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Who woulda thunk?
It didn't translate Scotty_910, but I was kidding - well you're right, mostly kidding. 
Blind Power Cord Test & results
Subtracting the "blind", audiophiles essentially ABX everything they try in their system. While the hometheaterhifi experiment has problems affecting its validity, these problems are not inherent to ABX. Two factors that apparently people seem to ... 
CD pcm to ................SACD dsd "Wish List"
Just more...a lot more, so SACD at least could be viable. The best has been SACDs role in re-vamping the sorry Stones CDs. I am so grateful for the worst-to-first turnaround.To be a sport I would like to see Hendrix, just to warm myself in the iro... 
Who woulda thunk?
You know who started this ruining of classics - Buggs Bunny. Forever will I envision Elmer Fudd in a viking helmet when I hear Wagner. Thanks god it wasn't Mozart. 
Blind Power Cord Test & results
Good posts Drubin. The "which is this" task can be difficult. With it, I would not conclude PCs to be snake oil and would have preferred if the experimenters used two groups, instead of one group given two variables - as in "is there a difference ... 
Star Wars?
"Ah.. Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars! Gimme those Star Wars...don't let them end Ah.. Star Wars If they should bar wars... please let these Star Wars stay-ay!"When I thought about getting the DVD, in the light of the re-do of the first three and... 
acoustic placement/small bright room
Thank you, Rives. 
Frequency Charts
That's just what log scales look like. The plots are variables which are exponents of a base of value ten. If you dump the base and exponents and just look at the value of the variables, the scale will be linear, e.g. (log)100 = 2, (log)1000 = 3."... 
Guilty Pleasures?
Bernadette Peters is though to admit.Anthrax "sound of white noise" AbbaMetallicaNeil Diamond, I guess, but I have no problem telling people I like him...maybe I should be ashamed of that fact.There a lot of closet Depeche Mode, fans, but I think ... 
Lou Reed, Perfect Day?
The Trainspotting sndtrk version is the same as Transformer's and neither has guest singers. 
Speakers suggestions for Rotel components
Just as suggestions to look in to: Ruark and Magnepan. 
Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums
Good call on New Pornographers. The Matador label is pretty deep with good bands. I can't blow sunshine about the recording quality, but they do offer vinyl...and at low prices. 
Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums
After I picked the good ones (hehe) my friend threw out these "alternative" albums. She doesn't do electronic, and I barely do.Yo La Tengo- "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One"Interpol - "Turn on the Bright Lights"Fugazi - "Repeater"American Musi... 
Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums
Some Electronic and Alternative classics, trying to stay away from the uber-obvious:Alt:Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation" - a prototypical indie albumMy Bloody Valentine "Isn't Anything" and "Loveless" - texture guitar with androgynous vocals. Yielded... 
acoustic placement/small bright room
"they probably have a low absorption coefficient relative to pressed fiberglass."Pardon the tangent, but could you please tell me if this extends to polyfill? If I am not mistaken it is used in quilts.