stevecham
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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Why is the word placebo used incorrectly time and again? A placebo is a term used in pharmacology, dead stop. It is inappropriate to use it for audio applications. A drug is efficacious, or not, quantitatively, in clinical trials that use placebos... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Power cords do make a difference; I have heard those differences repeatedly over many years. And, it wasn’t because I spent money on a cable and was determined to convince my brain that there were differences or improvements or whatever. That’s be... | |
| Is unamplified music the gold standard? It seems to be by many. But not all live music is what I would call standard and there have been several times when I've gone to a concert, arrived back home, put a piece on and had my wife say, "that sounds as good or even better than what we hea... | |
| What is the most memorable concert that you had attended so far? There are two:Dec 3 1973 - The Who - Quadrophenia tour, Boston Garden (the old one)Dec 9, 1974 - Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour, Music Hall, BostonRush, Dylan, Skinny Puppy, Dead, Ringo, Beach Boys have all been close seconds but those ... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification Here’s a couple:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Fanciulli/publication/224426167_Epitaxial_growth_of_zinc_...https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024800008538https://techxplore.com/news/2018-08-fujitsu-triples-output-po... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification GaN technology looks to be very promising and I read that the latest state of the art for power transistors in fast switching applications is to thin-layer GaN directly onto SiC substrates. This apparently saves big costs and allows the advantages... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @ uberwaltz: I totally agree that Gretchen Goes To Nebraska is King's X' finest album and just wish they would remaster it to bring up the bass a bit more and lower the compression. | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Phil Collins | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mothers of Invention - Freak Out (I just found this mint original first pressing from June 1966 at a shop in Portland, OR, sounds amazing!)Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (my original copy I got for Christmas 1970, still plays great) | |
| Looking for cartridge for VPI traveler Nagaoka has superb bass and dynamics. Check out these reviews.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhSFP0PJCE4and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U5ANqGccmk | |
| Looking for cartridge for VPI traveler I highly, highly recommend a Nagaoka MP150.https://www.lpgear.com/product/NAGAOKAMP150.htmlIf too pricey then the MP110https://www.lpgear.com/product/NAGAOKAMP110.htmlI own and enjoy both! | |
| Cartridge for Rega Planar 3? Nagaoka MP110 or MP150. I have both and they are superb cartridges that are appropriately priced. | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? There’s nothing new here and I’ll bet someone copied the guy or gal who invented the wheel too.Where there’s copyright infringement, let lawyers duke it out.No one complained of all the Beatles spin offs and copy cats and wanna bees after they bro... | |
| Schiit Mani - any opinions ? I think so; I keep mine on 24/7. | |
| Schiit Mani - any opinions ? I would think that SUTs added to the Mani in MM (lowest gain settings), not MC (highest gain setting), mode would work. In MC that would overload the input.Why not call Mike Moffat at Schiit and ask? |