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| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? Typical stereotype of audiophile is one who cares more about the equipment than music, and this proven by the value of their music collection vs equipment? Not saying this could be true in some cases, but what about the snobs I see proudly display... | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! Potentiometers are limited by having sweet spot where both channels track most accurately, this generally somewhere between 10am-2pm, they also not greatest resolution/transparency. Resistor ladder, autoformers/transformer volume control has surp... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» If one believes in concepts like heaven why would you sweat it, wouldn't your heaven include whatever audio system it would take to provide a wonderful everlasting life. | |
| PLUG AMPLIFIER INTO POWER CONDITIONER OR INTO WALL RECEPTACLE I tried many over the years via lending library at CableCompany, every single one impacted transients to some degree. This vs 20amp 10AWG dedicated line just for amps/subs. Dedicated line to PC same 20amp, 10AWG. At that time I was running Cary SL... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? @jrareform Indeed, you may find relatively unknown cables to be real value, or perhaps not. The diy recipe I use today replaced much more expensive cables from well known manufacturers, depending on materials and length these cable cost between ap... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? Judging people based on the value of their music collections is a rather appalling prospect. Perhaps some skrimp and save just to have a mid grade audio system, not much left over for vinyl and cd acquisitions. These people don't have enough dispo... | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! You have issues if you can't get into 80'sdb comfortably, and this with box, open baffle or horns. I'm night listener exclusively, so ambient noise levels at lowest point of day, with low ambient noise levels one doesn't need to turn volume level ... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» Why should audiophiles care about whether the future generations care about this hobby? I have no skin in the game in the sense I'm not generating income from this, and beside the people who know about my obsession with the hobby think I'm crazy. ... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps One only has to open up their equipment in order to determine if true balanced, mirrored circuit path, power supplies,power and output transformers, my Coincident Statement even has dual transformer volume control. Also true balanced pre's used wi... | |
| DAC break-in question I'm in camp amp needs to be on to pass full signal through output section of dac. As for burn in, I absolutely hear it, this over many decades and all sorts of equipment. But in any case, it all becomes a non issue once components have a certa... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? I have over 3k vinyl, over 3.5k cd's, doubt there was much time when my physical media outlay exceeded my system. I purchased most physical media 80's-90's, between record shows, sales and purchases at used record stores I rarely paid retail. I wa... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? !0AWG is difficult to work with, generally the largest gauge that will fit most breakers and AC outlets, and for longer runs they certainly help with supplying needed current for those transients. For me, the easy part of PC for subs is determinin... | |
| I feel for you I first studied civil engineering, changed my major to sociology, so some early hard science followed by my real interest in the soft sciences. I've long been diy for most everything in my life, home wiring, plumbing, car and motorcycle maintenanc... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» So what happens with all this equipment we have when we die, could be costly to bury with the body, could also have it incinerated for those who choose cremation. Being ;perceived as worthless junk by younger set means it goes to the landfill, thi... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? @jrareform Perhaps I wasn't clear in that I was only commenting on amps/subs on power conditioners. Vast majority of equipment in my system running through BPT 3.5 Signature with film cap and AC outlet modifications (Oyaide R1). In my demos of amp... |