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    New Study Reports Women Hear Better than Men

    Were we not discussing the hearing acuity of women?
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    New Study Reports Women Hear Better than Men

    Scientific observation.
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    New Study Reports Women Hear Better than Men

    These are faulty findings on their part, I assure you. Women possess certain sensitivities that aid them in their natural roles as mothers. But all but a few fail to possess the intellect, and thusfore the hearing acuity required for serious listening.
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    Most Musical AND Refined vintage cartridges

    I am happy to report that the Shelter 201 has been performing above and beyond my rather high expectations, and has proven to be an optimal match for my new MS 101MKII tonearm (with 8.5g Nagoaka style headshell).
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    Does Anyone Know About Dalton Headphones?

    I don't know enough about them to tell you anything other than people used them in the 70's.
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    Does Anyone Know About Dalton Headphones?

    I have seen a few. I believe that my brother-in-law used to have a set.
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    Well to answer my own question, it appears that the shorter the cable, the more reflections it produces. I have received a 5 foot BJC CAT6a cable which was donated to me from Jeff? It is a marked improvement over the shorter supplied cable, which I also tried between my Modem and router. In...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    OK, so according to Stack Audio, my SmoothLan has a 9.8" (25cm) pure copper CAT7 cable. I am wondering if it is possible for a cable this short to produce internal reflections?
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    New Popori Acoustics Electrostatic Loudspeakers : World's BEST Electrostatic Loudspeakers !

    And are they really better than Stricklands Acoustat Spectra's?
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    I am thinking of purchasing the proper lengths of BJC CAT6a. I am looking for the most natural sounding cables at an affordable price. People seem to think that these are the ones to buy?
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    Is Audiophilia a Dying Hobby or Just in Need of a Tune-Up?

    Hearing acuity is directly tied to ones intellect. Serious listening is an intellectual pursuit. Women are emotionally driven creatures.
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    Source used to make vinyl

    I wasn't referring to its maximum theoretical threshold! And when was the last time that you have seen digital achieve these specs?
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    Source used to make vinyl

    What people fail to realize is that this so-called range is measured at its peak. it does nothing to measure its lowest to loudest values (range of scale). Absolutely. Measuring the fluidity of the range of scale, peak threshold and the timing of the threshold scale if you want to do a...
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    Source used to make vinyl

    As an expert on the subject, I am going to tell it to you straight. Vinyl records are capable of storing a great deal more resolution than even high order DSD is currently capable of recording. These same records store a true dynamic range of scale that digital has yet to match. Furthermore...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    5m. but I clearly hear a similar distortion that I heard with the shorter coax cable when using the short cable that came with the SmoothLan. The question is what sonic advantage a 2.5m cable has over a 1.5m? And does the cable between the modem and router have a sonic affect?
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    Does this mean that I should replace the short stock cable on my SmoothLan filter with a longer one? When I replaced a 1m coax cable with a 1.5m version do to people saying the same thing, it did give me the improvement I was looking for. The sound of my streams seem to have the same type of...
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    I don't stream much, just Mother Earth Radio.
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    All of my playing and streaming is handled by Foobar.
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    After spending a few hours listening to a select variety of cds thru my headphone rig, I have to report that they have never sounded better. They now have a more open and relaxed presentation, more graceful if you with a noticeable lack of digital haze and fatigue while allowing one to hear the...
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    My cd transport quit (sounds like a broken belt). I am burning a few cds to my harddrive with Exact Audio Copy. I will post my findings in another day or so.
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    The useless drivel one finds on the internet should always be treated with a healthy grain of salt!
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    2024 was the year I finally set up my turntable system – but has it been worth it?

    The way that good vinyl reproduction connects one to the music has no equal in the land of ones and zeros.
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    Most Musical AND Refined vintage cartridges

    I had one as well. I used it on a ET2 tonearm.
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    Why negative reviews can be unethical and misleading: 10audio.com

    Think completely neutral and transparent with the right tubes, but not sterile or overly damped.
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    Merry Christmas '24 everyone

    Well, I am not at my best today. But I will be with my family in a few hours, so I am hoping to make a reasonably good day of it.
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    Why negative reviews can be unethical and misleading: 10audio.com

    I have to strongly disagree here. Those who love tranformer-coupled SET amps do so for their true-to-life timbre and harmonics as well as their uniquely musical properties. However, it is interesting to note that OTL SET's lack this extra musical magic, producing the recording exactly as it sounds.
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    Is Audiophilia a Dying Hobby or Just in Need of a Tune-Up?

    I have auditioned a lot of megabuck headphone systems over the last 5 years expecting to hear large improvements over my current setup, but found this not to be the case. Infact, using my David Yee single ended OTL triode tube headphone amp, JVC HA-D990 headphones and Numark EQ2400 equalizer...
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    Is Audiophilia a Dying Hobby or Just in Need of a Tune-Up?

    Yet high end reproduction of analog sources still serve as the reference in SOTA playback. Those who claim to be serious about the best possible sound sources, and insist on limiting themselves digital recordings and playback will always draw scutiny from those of us that know better.
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    All that is wrong with "HiFi"

    I have coined a new term for the overdetailed and unmusical systems. I call it hype-fi.
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    Solar Cell electricity effect on Audio???

    There may be inverters with some type of noise cancellation, but I have never owned or seen one under $1K. Just as most people don't appear to be sensitive to the distortions and non-linearities of digital audio. I can't stand it.

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