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    Whither Audio Research

    We should note that the whole building is not for lease, just suite 115, which happens to be ARC's address. Also look at the date: 18 May 2023. So that is the month that the receivership event happened. The property owner may have already negotiated a new lease with Cora and the real estate...
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    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

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    Any experience with Vandersteen Kento Carbons? I'm considering going back...

    I've not been to Stereo Unlimited it at least 25 years. When checking San Diego county retailers recently I noticed they were still in business, the only high-end business that has hung around since the old days. From their website it seems they've ended up with all the legacy brands, for this...
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    Whither Audio Research

    Well then, we'll be looking forward to his solid stone chassis amps! o_O
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    Robert Harleys 'listening room

    When I first saw the opening of that video I had similar critical thoughts of RH's choice of interior design for his listening room, given the quality (visually implied from the exterior shots) of the house. But then a thought popped into my head that maybe RH's room should look like he has...
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    Whither Audio Research

    I watched some of the video when MF posted it. We can all try to deconstruct the video and collectively we could, probably, come up with some questions that will be awkward for ARC to answer. Still, my belief is that the fundamentals of the market will drive whatever happens to ARC, Cora (and...
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    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

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    Whither Audio Research

    The Acora speakers have been shown in with ARC gear. And Val claims to have owned much ARC.
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    Whither Audio Research

    Damn, less than the average price of a house in the coastal counties here in California. For the entire assets (less cash on hand?)
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    Whither Audio Research

    I did not say I am against someone, who can afford it, buying ARC. I said it would be a tragedy if such a thing occurred because the buyer wanted a toy to play with. I am presuming, though, that we are hoping the company becoming a viable business again. If you want ARC to be a...
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    Whither Audio Research

    IMO it would be a tragedy if some ultra wealthy audiophile buys ARC as a plaything. Those type of things don't often go well (see Musk buying Twitter for a recent example.) Sure, $2.6M won't even buy a house on the west side of I-5 here in Southern California. It's not a great amount of money...
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    Whither Audio Research

    Ok, I'm a bit slow on these things.... but why would someone want to buy a company that owed $2.6M unless said buyer already *knows* that they can expand 1) total sales, and/or 2) profitability of the current products? ARC is a small company that operates in a niche (high-end tubes) of a niche...
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    Compared to .... humans? Not sure you noticed, but humans are not so big on fact checking themselves.
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    Social Media and High End Audio

    Those four categories contain what I've come across as the majority of "audio" Youtube channels that are not established manufacturers or retailers. As I noted there are other Youtube channels that are clearly the primary advertising outlets for commercial concerns: Trinnov, PS Audio, SVS, etc...
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    Social Media and High End Audio

    As others may have pointed out (being this thread is now 10 pages long and I've not read all the comments), Jay of Jay's audiolab is not a journalist nor does he sell himself as one. He is a flipper and a Youtuber (who is trying to become a player aka "influencer" in the market.) And this is...
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    Favorite TV shows thread

    No love for music shows like this? : Anyway, like others here I find British TV often more substantive than US TV. Thought that Detectorists had an engaging balance of humor and poingancy. The original seasons of Happy Valley were intense.
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    Alsyvox - Hi end Munich 2022 - your thoughts

    Are not the Alsyvox main panels planars? That is, attached on all sides. A (true) ribbon is allowed free movement on half the sides.
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    Alsyvox planars...prepare to sell your Magico's, YG's, Wilson's, Cessaro's. Maggie's, and all others!!

    The force (which moves the film which pushes the air) is proportional to the product of the current and the magnetic field. Alsyvox implements a much stronger magnetic field than the older planar manufacturers (not just Apogee but also Magnepan, etc.)
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    Google's Bard is in trial so I asked it a few audio questions, like the ones I posted above. Very disappointing: Bard basically threw up its hands. Google has a ways to go to catch up to ChatGPT.
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    When AI starts to write other AI. Then that is the end of us meat bags.
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    Love Is Always Better the Second Time Around: The Sanders Sound Systems 10e Hybrid Electrostatic Speaker

    Do you prefer an RT60 significantly below what some room designers intend? I have long been under the impression that for a dipole one could use an RT60 less than if one used a box speaker.
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    So I asked it to be specific about its references. I cut and pasted the conversation and bolded the citations: Make of it what you will.
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    Something like ChatGPT is "biased" by the sum total of sources that it has managed to absorb. In that way this tool is more like us humans than we may be comfortable accepting. From my point of view, ChatGPT's answers on audio are no worse than, and perhaps better than many, answers found on...
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    That came out of... left field.
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    Well, Microsoft certainly thinks so, which is why they've integrated it into their new Bing. This gets us back to the topic of audio reviews, biases, etc. It is quite possible that we're only 5 years out from when determined people rely on something like AI for shopping information, something...
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    So I did ask ChatGPT an amplifier question:
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    Then I asked a follow-up:
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    Not yet but I did ask it about the subject of this thread:
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    Is iPad/Laptop as Streamer Good Enough?

    My position is that DACs ought to be immune. They ought to be capable enough to buffer a data stream and re-clock from their own internal clocks as needed. Otherwise, IMO, any DAC that fails to be immune is not worth buying.
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    For some reason I get the feeling that the content of that blog post is more about stirring the pot. Especially when the ChatGPT favorably mentions ASR, for example.

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