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| Teo XLR Essentialaudio,I see you mentioned earlier "It is a proprietary patent pending alloy of gallium, indium, and tin. Do a web search for the trade name Galinstan, which is somewhat similar but not the same." Wikipedia says "Galinstan is a family of e... | |
| Shielding components from EMI/RFI... Help please Bryon,You might want to read my new thread on Synergistic Research Mini Power Couplers. It is related to EMF protection. | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Unsound,The technical points you make are excellent and clearly explained. Regarding "audio rags", I would have thought it would be in their best interest to be as clear as possible although reading some of their reviews leads me to believe they s... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Newbee,Thanks for explaining. No problem.I agree with you about not having enough experience. Years ago I was in the very same position you found yourself in -- not enough experience and lots of information trying to influence my purchases coming ... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Newbee,I have no idea what your LOL means. So I will return it in good humor. LOL.I am assuming the following:1. That John Atkinson's equipment is working when he takes measurements.2. That Mr. Fremer and other reviewers are reporting accurately w... | |
| Teo XLR Essentialaudio,1. What does "liquid metal" mean when it refers to cables? I have heard this term before but I have never read a description of it? The only liquid metal I am familiar with is mercury.2. Referring to the testing done by Musicxyz and... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Newbee,You're absolutely right. You will rarely read a negative review. And if anything negative is said it is usually couched in terms that make it sound not so bad at all, really. Or a matter of personal preference. You really do need to read re... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Newbee,You make a heck of a lot of good points. Don't you think it would be interesting to hear the cross-talk between Fremer and other reviewers and John Atkinson after both have finished their written observations if they sat down together and l... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Unsound,You say "Things like frequency response and dBW just a couple of examples of measurements that can be important ...". I agree. There are specific measurements that can give us useful information and can help eliminate contenders when there... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? I think one of the ineffable aspects of this is system synergy. You just never know what a cable or component or tweak change or addition will do to your system until you plug it in and turn the system on. No amount of understanding specs will giv... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Fplanner2010,You are correct, of course. Everything is system dependent. But if you found yourself in the kind of situation I described earlier and, let's say, you discovered that Element Tungsten or the PowerCell Mark III is the perfect match for... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Onhwy61,You say "music and the emotions I bring to listening to music trumps the quality of equipment I'm using." This is an important matter that I started a thread on a while back called "What is Musicality?"Nevertheless, getting closer to the e... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Tbg,I think you may have hit the nail on the head here: "My conclusion is that we can measure what is not important to what we hear."I wonder if John Atkinson sits down to listen to a component after it shows bad measurements to see if he can hear... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Onhwy61,You state: "We can trade opinions, but our belief systems, which I believe are marketing driven, prevent us from being educated, at least to some large extent."Some of how we hear may sometimes be marketing driven -- for some people. But o... | |
| How much can be measured -- and how much cannot? Spinaker01,This is a very good point that you make:"A speaker that measures bad never sounds good, but conversely a speaker that measures good does not ALWAYS sound good.(but stands a better chance of sounding good)..."Knowing a speaker's measurem... |