redkiwi
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| Speaker wire is it science or psychology It seems to me that we are all scientists in our different approaches. We observe, and we theorise, we test our theories, in order to achieve something. But I sometimes wonder if we are trying to achieve the same thing. It seems that some wish to ... | |
| How did U get into this expensive hobby? I used to race cars and motorcycles - and needed a safer, cheaper hobby. So far it is only safer. | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers Good points Paulwp, but math professors must get paid better in your country than mine if they can afford mortgages. | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Stevemj, I prefer a sound that is closer to what I hear at live events. As it happens, I have so far needed valve amplification (but not necessarily single-ended), and good cables (amongst other things your engineer mate (and my engineer mates too... | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers You just need to appreciate that reviewers have two main incentives. First, they must have some credibility. Arguably, only enough for their target audience, but if they are ambitious they may wish their name (as opposed to the mag they work for) ... | |
| Shahinian Speakers I too have tried them and was disappointed. But I know people that like them for the way they float a soundstage of an orchestra, with some of the diffuse sound of the real thing, and the way the strings soar with impressive power. But if you like... | |
| Acoustic Zen vs. Coincident CST Thanks Israel. We were using very low impedence speakers, and so that may have been the case. | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Jostler3 - you are dragging me off point into an irrelevancy. I am not interested in whose ***** is bigger, just trying to make a simple point that you are failing to comprehend. What kind of scientist are you if you have no powers of observation?... | |
| Acoustic Zen vs. Coincident CST Thanks Israel. I may indeed have the wrong end of the stick - but I have found that a very few amps do react badly to medium/high capacitance cables, despite low resistance and inductance. Perhaps my experimentation is not sufficient to identify t... | |
| Power cords to the same outlet I tend to agree with Sean that - apart from separating digital from analogue - you are best to use a single outlet for all your components. This gives you a star earth with least resistance, provided you have a good earth from wall socket to groun... | |
| Marble to place speakers on? The best marble under speakers is the cheapest marble - ie. the marble with the most impurity. The impurity stops the marble ringing. Is is dolomite that is the impurity? I cannot recall - but I have tried different marble and the sound is better ... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Well done Jostler3 - you have proven my point. | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Jostler3, perhaps if you read my post with a little care you would appreciate that I made none of the claims you protest about. Before you call me ignorant, perhaps you should get checked out for Alzheimers, because there were indeed scientists (n... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Frankly, the scientists have failed this hobby badly. Why do we listen to them at all? Amplifiers started out as single-ended triode, driving high impedence efficient speakers. But scientific theory said push-pull would cancel distortion, that tra... | |
| Isolation vs. Absorbtion Whew. I have been trumpeting it, I must admit. It is a bit of a relief that you agree, Jadem6. I had tried almost everything I could lay my hands on without importing things myself - MDF, particle board, concrete, glass, laminated glass, marble, c... |