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A frightening number of people support and give their money to people like this man. Perhaps they see phenomena in them that aren’t really there. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/jimmy-swaggart-dies

Perhaps this informs the marketing of high-end audio cables.

Yes, however, the “burden of proof” is not on the skeptics, it is on those who are making the claim. Absence of evidence doesn’t get anyone very far. Neither do appeals to authority, experts, “high credentials” nor conspiracy in absence of sufficient data to support the appeal. Federal and...

Perhaps true. But if we truly “know nothing about”, then each and every one of us is free to make up anything we want and it all has equal probability of being correct.

Recording of 6khz sinus fundamental:

https://www.blueblurrylines.com/2018/10/jessie-roestenburgs-1954-ufo-encounter.html “It’s a famous sighting, one of the best-known early UK cases, but few know that her family experienced at least six UFO sightings, with Jessie being involved in all but one. Like her first, most of the...

“But holy cow, it works! Immediately, vocals get more lifelike, the sound sweeter and easier to listen to.” Anyone volunteer to purchase one for an ASR analysis? https://highendnovum.de/en/home-en/ https://www.audiophiles-hifi.de/media/pdf/Preislisten/HighEndNovum_VK-Preisliste_09-2024.pdf

Tibetan and other “singing bowls” are sold for meditation and healing: https://soundhealinglab.com/collections/therapy-singing-bowls However, Choosing the right mallet head size, shape, and material will help you achieve the desired sound from your singing bowls. Experiment with it! So...

Yes, I have published many peer-reviewed papers in medical and scientific journals and co-authored national guidance documents. I have been a peer-reviewer for many papers and national guidance documents. I served as an Editorial Board Member for a medical journal. Not sure why any of that...

My R11s have tight clean bass, but some recordings are clearly unpleasant.

I’d prefer to see world peace before I die. But there’s no evidence for that either.

Just to be clear, this is not a research paper. It is a white paper which tend to be an amorphous combination of marketing and technical description of a product or procedure. It is not nor should be intended to stand up to scrutiny supported by peer-reviewed literature. The paper does not...

https://outlawaudio.com/shop/power_amplifiers/45-model-2220.html https://www.monoprice.com/category/audio-video/amplifiers-&-receivers/audio-amplifiers

What I don’t understand about people who respond to cable marketing, is the lack of information provided by sellers on the technical design decisions that are needed to produce a desired outcome from the cable. i.e. if I want a better cable, these are the things I need to do. Speaker...

But still no convincing evidence. If they know something, they sure are keeping it a secret. From the Conclusion and Recommendations section: The extraterrestrial hypothesis is far from the best scientific hypothesis. It certainly has not been categorically proven, but strong presumptions...