When I read articles like this, I am wondering if it supposed to be a
farce for humor purposes or are they really serious. However, it reads
like there are being serious.
There are a few things that do not make any sense, such as the following
in item 4:
A dedicated feed from your fusebox,
there is one statement at the end of the article that I agree with:
"And, it bears repeating: what matters is what you hear, so if
you can't hear the difference, save yourself a whole load of trouble and
money. "
P
Not having to mess with cleaning vinyl was just one of the reasons I
adopted the CD format when it came out.
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To me, this look like a solution looking for a problem.
Did you see the US$100 125V 20 amp outlet!
https://shunyata.com/products/accessories/sr-z1-outlets/
Zooming in on the photo it is made by Hubbell. However, it does look a
little different than this one:
Does the Portable CD player have a line out? If yes, connect it to your
HT receiver. The method is old school, but it should work.
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The part of the video when the group is trying to find the imaging sweet
spot made me laugh! Then the comment machines more sensitive than the
ear they play to! It is a good thing I did not take that sip of tea
while listening to the video as it would have been expelled during to my
laughter.
Archimago wrote:
> Yes. It's a money-saving conspiracy :D
LOL;) Well said.
I participated in one of your listening tests and find your reports
interesting!
Paul
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Jeff07971 wrote:
> "Its interesting how some of these other engineers (and their minions)
> denounce what audiophiles are hearing as placebo and hallucinations.
> They also demand double-blind and null tests for everything. Do they
> really think intelligent people who are able to afford this
Mnyb wrote:
It would not have worked as x could not really be x as he had to
slightly fudge the files to avoid people cheating ,it had been a third
variant not a or b .
I thought about what can be done to prevent accidental cheating by
looking at file size or some other metric that would
I was surprised that you did not include an ABx for each sound track so
you could actually test if people accurately could test the difference
between the two tracks. Then you could test the does 24 bit or 16 bit
sound better. Regardless, I think the data shows that people were
effectively
LMS will convert the source to a format that your sb3, touch, radio etc
will be able to play. How do I verify that LMS is not converting the
Flac file for my Touch? I have never fully understood the settings on
that advanced options screen.
This issue could throw off the results if that
I have good news of an upgraded version 2 of the Listening Environment
Stabilizer (LES). Over the last year we have been hard at work and we
have achieved a 0.13% improvement in air stability.We are in the
process of getting patents for our technology, so I cannot reveal too
much technical
The audio cable makers for years have found willing buyers to pay
emourous sums of money on analog cables that would 'improve' the sound
of their systems. (I believe quality cables are important, but the
incremental alteration in sound which gets labeled as improvement is not
worth the money for
I received an email from audiogon about a musical sampler to test
equipment.
From the email:
At Audiogon, our goal is not only to provide a safe marketplace for
your evolving system, its also to give you the tools to elevate the
hobby. This Wake Up Your Ears!!! sampler contains hand-selected
Mnyb wrote:
There are however excellent reasons to use lossles files anyway .
I use flac instead of high bit rate lossy because it is adaptable to
future formats without any loss in quality or having to re-rip.
Storage is cheap these days so there is not really a reason to store
your music in
garym wrote:
I can tell the exact height and room placement of the tape machine. I
can almost smell George Martins aftershave lotion. If you can't, then
your equipment is simply not good enough. ;-)
The Listening Environment Stabilizer can help with this. Not only will
it sound better, but
Jeff52 wrote:
It is interesting to note that one does not see as much subjectivity
when it comes to video related gear. Yes there is some, but not to the
extent of audio stuff. At least with video one may look at a picture
and compare that to another picture which sort of takes care of
Mnyb wrote:
If we apply qm/qed to it, the prevailing stupidity in our society can be
a field , a large enough vibration of the stupidity field would then
yield a particle ( like the em field has photons ) the particle is the
TAS particle aka the audiophile :)
qm/qed?
I just did not get
ralphpnj wrote:
Nelson, we need to talk :)
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98430-Audiophile-shark-jumpingp=743116viewfull=1#post743116
There does appear to be some synergy between the two concepts. I am
thinking the WiFi stabilizer could be an add-on product. In development
Listening Environment Stabilizer (LES) works to control the listening
environment for your audiophile system which will remove the veil of
distortion that currently resides in your listening room. *Since
installing LES, the clarity and musical tone of my system has
dramatically improved. * What
The bass was boomy so it may be better for home theater type use.
There was no shortage of volume on the low frequency bass
notes. By going Mach 3, it might increase the clarity, as more is
always bettter. Right!?
;)
Paul
Archimago wrote:
I still don't know why the spectral smearing was more with the Touch
coaxial vs. TosLink and I really don't care at this point. Off to enjoy
Family Day with the wife kids :-).
That is probably the most intelligent thing I have read on this forum in
a while. Ha ha ha ha
Interesting read and I like that you included people's comments as that
is very useful in understanding what is happening during the test.
My only comment is that if you want to test if people can actually tell
the difference between two options is to give them three samples, of
which, two are
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