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    David Karmeli’s Bionor/Lamm/AS-2000 Audio System

    ...given the size of the stage and the distribution of the musicians on the stage (L-R and F-B) is a large orchestra time-coherent to the audience?
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    Neutral power amp recommendations?

    ...now that's March Madness. My top candidate for "Simile of the Month" prize, with one week to go! Carry on.
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    Any cyclists here?

    ...you and me both, brother.
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    Ron Resnick Launches Audio Cafe LLC, a New Clarisys Audio Dealer

    ...I'm with you @Al M re: challenging rooms and height. I have a long-wall at 23 degrees. To steer back on track, I have been reading around re: Clarisys. It seems they would not like my room for shape and treatment applications (e.g. I have a lot of room treatments in place) from what I read...
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    ...is that heat-sink putty on top, or pigeon poop?
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    Ron Resnick Launches Audio Cafe LLC, a New Clarisys Audio Dealer

    ...my ceiling is just a wee bit under 8' and I have shied away from taller speakers. Perhaps I need to recalculate myself. I think I would really need to hear a tall speaker in situ here to be convinced (about this room). While the physical ceiling (drywall) is just under 8' there is almost...
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    ...I am definitely in the minority (table for 1?) to be using my Extreme with the new I/O and USB output. At least that's the plan. But as Mike Tyson said: everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. In this case, the punch will be a sonic hit, when we get reports on XDMI directly...
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    New Dedicated Listening Room

    ...according to The Whisky Shop in London:
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    New Dedicated Listening Room

    ...room within a room could be pretty interesting with those dimensions.
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    Introducing Olympus & Olympus I/O - A new perspective on modern music playback

    ...Taiko Honchos: any new info on the MSB version of the XDMI implementation via ProISL? The Lampi status is *very* stimulating, but Solid State guys are wringing our collective hands in anticipation! Even a "no news" to report update is news.
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    Dedicated Modem

    ...Luca, for what it's worth, the honchos at Taiko say their research concludes the noise pollution is coming from devices/power/grid origins, and not the WiFi itself. They even ultimately added WiFi to their new router, which surprised me. Like you, I have a separate ISP for an Uber-VPN, and...
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    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    ...I used to be anti-matter, but I was cancelled.
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    ...there are other papers out there that focus on grain boundaries and their orientation axis with relation to resistivity in copper. Most of it seems to be work done with foils/sheets and their application on PCBs and nano-circuitry. Makes sense: that's where the money is. My interpretation is...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    ...I have seen a few articles around this topic. Unfortunately, I cannot find the image with various microscopic sections under various "pull speeds," temp, etc. I don't have a dog in this fight (she's on the chair at the moment). "The effect of grain boundaries on the strength and electrical...
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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

    ...I would not know how to translate the sound heard in that room to what I might have in my room. I *think* I could approximately interpolate effects from different equipment/cables, etc. but the dynamics of that room would be tough to equate (for me). But that said, as a demo of what is...

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