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    Hi fi junk vs great art and musical instruments

    Only a bunch of top-tier manufacturers produced superior vintage audio equipment. And among them, it was only their flagship products that hold significance against modern stuff. Audio gear - Has it's own intrinsic value for audiophiles and pro audio. The market appeal for home entertainment in...
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    Redbook 44.1 kHz standard: theoretically sufficient timbral resolution?

    awesome response!
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    Redbook 44.1 kHz standard: theoretically sufficient timbral resolution?

    hearing - Can humans perceive sounds above 20 kHz? - Biology Stack Exchange Recording the Unheard World of Ultrasound with a Commodity Microphone Let's Record Ultrasound (ericdraken.com) The human auditory apparatus is incredibly sensitive to changes in dynamic range. For example, in an...
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    What are you doing about EMI/RFI?

    Shungite is for real. I bought 4 shungite pyramids from Karelian Heritage on amazon. They also have a website: Karelian Heritage - Buy authentic shungite I placed 3 of them around the office; and one in my bedroom. a) 1 close to my laptop / work area. b) 1 on top of my bookshelf (about 15...
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    Smearing

    Smearing - typicaly a loss of upper midrange and high frquency detail or sparkle /brilliance, due to elevated bass frequencies, excessive colorations, or DSP.
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    Redbook 44.1 kHz standard: theoretically sufficient timbral resolution?

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378595505001838 Not our ears, bone conduction. Spatial cues in music (live recordings in a large hall or outside at a concert) can best be listened to and enjoyed with high frquency range or hi-res amplifiers and source material. The "air"...
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    Sighted Listening Tests?

    Perhaps you should contact them and request an edit. Let's see what they say...
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    HDMI cable question

    Anyone who works in IT has set up monitors, televisions, projectors, etc. And HDMI is the most popular style of display cable.
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    STREAMER DIFFERENCE

    I don't use a streamer, but I'd like to suggest the following: Parts obviously matter. Everyone knows this. Each stage of power regulation could, in my experience, influence sound quality in audio components. Capacitors and other internals also matter, The more segregated everything is, the...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    Interesting... thanks for sharing. So if you were to set up the same system - One with a CAT 8 cable that arrives at your front door with a datasheet that guarantees performance, and a Shunyata ethernet cable (everything else being equal) A Null-Test and audio file output comparator would...
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    Sighted Listening Tests?

    With sighted listening tests we could say: preconceived beliefs based on reading reviews, personal bias against a brand, emotional attachment to a particular brand (so you believe it will be better/superior), the design and high-end external casework that impresses us... All of this crashes and...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    Ethernet and TCP/IP are robust and designed to be reliable. I figure that using CAT 8 cables in high traffic environments where many devices are connected (mission-critical, like the server room at a busy office with more than 100 employees) is worth it. And it's fine for audio also. Of...
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    What are you doing about EMI/RFI?

    You have a great sense of humor. I recently bought some genuine shungite pyramids. The idea is they neutralize EMI and RFI. Apparently, high purity-stones of this variety can also purify water. I don't think the shungite will influence how my audio equipment sounds; since they are far from...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    I use the following CAT 8 cables with network switches and an Amada metal-cutting machine + foscam camera at work (in the warehouse). Cat 8 Ethernet Cable 10 ft (3 Meters), Nylon Braided High Speed Heavy Duty Cat8 Network LAN Patch Cord, 40Gbps 2000Mhz SFTP RJ45 Flat internet Cable Shielded in...
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    Why the conductor matters

    Conductors matter primarily because they interact with other conductors. That interaction (due mostly to metallurgy) can influence sound quality. Sometimes to a large degree; other times not at all. The wiring in your audio equipment plays in tangent with the cables you connect. The...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    IT Admin here. TCP/IP is a very reliable protocol. It's what we need/use to do computer networking and access websites/content on the internet. CAT 8 for any mission-critical application is a no-brainer today. It's cheap and there are many reliable vendors. LINKUP is a solid brand. And like...
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    What are you listening today and WHY – Only one rule, see first post

    Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island - An extraordinarily good album with thought-provoking tracks. And superbly recorded, mixed, and mastered. Sunlight Beauty on the Fire Hurricane The above are amazing. Well, actually all of the tracks. Happy listening! - DMK
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    Counterfeit Audioquest cables?

    right, those Chinese copies use low-quality/low purity copper and the sheath is made to look like the real thing; in some cases, like silver. I've bought a lot of these copies just to test. I cut those cables open and found out. They are selling rubbish - costs much less = great margin for...
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    A question about FLAC.

    Most of my music library is CD quality (Redbook) 16 bit by 44.1 KHz .wav files. Some hi-res in there just because. While both .wav and .flac are lossless (not lossy) formats: Convert to uncompressed FLAC? - Adobe Community - 10301271 Check out the first reply. I have found the sound quality of...
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    What are you doing about EMI/RFI?

    RCA silicone caps on the unused inputs, well-shielded balanced interconnects, and of course keeping all cables short. As short as they can possibly be. Wi-Fi router is omnidirectional; slightly elevated on a base 9.5" above the floor and it is facing my office door. For power, my power...
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    HDMI cable question

    I work in tech - as an IT Administrator. HDMI Cables & Connections: All You Need to Know | Home Cinema Guide (the-home-cinema-guide.com) Scroll to the bottom of the page and take a look at that chart. You could buy a long HDMI cable to replace it from amazon if you wanted to. Something that's...
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    Vintage amps VS today's amps

    High-End audio equipment today that costs a lot is often made with the same kind of sensibilities as top-notch vintage audio gear. Back then, famous brands in Japan such as Kenwood, Sansui, Sony, Victor and Pioneer produced top-notch gear that can still compete when compared to state-of-the-art...
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    Sighted Listening Tests?

    Science, eh? Audio in media Book by Stanley Alten And http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Sound/earsens.html Great info above.
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    Sighted Listening Tests?

    Sure there is...such a thing as an objective belief! Yes, Obviously, being objective requires data and facts. I was not alive then (during world war 2). I did, however, study the history. Propaganda in a large group or a collective (number of citizens) is not the same thing as one person...
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    My Theory of Sonic Cues to Explain Different Sounding Systems

    Some tracks will sound like recordings. You can "hear the microphone" in a sense. Sometimes, you find a live performance or a track that was recorded so well... it's like you're in the booth with the artist or at the live performance in front row. Take this for example: The Weeknd - Blinding...
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    Does Everything Make a Difference?

    11 brilliant post...
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    What are the best speakers you've ever heard ?

    My speaker preference = accuracy is king TAD Reference One MK1 TAD M1 TAD TSM-2201-LR TAD TSM-300 ALPINE/LUXMAN S-102 The S-102's are very, very, impressive given their pint size footprint. With a good amplifier, they sing - and sound more like large bookshelf speakers; not nearly...
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    Sighted Listening Tests?

    Check out this link: Audio Musings by Sean Olive: The Dishonesty of Sighted Listening Tests I'm going out on a limb and suggesting that blind listening tests (when buying audio equipment) are unnecessary. It might even distort the reality you experience because our auditory memory is so short...
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    Smooth musical cabling suggestion

    Cardas is a great brand. The wiring inside of your audio equipment may interact with one another and change the sound. This is due to metallurgy / resistance. Mil-Spec Silver-Plated wire (custom interconnects / speaker cables) vs Pure Silver cables - Sound identical at the same lengths. A nice...
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    TAD Reference D700 CD/SACD player

    didn't look through all of these posts.... Has anyone heard a TAD D700? Impressions? Dillon

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