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Power cords do too make a difference! ...my system plays much louder with a power cord installed than without one

Bruno Putzeys was talking about this in an interview. He was talking about how he's had a lot of diehard tube guys hear his stuff (the Hypex-based amps), love it, and make the switch immediately. His opinion was that these guys aren't using tubes just because they like tubes, but because a lot...

It's amazing how unimportant some people's reputations suddenly become, when someone pushes a few bucks their way...

It's true that recordings generally don't sound the same as the artist did while they were making it, as they made changes to it after the fact. Those distortions are part of the work. It's like a guitar amp. Lots of the most loved guitar amps have real high distortion.. but that's ok, because...

So.. it's absolutely true that all recordings are not created equal. You can definitely hear differences in quality between them. However, it's also absolutely true that there are differences in how the same track plays, based on what you play it through..

This stuff is an insult to actual snake oil, which usually worked, but was plagued by counterfeiting.

What kinda garbage amplifiers are audiophools using, to where the power supplies are so bad they need special clean power?

Maybe these products work like alchemy, where you won't hear the bigger soundstage and chocolatey-er midrange unless you're pure of heart or some such?

How about the sumo nine? I have to admit that I haven't heard one myself, but having built a few of my own solid state circlotrons, I can only assume that their design is what people say it is. There are some fundamental characteristics to that design that take issues like crossover distortion...

I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on Axiom speakers? I would think they'd be exactly the sort of thing that would get attention around here since their design process is all about measurements and blind testing. They're interesting to me because.. well, they're what I have. I've had...

Also.. you absolutely CAN very easily measure differences between different cables. They make equipment specifically for this, which I guarantee Belden (of all places) has whole rooms full of. You can measure how the cable itself responds, how good its shield is, how well the ends maintain...

Man.. I was thinking they might argue something like "This is really the wrong kind of test to use.. what you really need to try is EMC testing." Didn't see that though