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Audio as a weapon
I fail to understand the mystery aspect of these alleged attacks! Surely, a team of experts could detect electromagnetic or acoustic radiation at or near these embasy locatons... 
Building a listening room from scratch
Wow! That sounds pretty neat. Although in the end, you might ease-up on the extensive sound absorption lest the room be too acoustically dead.Rick 
What are you streaming tonight?
Thelonius Monk "Misterioso"via TIDAL 
First Foray into XLR
ron1319 Why replug all cables in a system before auditioning new ones?-To make sure the connection is sound in the first place, maybe?Ha ha, "sound", I made a pun! ;-) 
What are you streaming tonight?
TIDAL:"Country For Old Men" - John Scofield"Music Is" - Bill Frisell 
Talk but not walk?
"What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it? Didn’t you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?""There ain’t nothin’ more powerful than the odor of mendacity!" - Big Daddy 
Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
I'd say Counting Crows is in the running too!  
Review: Schiit Mani phono pre AND Swagman Labs Linear Power Supply (LPS)
I own a Mani and it is dead quiet, at least with my lowly MM cartridge.Oh! By the way. The AC wall wart that comes with the Mani is nothing more than a step-down transformer which then plugs into the linear regulated power supply built in to the u... 
The Difficulties in Component "Shootouts"
Re. Learning to separate/differentiate - signal from noise. When ones brain is in ’Fried Egg’ mode; it will work incredibly hard to make sense of noise. Don’t believe it! 
The Difficulties in Component "Shootouts"
geoffkaitThis is your brain. 🧠 This is your brain on drugs. 🍳 I have not yet figured out how to insert images/emo's.Sorry! 
The Difficulties in Component "Shootouts"
 Re, "Burn-inCould it be, Guappo" that the ’burn-in’ is occuring in your brain? ;-) 
First Foray into XLR
Re. Pin 1: In studio facilities, XLR cables usually have the shield (gnd.) lifted at the receive end to prevent ground loops while still blocking EMI/RFI. This is very well known in professional audio circles. There is too much interconnected equi... 
First Foray into XLR
tweak 1I think you have "Bats in the Belfry"! 
First Foray into XLR
tweak 1"ignorant, or just plain stupid." - Really?I had a thirty year professional carear in the television broadcasting and audio recording industries!What, might I ask, are your technical credentials? 
First Foray into XLR
Aside from Studio or large facility applications, balanced XLR interconnects are of little use. They are designed for rejection of electromagnetic interference over long runs in a studio environment with equipment specificly designed for low imped...