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Yeah, but in this case you’re on solid scientific ground. Wire has specific electrical characteristics (resistance, inductance, and capacitance), which will interact with and influence both amp and speaker and definitely influence the sound. Edit: by the way, I would definitely try anything...

I highly recommend it. Best bang for the buck lens you will ever purchase. I have an M9 as well. Love the photos I get from it in good light, but the M10 is a massive step up in usability and low-light capability. The shot above was taken at iso 3200. I simply couldn’t have taken it with the...

A google search turned up this article, which has a CLX impedance curve chart in it: https://hometheaterhifi.com/blogs/little-things-using-a-zobel-network-to-reduce-harshness-with-electrostatic-speakers/ Edit: Oh crap, I just realized that’s probably the article you were referring to in your...

I haven’t contributed much to this thread, so let me add something. Photography is one of my main hobbies. For Christmas I got a new lens — a 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 for my Leica M10 camera. This lens is made in China but is of very good quality. At $350 it is an insane value (the Leica equivalent...

I know you are kind of joking here, but what you say is actually true. Mark isn’t a serious audiophile. I don’t mean that as a slight against him. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just a hobby and anyone can be as serious as they wish. But to compare it to one of Mark’s other hobbies...it’s...

Peter, thank you for responding. I understand and respect your viewpoint re the forum. But I think from time to time your input can be invaluable to provide perspective and a human connection to the company. As end users, we often speculate without having a clear idea of what we are speculating...

No, Bernard. Haven’t you heard? Vinyl is hip again! I was in a Barnes and Noble bookstore over the holidays, and they had stacks and stacks of newly-pressed vinyl, but hardly any CDs. There’s no going back for me, though. I’m just not careful and meticulous enough to keep my vinyl in...

Brad, no. Why would you need to connect via usb if everything is already connected via Ethernet on your LAN? Turn on the Marantz (assuming you have Ethernet running to it) and JRiver should be able to find it over the LAN. Then set it as a playback target. I’m not a jriver user or I would give...

Lots of changes to my system over the holiday. I received my DirectStream Memory Player and have been burning it in. It sounds divine. So happy to be able to play the DSD layer on my SACDs in my main system again. The DMP is a big step up from the Perfect Wave Transport that preceded it. I...

I do really like it a lot. I power all the main components of both my 2-channel system and my home theater system with it. I think it makes a big difference in the sound of the system, and it has completely saved my butt (and my tweeters) on at least one occasion. It paid for itself in that...

Great post, Jon. They already tried that once, putting their new marketing guy on here a few years ago, and it fell completely flat. He hasn’t been heard from since. Peter Soderburgh (sp?) also used to post and he is much more along the lines of what you are describing: a passionate...

The continuing success of such companies as Soundlab, Magnepan, PS Audio, Sanders Sound, and many others completely belies this notion. You don’t have to be part of a multinational conglomerate to survive and even thrive in this industry. Oh, and most of these companies will still support every...

To me, this quoted paragraph speaks volumes. This was my fear when ML changed from a small company of dedicated employees to a cog in a much larger corporate machine. It wasn’t always this way. When we had the first forum get together over ten years ago and toured the factory in Lawrence, Martin...

Which is why my system is wired completely with Signal Cable power cables. I’ve never felt high end power cables made a noticeable difference. Once you have thick enough gauge wire, decent shielding, and quality connectors, anything additional is just (expensive) window dressing. Now the PS...

Wish I could help you, timm. But I haven’t heard anything about this from my tax advisor. I suspect because property taxes are so cheap in my State that there is little benefit to us doing this sort of thing. Then again, we tend to pay our tax bill quarterly so maybe that plays into it. I have...

I have never seen/heard of this switch before and have no idea why they produced it. I can only speculate that maybe it was for dealers to compare speakers on the same equipment in their showrooms? Who knows. I suspect ML is on holiday break. Call them back after the first of the year and you...

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas to both of you!

Ahhh, feels like a homecoming. I’m so glad I started this thread. Nice to see so many long-time members sharing their thoughts again. Good to hear from you Steve. Been a long time. I’ll let you know the next time I’m headed out to Austin. Roberto, I promise you I will take a listen to the new...

There’s Roberto! Hola, amigo. Glad to hear you are well. I saw you posting on the Conrad Johnson forum about a certain ET-7 preamp. I presume you are enjoying it. Thanks for contributing to this thread.

Fair point, Justin. But in my defense, I didn’t make the assertion. I simply asked the question. On the one hand, I think you are right that we can’t read too much into the traffic (or lack thereof) on this forum. But on the other, I have been surprised there hasn’t been a lot of discussion...