tonywinga
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| I see the issue with ABX blind testing Perception is reality. I don‘t totally buy into that, especially with today‘s technology and its ability to affect our perception. But then magicians have been amazing and delighting us with their sleight of hand since the beginning of time. W.... | |
| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? Some time back, over a year ago at least, I did not think an ethernet cable could make much of a difference. Then I was reading about the skin effect, ie higher frequency signals ride on the surface of wires. It is easily calculable so I looked ... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... Some of you may recall a TV show titled, Mr. Ed. It's a sitcom from the 1960's with a talking horse. Season 5, Episode 1 titled, Hi-Fi Horse, is a great, timeless performance aimed at us audiophiles. It first aired in 1964. I had just flown ba... | |
| Synergestic Research: SCAM I bought the Synergistic dots at Axpona 2022. They work. Weirdest tweak I‘ve encountered in audio. I made the mistake of pulling one off of my USB cable going into the DAC once while the music was playing. System made a pop sound and the music... | |
| Guess who has new speakers in their lab? I know what he is talking about but I slept at a Holiday Inn Express. Gotta go. About to do brain surgery on an octopus. Need six more restraints from Ace Hardware first. | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... Scene from, Kung Fu, the TV show ca. 1970. “Old man, how is it that you could hear the grasshopper at my feet. Young man, how is it that you could not?“ | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... What I‘m saying is, if you take a cross section of musicians the percentage that have high end stereo systems and take time to listen intently is likely no different than the general population. I‘m not saying they can‘t hear their instruments. Ye... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... Remember in the movie, Back to School, Rodney Dangerfield pays Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to write an essay for him about one of his own books. Rodney‘s character gets an F on the paper with the comment, “I know you didn‘t write this paper but whoever did... | |
| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? I found that Ag plated copper wire ethernet cables make a nice improvement in the sound of streaming. Some can be had for just 5x the price of basic cheap ethernet cables. For short runs that isn't too bad. I run AQ Vodka to my streamer/player ... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... Increasing detail and resolution will improve imaging. Increased detail provides better imaging cues, more air around images. An effective way to improve detail and resolution is to isolate the speakers and components. The best way to isolate i... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... I agree that a lot of studio recordings are two dimensional. The images sound great but they all line up in one plane. There are exceptions like that Blue Turk, that I mentioned- really good recording from the early 1970s. Cowboy Junkies‘ Trinity ... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... On my stereo system I can hear singer‘s voices about 6 feet above the floor and their guitars about 3 feet or so above the floor. Some Eric Clapton albums, for example are like that. His unplugged album you can tell he is sitting down. His voic... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... My stereo system has great imaging. How great, you ask? Well, one time I spilled my drink and I thought would get a cleaning bill from one of the performers. Ba Da Bump. But seriously folks... Try playing Alice Cooper’s, "Blue Turk". It has a ... | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing I‘d hang out at the drive through ATM‘s to find and recruit some blind people for the testing. Drive through ATM‘s all have Braille on their keypads. Why is that? | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? We in this hobby are Audio Application Sound Specialists, or AASS‘s for short. We do not design speakers, amps, DACs, cables or turntables. We design audio systems. Therefore, what matters most to us are the basic interface specifications of ea... |