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| Audiophile Fuses - Are We Certain They Provide Protection? iQ Database is UL’s searchable database for fuses. This free online database gives you the ability to find, verify and specify fuses by selecting from a set of more than 10 parameters to meet your specific application.Another UL Certification Sear... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers For the time being I am weighing my options. One of them being sell it all go off grid live the RV life a while. Seriously. Given it serious thought. Or move, TN top of the list, and build custom. Probably will do something in between.Seems extrem... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers Wonder if people know who the Townshend dealer in the US is since they don't have it listed on their websiteProblem is, one doesn't receive replies, or the communication is spotty.Also, pricing is considerably more favorable through John Hannant, ... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers I mean it’s hard to believe MC was courting this arrangement from his first Townshend post. It would hardly be the first time enthusiasm for a product led to product representation.I realise how it looks, but is that unethical? As it applies to To... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence @tvad …could be that i got lucky…. A friend with a superb system circa 1983 or so…Infinity RS ( model down from IRS ), SOTA, Souther, Dynavector, CJ Premier… also a renowned music teacher in Mid Ohio..treated me to Mahler preconcert lecture / symp... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence …the pre concert lecture…....We attend a majority of pre concert lectures. They’re interesting and add great context. I can’t say they have ever made me a better listener in a manner that would translate at home. | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence @frogman, thank you. I touched on attending live music in my first post, and I'm happy to see you eloquently expand upon that.Your idea of enrolling in a music appreciation course is something I hadn't considered. I took a music appreciation cours... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers The Star Sound Apprentice platforms have provided those similar results in my audio system. The effect is as if the speakers disappeared in my room. I think it is fair to conclude that both products get the job done exceptionally well. I don’t bel... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence The message is that for musicians the most important considerations when judging excellence (or lack of) in a performance are rhythmic accuracy (timing) and pitch (intonation). Without those, good ensemble cohesion is impossible. When that cohesio... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence Our brains definitely “fill in gaps” from data supplied by our ears, eyes, nose, skin, etc. This is a long-established area of medical/psychiatric study. I’m a magic enthusiast. Not a practicing magician (was when I was a kid), but someone who fol... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence Opus 3 depth of image LP@tomic601, I took a look at this recording, and it’s right in line with the theme of this thread. Great suggestion. Ordered one. Reminds me of some incredible binaural recordings I’ve heard. Here’s a list of a few.@bluorion... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence Learning to play music really does help improve your listening. Absolutely agree, and have written about this previously in a coupleListening threads.These steps have helped me:1) Hearing live music. As an extension, being trained to play in an en... | |
| How To Do You Measure the Quality of Your AC Power? They tested the line from the street to my meter. I don’t know what they tested exactly. Is that the same thing?At our place, the power quality survey took four weeks. They installed a special meter at our service panel from which they downloaded ... | |
| Panamax Power Conditioner: Keep or Upgrade Maybe I’ll start with a dedicated power line off the mains box too?!Wise choice. Consider installing an Environmental Potentials EP-2050 whole house surge protector and noise filter at the service panel as part of the installation. | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers @stringreen...my thinking is that if the speaker can rock, the timing will suffer - don’t know that as fact..just wondering), also my speakers are extremely heavy and would require hired hands to complete the setup.. too much for an experiment.Yes... |