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    Ferrari FXX K

    Well when you put it that way it makes a sports car seem quite silly indeed.:D
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    Magico S5's in the house...

    When you say "below 40 Hz" I wonder if you really mean, between 40-100 Hz? Try downloading a free tone generator to hear what 40Hz sounds like exactly, and see how much bass you generate at 20 Hz, 30 Hz, 40 Hz, 50 Hz, etc.
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    Double Blind tests *did* show amplifiers to sound different

    I for one find that it is valuable to know what is or is not audible, using only your ears. People have experiences which are perceived as sound, but which can't be shown to start at the eardrums, either from looking at the sound itself (as sampled by a microphone and analyzed with software) or...
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    I am done with HDTracks

    My understanding is that dynamic compression brings up "nuances" including noise floor. These results are screwy, including what you note about noise floor and crest factor. It doesn't look like this is a comparison of more vs. less compression, just two versions of the song that have several...
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    I am done with HDTracks

    To me the important point in the article is that at least according to the author, the lossy MP3 with less dynamic compression sounded clearly better than the "high res" file with more dynamic compression. I haven't made the comparison with this album but would expect to agree with this...
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    Designing vs. Voicing and Tweaking circuits and crossovers to get that sublime sound?

    There are design tweaks and then there are consumer tweaks. A design tweak might be changing an edge radius on a cabinet, which lo and behold makes a meaningful difference. A consumer tweak might be putting your cables on little telephone poles, which gets into the "all in your head" level of...
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    project... power amplifier

    I think the first reply was essentially "don't ask". ;) Tons of expensive parts here, and beautiful work too.
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    Reflections on cable pricing insanity

    Not the point. Ron is questioning whether there is an audible difference. It's kind of amazing that this continues to be "unknown".
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    Cycling-hell of the north

    Um, ow. Better to keep your weight on your feet.
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    Speaker knockoffs

    There is an implicit assumption here that uber expensive speakers have exemplary sound quality, and furthermore that if someone were to achieve similar sound quality with a knock-off speaker, it should sell itself based on performance. Neither assumption is necessarily valid. As for the first...
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    Speaker knockoffs

    Gregg, you ask if cloning an esteemed high end speaker could produce a "viable product", and I think the answer is no. Even at 50% savings it would still be expensive, would still be targeted to high rollers, and they would prefer the original. However if you are talking about cloning a high...
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    New Xiph.Org video: "Digital Show & Tell"

    I for one am thrilled to see Opus and Xiph in discussion, even if I can't entirely follow. This could only help shed some light on what Opus has been discussing in other threads, for those of us who have trouble judging the technical merit of his ideas.
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    Samsara

    I saw this at a local theater and was pretty wowed. I think this is the best film yet in the genre (the dialogue-free visual documentary).
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    Is the high end gear driven or source driven?

    Greg, I think you're onto something here. In some ways the opposite seems true for much of the last few decades of popular music recordings. There is a chicken/egg conundrum though, because the poor quality of so many recordings suggests that the studios check their work on poor quality...
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    Compression-before and after

    Yes, and more depth when the stick lands on the drum. Funny some audio products like power conditioners claim to "blacken the background" or "create space around the instruments". I think dynamic compression causes audiophiles to want this type of improvement, and the solution is uncompressed...
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