unreceivedogma
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| Interconnects and non-believers “One thing I’ve found about interconnect cables is you have to be patient through the ‘break in period’l.I hear the same logic from used car salesman: “the car isn’t running as well as it should? Hey dude, c’mon, give it some time to break in!!!” | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Ok, accepting for the moment that the cable cultists are correct, then they rightly should pursue the logic of their argument to its penultimate end:https://youtu.be/XJJy6VJvSCkJapanese audiophile goes to the extremethe ultimate end, of course, wo... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Bleeds, nice try, but you and so many cable cultists and marketers here conflate my point. I am not saying that there is no difference, I am saying that the differences, small as they are, do not justify the exhorbitant prices asked for from audio... | |
| Building a listening room from scratch whart,Yes, those records will move into this space. I’m a painter by training, though I veered into advertising photography and writing thanks to my politics (left of Bernie). I’m thinking just the natural colored burlap for the ceiling, and a dee... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Prof, the problem with this thread is imbedded in the title: “interconnects and non-believers”:Jesus and non believersBuddha and non believers Muhammad and non believers the devil and non believers Freud and non believers Marx and non believers ca... | |
| Talk but not walk? “I think most folks on a site like this who are serious about getting good sound listen carefully to everything, read up on things, and their room at home is the only ‘real empirical testing ground’ available. Once the tests are successful and m... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Aalenik:MY mind is like a plastic bag. https://youtu.be/MFv53VolRj8 | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Shawshank, people may hear the difference. Assuming that the difference is not a placebo effect or confirmation bias, that’s not the point. The point is: is it worth $12K? I suppose if you are spending $600K on a pair of Magico Ultimates, than wha... | |
| Building a listening room from scratch It’s a gut rehab. Left the plaster on the brick wall. Firred in the walls by 5”, filled in with rock wool. In Newburgh. | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Florida71, boxer12,speaking of threads, I have a friend who has been experimenting with shoelace for speaker wire. Currently in blind testing. I’ll let you know when the results are in.in all seriousness, I’ve worked as a creative director in heal... | |
| Building a listening room from scratch Dweller:The floor is supported by 3” x 6” wood joists. The cavities between them are filled with rock wool, to provide a thermal barrier between the two zones. I’ve never had good bass. I got a second hand 15” Velodyne. Haven’t tried it in my own ... | |
| Building a listening room from scratch Sisyphus, I would never indulge in this expense if it were not for the gut renovation. | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Muddythink,A - do you know how to read? I said “do what you want”B - don’t characterize me as something I am not in order to coddle your own insecurities. I am an agnostic. I do my research and then come to a conclusion. I’ve tried several expensi... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Clearthink: “You can STFU now.”wow. What a classy guy. Have to resort to crude language now, do you?thanks for the link. I’ll read it but it’s highly unlikely to move the needle. Imho these things don’t pass cost benefit analysis. Btw, I have an e... | |
| Building a listening room from scratch Dweller, there is 14.5” of rock wool BEHIND the burlap, as described above. The house is being renovated to perform to a high energy standard. On the HERS scale of 0 to 150, with 150 being old existing homes, 100 being new homes, 70 being energy s... |