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| Tinnitus worries... Most cases of mild age-related tinnitus are associated with high frequency hearing loss. The damage usually comes from chronic exposure to loud sound over a period of years. In some cases exposure to a medication contributes. Caffeine, salt, alco... | |
| What do audiophiles want from a cable? There seems to be two schools of thought, with membership being somewhat age-dependent. Attendees of the older school want their systems to sound good, and seek out cables that make their systems sound more 'musical'. The youngsters gravitate towa... | |
| worst sounding great lps Needs to be qualified: original versus reissue, country, label. For example, "Are You Experienced" sounds great on an original British pressing, not so great on the American version.Iggy- Raw Power: The Bowie mix is underrated- sounds great to me.... | |
| Positioning Vandersteens I owned the 5A, and could not get used to the vertically-restricted sweet spot. I played extensively with tilt and toe-in, but the benefits were minimal. In my room the sweetspot was quite low, and the speakers sounded best when I sat on a floor ... | |
| The most transparent speaker cable What is cable transparency? The cable carries the signal from A to B, and there are countless decently designed balanced cables will do that virtually flawlessly, with no loss of detail. Its the other things that set great cables apart from merely... | |
| Mellow speakers I realize that a 'mellow' speaker might sound more pleasing than a neutral/resolving speaker, but you should realize that this is due to a relative deficiency in the design of the mellow speaker. If a well-designed, neutral/resolving speaker sound... | |
| Any modern band that comes close to Mahavishnu Orchestra ? The shorter, tightly composed pieces by the M.O. were often quite good, but the long wailing solos and jams were often boring and indulgent to my ear. I found early Al DiMeola to be more focused and tasteful. It was the age of the rock n roll dino... | |
| I can't play a recording all the way through 78 rpm is a great solution for short attention spans. 3 minutes per side and you're done. | |
| Cable Controversy When the system, or some part of the system is flawed and/or colored, we seek to correct it by using different flavors of cables. In contrast, when the individual components are well-balanced, full-range, and neutral, we naturally gravitate toward... | |
| Cable Controversy "As many people have been quick to note here, the sound a cable brings to a system depends on that system."Has certainly been said here many times, and accepted by many as dogma. Personally, I'd prefer not to think of cables as 'flavors' or tone ... | |
| Cable Controversy Some credit is due to Harry Pearson for his Absolute Sound concept, which centers on recreating a facsimile of a concert experience. I think the concept of Absolute Sound has been changing to something more objective and reproducible. But in terms... | |
| Cable Controversy I agree that, in theory, the role of cable is to deliver signal 'faithfully' (for lack of a better word), with as little degradation to the signal as possible. Audioquest for one espouses this type of philosophy in some of their ads. It would sta... | |
| Cable Controversy Even for short runs, I believe the benefit of eliminating cable-induced noise would outweigh any theoretical losses from restoring phase. | |
| Cable Controversy Ok, but even for short runs, I don't agree that a single ended cable will outperform a balanced cable. There may be exceptions, but in general, I think its accepted that balanced cable is an advance over single ended. | |
| Cable Controversy "Obviously, many well regarded designers believe the benefits of a single ended topology significantly outweigh the benefits of common mode noise rejection"That's news to me. Quite different from the commonly expressed view that for short runs, ... |