The other major subjective factor is design, with the fetishism of only liking components that match your aesthetic values, that could include liking high efficiency speakers, tube etc, to lux multi thousand dollar case designs, etc.
I definitely hear my system differently when I am hosting another audiophile. I don't think it's their mass :), but somehow I hear it through their ears more. For instance, I will hear negative aspects I never heard when listening with someone and they will comment on these things too. This...
Despite the fact that this discussion is occurring on a significant day, I have something serious to contribute. Electrostatic charge is one of the fundamental ways/products of a current moving on a wire. Increased humidity lowers free electrostatic charge, and may shrink the electrostatic...
The San Francisco Audiophile Foundation (shortening to the Audiophile Foundation this year) will be holding a meetup and mixer Saturday night at Axpona from 6-8pm in the MoFi room 336. A short talk about plans for SFAF will happen, and some excellent Chicago style pizza will be served along...
When building your room to be non-obvious from an audio point of view, here's an idea. I put in custom built in maple cabinetry where the obvious bass traps placement were. Some have sliding doors, some are open. As most have records or CDs in them, they make very nice bass traps, and I have...
I'm just checking in about the Mad Scientist Black Magic Ultra USB. Some members tried it a year ago (@
Miki70).
I recently got a used Black Magic Standard USB cable, and have really been liking it. I also have a number of Mad Scientists Nano tweaks which I have applied to cables and...
Sometimes the online databases of music are wrong. Hey you get what you pay for! You will need to re-tag your files with the right info. You need a audio file Metadata/tag editor.
Here is a good one.