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    Snake oil etc

    cedar wood planks deliver a <0.0008 level of harmonic resonance. when you add smoked salmon, thinly sliced organic red onions, capers, lemon zest, and toast points, the harmonic resonance drops to 0.0009.. explain that?!
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    DAC - Stand alone unit or built into amplifier

    having gone down the all-in-one route with a SIMAUDIO Moon 390 and then a NAIM Uniti Nova, I think you can go either direction, as your space and budget allows and be happy with the sound. I still have the Nova and run it semi-regularly and when gear from main system goes off to see the...
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    Snake oil etc

    i saw a system with wood blocks all over the gear.. was made from Canadian Spruce he said, the same wood used to make violins or something like that. i am a magic cable believer- full disclos- and believe i can hear the differences in various cables, in my system, when swapped out with other...
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    Question Is speaker 'burn in' real?

    2 real world emo feelie examples: 1. i just put on some speakers, UREI 813 (Altec 6048G/ JBL 2226H picking up the low end for the replaced(?!?!) 416s. they hadn't been played in over a year.. and when I put them back into system, they sounded different that they did just a few hours later. 2...
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    What's the best hifi you've ever heard

    when i was 6, i heard a full Bose system.. with an 'installed' brick wall behind the system, speakers hanging from the ceiling.. yep, laugh now, but at that time< i was blown away. The sound seemed to be coming from all over and in a way I had not engaged with music- yet. my Dad's Marantz, w...
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    Question Bluetooth turntable

    you can water a lead horse but you can't drink what it makes. glwts- (s)= sound quality.
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    Question Bluetooth turntable

    running blueteeth for audio source, is like saying, I want to spend too much money but I also want it to sound awful. .. or i only date gals that hate me. regardless of $ spent on TT, cart, cables, the rest of your system, bluetooth output will sound like it's a speaker mounted to a kitch 70s...
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    new to inets

    hello all, lurked for a spell but figured I'd intro.. i've been on other forums, AK and AC, HH and then wandered into Audiogon/ USAudiomart forums, a few times.. I don't TT anymore, just digital. planning to post about my new DAC soon. I upgraded the BEST DAC EVER MADE- the Audio Mirror...