shadorne
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| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Yup. Controlling marketing spin and nonsense hype of all their cables and power cords seem to be what they excel at. It works too. Lots of gullible folks around. Of course only a clever fellow can see what beautiful clothes are worn by the emperor. | |
| Upgrading speaker cables... No. Your existing cables are fine. Save your money. Your speakers are excellent. | |
| Upgrading speaker cables... More than 100 feet of wire in your speakers....are you going to rewire the crossover and voice coils of all your drivers too? Do you realize how ridiculous this sounds? | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist The drumming by the lady of Little Hurricane duo is interesting. A good example of musicality. I don’t think she has much chops but her style is refreshing. | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist My perso favsJeff Beck, Joe Walsh, John Frusciante, Brian May, Mike Campbell, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Jack White, Keith Richards.they all speak through the guitar. It is a unique gift to be able to make a guitar speak. There are m... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable @willemj Good link to a knowledgeable person. However you don’t need any degrees or specialized training to know that “special audio cables” are and always will be a scam.The reason cables get promoted here over real improvememts is the profit mar... | |
| “MQA is a philosophy”..John Stuart +1 Erik“The full scope of it’s ambition, to correct all timing errors in the A/D, D/A chain and to do so using equipment specific data is monumental.”This is impossible. Everything is done in the studio to try and get it right with as little proce... | |
| Does anyone have any experience with Bryston amps +1 Elizabeth | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax Not sure I agree with all the statements by the OP but the best type filters have long been known as linear phase - these filters preserve the phase relationship between the various frequencies in the audio signal - this is important for correct t... | |
| Upgrading speaker cables... Cables will not open up your speakers. Higher priced cables just cost more. If you aren’t happy with the sound change your speaker amp or source. | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote @ieales Sorry but the laws of physics are very clear. You are just making stuff up.Only badly designed and badly matched gear are going to make audible differences with a normal short run of wire to the speakers.There is no masking effect - you ar... | |
| Best analytical loudspeakers for strings (midrange)? @gerryah30 There is a simple reason speakers are always better - studios use them to mix and master. So the reverberant energy in your room is part of what you are intended to hear by those doing the production. 60% direct and 40% indirect sound i... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote @geoffkait Exactly! | |
| “MQA is a philosophy”..John Stuart He is full of it. | |
| Would you change your amp selection knowing...? Appropriate speaker cable should not be high capacitance. There is plenty of badly designed equipment around - don’t choose said equipment. |