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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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