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Retirement is doing you good, Tom! Nice new avatar. :cool:

I'm having trouble understanding the purpose of Trump's rallies. Is it simply so that he can get adulation from "the deplorables"? I thought he'd have a lot to keep him busy as President.

Justin, I don't think we'll ever see Rich's sytem pics. I think he enjoys the notoriety that comes from not posting them, even years after saying he would.

Hey Justin, welcome back!

Sometimes it's not hypochondria; you should regularly unplug cables and plug them back in, to remove oxidation on the connectors. Wine always works because you are then listening to music rather than equipment. I trust my ears completely....after all, I listen with my ears, not with network...

Dave, this is beginning to sound like a philosophical discussion. So, for those "plenty of times when when it does in fact sound better", how do you separate reality from fake news? And, what do you think of Shakti Stones ? :devil:

I understand the intent of the switch box. But it has a bunch of connectors, wires, switches etc; can you categorically state that they contribute NOTHING to the sound? That is what I am questioning. In these discussions we tend to lose sight of the fact that this is all about the pleasure of...

Of course, Dave.

I agree completely. It is particularly true of a lot of engineering minds.....the engineering texts are explicit, so there can be no difference, so they are not going to even listen, even if it costs nothing to do so! That is a closed mind. I like to keep an open mind when I listen. So...

Cable discussions always end up heated, no matter what type of cable is being discussed. Lots of those here, going back many years. With Shakti Stones you'll get more of the same; people who've heard them and think they improve things swear by them, whereas people who've not heard them say...

Your second sentence proves conclusively that you are NOT full of crap! :) Forget the equipment and enjoy the music! Does Stereophile not still do a mix of measurements and sound. Any time I read it I always ignored the numbers. But, I haven't looked at an audio magazine in years. I prefer...

Adam, that post was tongue-in-cheek....in a sense. But, you get my drift.

Adam, you forgot one condition. Allow me to explain: When I visited Roberto, I really did not want to hear any difference between his CLX and my SL3 as I cannot afford the CLX; of course, I was going by the fleeting auditory memory of my SL3. And I did take a couple of my own CDs. So, even...

Gordon, I went back before you submitted your post and deleted the political comment, to not hijack the cable discussion. Funny, but I keep telling myself that I will never participate in another cable discussion, as it's pointless, but then I read a provocative post and can't help but respond...

Adam, I would love to upgrade to a pair of CLXes, but just plain can't afford to. When I plugged the Foundation Research power conditioners into my SL3s, they sounded much better. Am I going to say that this proves that the power supplies in them are crap, so I should just wait until I can...

I have two reservations about blind ABX testing: 1) I think we all agree that when evaluating equipment, including cables, we use music that we like. In ABX testing you have no control over what music is used; some of it may well be stuff that you consider crap. If I were on one of those...

I grant you that it is trivial to flatten ripple, etc, but isn't amplifier design more than just meeting a spec? I don't want to get into what passive components contribute to an amplifier's sound (e.g. can you hear differences between capacitors) as that has been beaten to death. If all you...

Don't forget that most components are designed to a specific price point, which impacts the design of the power supply, i.e. how well it performs. So, a power conditioner could well improve the component (it does in my modest setup). I can't make such a statement about high end power cables as...

Household noises can indeed be disturbing, but you should just forget you are an audiophile and simply relax and enjoy the music instead of listening intently for every last sound on the recording; otherwise, extraneous noises will drive you nuts. Of course, you should put on your audiophile...

Excuse my ignorance, Rambo (I know nothing about guns), but what is a shot reloader? Is it what you use to insert shells into your bandolier? What do you hunt? Hopefully you don't use a machine gun to hunt deer. Would it not be more sporting (for you, not for the deer) if you instead used a...