rodman99999

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must you play music to break in tubes
@steakster, @glennewdick & @larryi-                                            +1      Had the conversation with Brent Jessee, years back, about a 40's,Tung-Sol Round Plate.       He had me GENTLY tap the the base, tube held vertically, on ... 
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
           WELL: the Cargo Cult's building another runway.                                          Time for a rewind: Cargo cult science is a pseudoscientific method of research that favors evidence that confirms an assumed hypothesis. In con... 
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
                                 "substantive facts" ?  Inescapable FACT: No one understands exactly how electricity works.                    That’s why there’s so much Electrical THEORY.            The number of Wiki-Scientists on these pages... 
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
@dwcda -  Yet still you’re pissed off at me for documenting these experiences.                                           I am?                                            🤣  
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
                                  Now: some for something different:      Back in March 2022: a thread about power cords and break/burn-in was started.      I hate to type, so: I'm going to copy/paste some of my speculations.      That a highly... 
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
The companies producing these expensive power cords have no engineering data to corroborate their claims. Therefore Hitchins' Rule applies: That which is asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.             Now: ask yourself, "Sho... 
Meter for measuring cable capacitance
   Here's a cheapo that goes down to .1 pF: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Capacitance-Capacitor-20000uF-Electroprobe/dp/B07R6MNWPL     At the other end of the $$ spectrum: this will go down to nF and can vary frequencies. https://www.keysight.... 
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
@vuch,  ​​@tom2015, @kerrybh,  @ghdprentice, @krelldog, @audphile1 -                                                +1 (each)         Understanding the plethora of variables we face in improving the performance of our systems, using common sense... 
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
     No one can tell you whether/how your system, room and/or ears will respond to some new addition.   There are simply too many variables.      LIKEWISE: no one can possibly know whether a new addition (ie: some kind of disc, cr... 
New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound?
@ps-          What came first- the, "Yeah, but...", or: the troll?  
Full loom of the same cable brand vs mixing and matching.
@kennymacc -  As a matter of fact, I currently use three different brands of cables in my audio system with excellent results.                                                            DITTO:         Synergistic Research for my Main, monoblo... 
New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound?
     No one can tell you whether/how your system, room and/or ears will respond to some new addition.   There are simply too many variables.      LIKEWISE: no one can possibly know whether a new addition (ie: some kind of disc, cr... 
New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound?
@wesheadley  (et al)= Nothing but further Dunning-Kruger runway builders.                   Worthy of nothing but a short snort of derision and being disregarded.              Give their ilk an opportunity at a bit of education and they respond ... 
New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound?
@wesheadley - Unless there was something very wrong with your last power cord, or it was just a very poorly made one, you're not going to here any differences other than those that occur within your own mind via confirmation bias.             ... 
A stupid question(s) about power cords
@classicrockfan & @botrytis -                                              Once again:      Isn't it amusing: someone that doesn't even know what Physics considers the best electrical conductor, has the unmitigated gall to mention Science? ...