shite. If it sounds like its spec sheet then swell. I’m confused by many things from time to time and am the first to admit my own limitations. I have yet... | |
| First CD player help! @moonwatcher I’m happy to get the Denon and be done with it, hopefully for the rest of my life. Something else in this context - any issue with CD players is likely to be mechanical rather than electrical. So, wise up on exactly what your lase... | |
| First CD player help! Thanks @moonwatcher . Geez, I didn’t realise even one little bit that could be the situation. I wonder if many people get caught out? And not just esoteric - you mention Yamaha!. DACs are perhaps off topic, but I understand that as far as R2R DAC... | |
| First CD player help! @moonwatcher Note that it does play CDs gaplessly. Unfortunately, many late model CD players don’t, That’s interesting. What are some examples of the many late model CD players which don’t have gapless playback? I’ve ever only experienced CD pl... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns @asctim The author, Robert Harley, knows this. I know that because I once read something written by him that was both original and actually made sense. He is not being honest. However he also knows that his target audience either don’t know, do... | |
| NEWEST Rolling stones Mono reissues. I think that this is tremendous news for Rolling Stones enthusiasts who have the just gotta have it desire, for any number of reasons that they don’t have to even think about having to explain to anyone. Its a bit pricey probably because reasons ... | |
| First CD player help! Whatever you get (I recommend new coz of the mechanical nature of aspects of CD players) just be sure it has digital out should you wish to experiment plugging into your DAC. Be careful dismissing your Schiit DAC as "cheap". Both the Modi and Mo... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns Neither example provided in the article are correct in the context of marginal returns.. The first because the improvement is as a result of getting a dysfunctional system functional. "unlocks the previously unrealized potential of your other c... | |
| Adelaide speakers @falconquest As the OP said, for his own reasons Edward has no desire to export to outside of Australia. His over two decades of making speakers leads me to think that these reasons would have been considered. In the meantime PM received, thank... | |
| Adelaide speakers @falconquest I ran across Adelaide speakers recently and am interested in the valve series V1093AQTL. I have these. They will not be for sale or replaced, ever. Note that they are measured to be down *2*dB at 26Hz. While I can’t test them, I c... | |
| 2022 Grammy Award Show? In a junk society that worships mediocrity, Tik Tok sensations and mindless conformity, the lure of a show that appeals to the absolute lowest common denominator like The Grammy Awards is just too tempting for the least discerning among us to res... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? In particular, he says an inexpensive DAC from any Chinese company will do better than the expensive stuff. He says fancy audio gear is a waste of money because the data is already bit-perfect. All DAC chips sound the same. Am I being mislead? ... | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tube question I've tried a variety of 5AR4/GZ34 rectifiers, from a metal base, a fat base, to a JJ new production and a few in-between these extremes. Audible sonic difference = zero. The fat base popped after a couple weeks of use. Oh well. I think there ... |