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    installing 7 Furutech GTX-D NFC (R) outlets this morning

    So I took one of my NCF based power cables out of my system so that a friend can borrow it. This cable was well broken in and sounding fantastic in my system. But my friend is reporting that it is doing all of the quirky things that I experienced when I first installed it. It's as if the thing...
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    installing 7 Furutech GTX-D NFC (R) outlets this morning

    I had been toying with the idea of trying some of this NCF gear ever since I first heard about it. Then I ran across this thread and decided to give it a go. But I was conservative about it, replacing the connectors on just my amplifier power cable to start. Plugged it in last night and WHOA...
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    Jeff Fritz/State of the Uber High End

    Have a friend who uses them with the Vk-150SE monos and triple basshorns. Spectacular? Yes. But in a one dimensional sort of way. Definitely a candidate for the most dynamic speakers on the planet. Kind of makes you feel like you can hear the hairs rattling around in the singer's nose. But...
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    Jeff Fritz/State of the Uber High End

    HAHAHAHAHAHA! Priceless reply. Obfuscating the issue with straw man arguments. I've never once seen someone claim a Prius was a better car than a Ferrari because of gas mileage. Anyone who does that is missing the point of the Ferrari! Apple and Oranges! The difference in audio is the arrogant...
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    Jeff Fritz/State of the Uber High End

    D"Agostino makes the Helius as well. The point with regards to the Momentum was that it went into thermal protection even before testing took place. A rather benign warm up cycle meant to prepare an amp for more consistent testing. Agree with KeithR. That was an article that made me cheer...
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    LP with better dynamic range than digital

    Someone should take the time to look at the actual waveforms of these various formats. Just an idea. For years I used the audiophile iconic CD from Patricia Barber, "Cafe Blue", as test material for improving my system. No question that the midrange on that recording is outstanding. But I...
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    New generaton of buyers ....nothing but the price

    The very existence of this thread is proof of the evolution of this hobby. And though I strongly disagree with ElliotG when it comes to things like the value of a Magnum Opus and whether or not those cables are actually worth that much, I have to agree with him in this thread. Then again, I see...
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    Transparent vs Shunyata

    Yes. Though the concept of a square wave is only an ideal anyway, as no system can actually reproduce one perfectly, since neither rise time nor fall time time is ever 0, etc. I apologize for the confusion. Was mixing elements in my head, thinking more of the practicalities of speaker response...
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    Transparent vs Shunyata

    Electronic equipment have fairly stable output impedances and very stable input impedances. (Input impedance is usually a simple resistor.) Speakers, on the other hand, can have a wildly varying input impedance, based on frequency. These varying impedances are far too complex to account for in a...
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    Transparent vs Shunyata

    Choosing a cable based on it's square wave performance is a good start. Especially if someone seeks true fidelity rather than editorializing. But Shunyata hardly has any exclusivity on that. There are at least four other companies that I know of that reproduce quality square waves. And if the...
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    Audiophile Fundamentalism

    It looks like the only real innovation in the High End over the last 30 or so years is in figuring out how to get audiophiles to pay up to 100X parts cost for cabling/equipment and then passionately defend those purchases. :p
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    Audiophile Fundamentalism

    I can't disagree with your statement. I guess it's all in how you read his article. For what it's worth, I've always maintained that if I like the music being played I'm going to like it on a crappy karaoke system just as much.
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    Audiophile Fundamentalism

    The quote in the OP that is attributed to Phil Jackson (KEF) is actually a quote from Robert Harley. Robert weighed in on this subject just the other day. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/from-the-editor-its-all-good/ That being said, I think Robert if full of crap on this. The first...
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    Audiophile Fundamentalism

    I remember this video series when it first came out. And I think it’s a good launch pad for discussing the whole idea of “audiophile fundamentalism”. But I also think it’s fair to know the context of this video. It is, for example, no coincidence that Dave starts by speaking of “political”...
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    Taralabs grandmaster evolution: new top of the line cables from Taralabs

    That's one of the best analogies I've yet read, Mike! For decades the WR was lowered by hundredths of a second. Then Usain comes along and does a full tenth. RELATIVELY speaking, that was HUGE! So huge, in fact, that it bordered on unbelievable. Of course, I'm a Track nut. So it's even bigger...
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    Taralabs grandmaster evolution: new top of the line cables from Taralabs

    Many people don't know this little factoid, but when Aluminum tweeters were first invented and became all the rage George Cardas responded with a speaker cable design that came to be called the Golden Cross. Because the proliferation of aluminum tweeters (and their associated ringing) had a...
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    Taralabs grandmaster evolution: new top of the line cables from Taralabs

    Couple observations.... RE: "Point 2" Last I checked, University of Utah Engineering was ranked #53. The cables I use and love were designed by people who worked/graduated from an Engineering program consistently ranked in the top 5 worldwide. Does this make the ones I use inherently better...
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    Taralabs grandmaster evolution: new top of the line cables from Taralabs

    Naturally. Even so. Was trying not to get too technical. LOL
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    Taralabs grandmaster evolution: new top of the line cables from Taralabs

    I love this thread. I really do. So many things that I enjoy being talked about. I've seen what it takes to make a Patek Philippe and I must say, it is very impressive. Though, if I had that kind of money to spend, it would go to a car instead. Though not a Ferrari. I respect them. But for me...
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    WBF Train Wrecks! Love em or hate em.

    I've NEVER done anything like that!! :o LOL
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    How do you decide how much.....

    I like that! A lot. hahaha
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    How do you decide how much.....

    This thread was inspired by one particular post in another thread but is a theme I am seeing more and more often. The statement in the other thread, paraphrased, was "I won't pay anything more than 20% off, 30% off if it's cables." Now, when I read something like that, and if I'm not exactly...
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    WBF Train Wrecks! Love em or hate em.

    A couple thoughts...... 1) Even when you don't want to be combative, it's Oh so easy to fall into that. It's the nature of the beast. Classic group psychology.... When there is little to no consequence, people are a lot more bold (and degenerate). Guilty of this myself from time to time. Always...
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    Running Springs Audio fans?

    Technically, they always were a cap company. But not just caps, all sorts of premium electronic parts. That's one of the things that made the PLC so good for the price. All of the internal parts were made by them as well. As far as I know, the only thing they didn't make on the PLC was the...
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    Running Springs Audio fans?

    BIG Running Springs Audio fan here. P.S. anyone who is a fan of the HZ might be interested in the info at CH Acoustic for future reference. (chacoustic.com/HZCrown)
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    How influenced are you by others over equipment purchases

    Quietly, for several years, I've been listing various pieces of equipment on Audiogon and making note of the response to them. I track things such as the number of views a listing will get, how many email inquiries it will induce, strength of enthusiasm within those emails (Ie. ready to buy...
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    Your favorie audio magazine

    The measurements are the only thing I find useful from Stereophile. Even they must be taken with a grain of salt. And Jeff, at Soundstage, is the only writer I trust anymore. Sometimes I'll read JV at TAS. But only for a good laugh. Or to use as an example of what's wrong with the audio press.
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    Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne loudspeakers

    phillipk, I'm fully aware of all the differences. And I know how all of the differences impact the final cost. The Magico driver is, no doubt, more expensive than the MMM1. But there is no way on earth that one Magico driver is ten times the cost of two EA driver. Your...
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    Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne loudspeakers

    No problem, Man! Sometimes things fall through the cracks. I would have emailed again but I probably got distracted by something else shiny at the time. No worries though. Thanks for chiming in here.
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    Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne loudspeakers

    There was no REdefining. The quote you grab is from point "2" of my original post. It could not be MORE clear, from point "1" that I am relating to China vs. U.S. labor. I apologize for not choosing my words more carefully in point 2. Though I imagined that most people with reading comprehension...

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