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Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time?
When I worked High end audio or audio at all, I always fully entertained those who had not the cash. Even the teen kids. No problem. They’ll be back, if you treat people right. One must always look good in their minds. They all eventually find the... 
Phase inversion, active speakers and a tortured soul
consider that if you have no noise issues, that ..at such a point... single ended would be inherently superior to a single ended design preamp level signal.. converted to balanced... sent down a balanced line, then converted back to single ended a... 
What was your most disappointing album purchase?
Anything by Radiohead ok...OK Computer, is the only one I bought. I was told they were ’The next Pink Floyd’, and that was the album to get.  Bought it with great anticipation, and waited a few months, cracked that $35-$40 double album open..and..... 
Which wire has biggest impact?/
slap a turbo on it. 
It was 20 years ago today...
Celebrate!  
It was 20 years ago today...
Looking back, at forums, audio forums..we see..... 
Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you?
in most cases, for most people, sonic memory is good enough, long enough... so that no switching device is required. If you find that you can’t tell the differences between the two, unless you had a switcher for instantaneous switching, then they ... 
I can prove your room is bad
humans are designed, from the ground up, to have the space intrude on and integrate with the sound source. It’s the native environment of the human hearing system, in situ. The question... is...: to what level, should that environment intrude and ... 
In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment
Reviews are planned in excess of 3-6 months ahead of the publish date, for most paper based publications. It is simply not possible to do things any other way. It is no less a long term planning task than complex manufactured goods. With regard to... 
How many people here generally buy used?
Used and broken. Me fix, me fix. Cheap cheap. Like a crack head, like a tweaker...how much audio can I buy for my $43 of crumpled bills? As much as I possibly can. So, make some aspect of it myself, and just buy the ingredients. Thus, buy busted .... 
You could work for any manufacturer, past or present...
You are reminding me of living in Windsor, and going to detroit. Sometimes I’d wear a ’Canada’ t-shirt. I’d accidentally wander into the black areas of Detroit and marvel at the differences with things like a sears with all black mannequins displa... 
Relaxing Records for Better Sound - Using the AFI FLAT
thermal de-stressing of 3d prints can yield a 20% (and more) increase in the strength of the printed item. It’s a form of annealing. due to how records are made, de-stressing and gaining an improved sound quality is most definitely a very real thi... 
Carver TFM 35 popping sound at high volume need help
This is a question for the DIY audio forum, or similar. But, the carvers can have problems with their dual rail thing going on, ie higher voltage rail capacitors needing to be replaced. Pretty good odds it needs a recap if it has never been touche... 
Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed!
I’ve done isolated/home-run dedicated circuits for high power pro installs. Makes all the sense in the world, when the peak draw might and does easily hit/peak at 2500-4000 watts per run line. (eg, double 18" JBL bins per bridged amp, etc). Keeps ... 
Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers.
Anodization in color never works as the control of temp, voltage, stirring, mixture ratio, quality of surface, grounding, etc...all of that is never exactly repeatable. thus, two functional anodization colors, silver and black. for black, it's eas...