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    What's Best? The Absolute Sound or today's High End Systems?

    I certainly agree with your tube selection and my Aikido based pre-amp has been the go-to pre-amp when the Pacific Northwest Audio Society (Seattle area) is hosting the "Sound DIY Club's Summer DIY Fest"!
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    Does My Ass Look Fat In This Bowtie?

    You're off to a good start, now you need to Chop, Channel and perhaps Section the body.
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    The Digital/Analog Dialectic

    You're correct in that if "people" can't reliably identify which is which, then preference is meaningless. There is actually not enough data points to reach any definitive conclusions, but are perhaps suggestive enough to give direction to further research and discussions. I believe that is...
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    The Digital/Analog Dialectic

    Our Club has done many comparisons and blind tests over the years. I fully expect that the analog tape/ digital comparisons will be coming up in the future, however these comparisons do take quite a bit of effort by several individuals to be successful. Best Regards, TerryO
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    The Digital/Analog Dialectic

    Ron, I'm not Gary, but I was very interested in the testing protocol, as I was rather involved in experimental design some years ago. There were no sighted tests performed. As the source (TT/LP) was the same, only the LED display would have indicated which configuration we were hearing at the...
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    The Digital/Analog Dialectic

    Amirm, Thank you very much for the welcome. I believe that tests and comparisons can be an excellent tool, as long as sufficient rigor is exercised and the conclusions are tempered by a realization that if some of the parameters were different, or changed, a comparable outcome shouldn't...
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    The Digital/Analog Dialectic

    Hi All, This is my first post to this forum and I'm pretty excited by this coming meeting. As Gary has mentioned above, my opinion (and Gill's) doesn't count. :^) I have read the entire thread a couple of times and would like to mention that Gary, nor the "Club" has any agenda attached...

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