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When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better?
These comparisons are difficult if it’s just about pricing. We also get into the technological weeds re innovation included (or not) in the given item. After a certain point, the ganish on the given meal becomes pricey, or that components and bui... 
How does one weigh the virtues an older amp vs. a younger one?
Yes, truths reveal themselves -or are built into clarity, in our minds- over time. Audio is no exception. A saying that goes in that direction, is that we know all we need to know about a person we meet, in the first few minutes, but it takes 30... 
Why does rock concert sound suck?
’electronic manipulation’, wolf, in this case...means ’dsp based acoustic redress’, or some similar meant set of words. But the paragraph,and half the post’s intent was that it as all about DSP based attempts at acoustic manipulation so for me to ... 
different people may hear the same sound differently...
Regarding audio.. measurement of the meaning and context of said measurement has not been fully established as of yet, and may never be. This just happened, literally, just the other day. It happens once every few months, it seems, maybe a few ... 
Why does rock concert sound suck?
One big mistake at the pro level is to think that electronic manipulation of the actual room acoustical problems will somehow fix them. Never has, never will. Mitigate to some small degree, yes. but turn it around and make for a ’higher quality i... 
different people may hear the same sound differently...
We each ’build up’ our hearing and visual and touch senses independently, with a common frameworks supplied by our individually derived and shaped biological package.. The ideas behind IQ are also in the ideas behind EQ, Ear-Q or Hearing Quotient... 
Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article)
The Flynn effect is now reversing it’s course. Ie, that people are literally getting less intelligent. Literally. perhaps the combination of things it takes to get to good music is taking this reversing effect and showing how bad it is, like a ca... 
New equipment
Going onward and upward, instead of lateral shifts. It’s a tough call. First ask the question., First define the question. Define the parameters of the question. What the question means, what the question is doing, what the question is about. I... 
Best resistors for use in phono stage?
Fanatical resistor precision is swamped by capacitor tolerances which are orders of magnitude larger. Just a general note for all (not aimed at the above poster, but that some may use such missives to dismiss): That is indeed true but it does ... 
Best low power amps under 800$ (10-60 w)
  Smells Like Tube Spirit....  
What is the best 2 channel listening chair?
Stressless by Ekornes.  
STAIN-LESS STEEL.......DYNACO CHASSIS'S......ST-70 and MK III
http://www.radisonlimited.com/ Great people. They will quote. Be specific. draw up a sample that is close to what you want to end up actually doing. They are too busy working, to bother to make a perfect website. it is better than used to be. W... 
What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly?
There is only one completely different technology in audio cables available (or any other type of cable, for that matter), that is truly, definitely, scientifically different and separate from all the rest.  
Think Its Possible To Order Tubes From the Ukraine?
This just in today, as well: The findings suggest that harming outgroup members is especially rewarding and associated with the experience of positive emotions. Such psychological reinforcement mechanisms may help explain why humans seem so prone... 
Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet
I miss Art.  I always got the impression that Art knew he was living on borrowed time, so there was no bull in him.