sokogear
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| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? I think “modern jazz” is meaningless. Fusion, hard bop, funk, classic jazz, smooth are more appropriate. If you want to say when records were released, fine. I tend to like hard bop or classic- Miles, Trane, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jac... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? What audio equipment term could possibly be politically incorrect? | |
| Easily the best and most significant sonic tweak one could ever make! I wouldn't call it a tweak. Hope mine doesn't degrade proportionally with my age. I know highest frequency audibility is reduced with age with everyone, just like vision of small print, but those lucky enough to only need the occasional reading gl... | |
| Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good? There's theory and there's audibility. In theory, as per AJ van den Hul, who IS an authority on wiring all would agree, any time a wire is even moved, the sound changes. It reverts back if it just moved, unplugged, etc. So of course changing the t... | |
| Opening Record Store What is the $10K for? He's either trying to make rent if he owns the place or save from paying rent. If he's just trying to profit off of a cheap lease deal that he has, see what the real market rent is, and do a net present value calculation of t... | |
| Photos of my system Cool set up Hilde. But you need to play vinyl....I know it can eat up a good chunk of the budget, but you can't match the sound (I know a lot of posters here try....). | |
| Audiophile demographics? @emrofsemanon - I would bet against you. Probably much lower % - median is probably $50-75K. Demographics of audiophiles are older, many retired or semi-retired with time on their hands to play around and experiment with stereo equipment. Younger ... | |
| Audiophile demographics? IQ measures the ability to recognize patterns. That helps with solving problems. That can certainly contribute to one’s career success, but it is only component, and may be the smallest part.Some think of this as book smart. But that’s not right. ... | |
| Audiophile demographics? You quoted it as fact. How was it studied or measured, (gullibility and overestimating one’s ability) to lead to those conclusions? Sounds anecdotal to me. | |
| Audiophile demographics? I am shocked that they separate women into separate chess tournaments @cd318. So @audio2design, are you saying the average IQ of a man is higher, but the median is higher for a woman? Interesting.... Thanks for the facts, although some of them wo... | |
| Audiophile demographics? @dave_b - are you trolling for a date? Why do you say something so general demographically? Maybe that's your experience or in your family, or whatever. Then you compound the comment by saying the "better" ones are smarter! As they say say on ESPN... | |
| Audiophile demographics? I wouldn't have used the word polarizing Tony. You're doing market analysis. The demographics exist. | |
| Audiophile demographics? @tony1954 - of course food tastes better when visual senses are not in use. The other senses become more keen. Or lack of capabilities lead people (or animals) to adapt in other ways. Ever see a 3 legged dog? Amazing how they function.Much is spen... | |
| Audiophile demographics? hilde45 - I don't think your food analogy holds much weight, unless the taster is blind. How appetizing a food looks can make you think it will taste better, which actually makes it so.I am by no means a foodie, but I like what I like and am picky... | |
| Audiophile demographics? I think true (maybe more serious or committed) audiophiles only care about how their systems sound - the ones who care more about how it looks are looking to show it off (possibly) - ergo all the attached pictures showing their impressive equipmen... |