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Most of the variability found in DACs and amplifiers wouldn't correlate with findings in blind listening tests. Research even shows lower order distortion can be a good thing for some ('Recent studies have clearly shown the human PREFERENCE for THD distortion of low order or at higher...

Ishiwata toe in or extreme toe in where the speakers cross over in front of the listening position. Made famous by the audio industry legend Ken Ishiwata of Denon/Marantz. Ken Ishiwata used it not only to tame untreated rooms during Marantz demos where he would stream songs from his iPhone. It...

'Many years ago, with my first couple of months wages in the bank, I went to see Thomas Heinitz in Moscow Road, Bayswater, then the top audio equipment shop in London. I wanted a tyrntable and was determined to spend as much as I could. Mt Heinitz sat me down in front of the six foot tall...

I'm not much of an old hand in the audiophile community. Audio Science Review was my starting off point. I've noticed some of the more experienced members have an 'alcoholic anonymous' vibe towards the audiophile community they were formerly a part of. They talk about their former life as an...

What's your normal listening distance at home and and the db level at that distance at home in terms of the average and the peaks? Be aware that peaks are not always caught by cell phone apps. Does it vary depending on what you are playing?

What are the most expensive audio purchases you've made? How would you do you see them now post hoc?

Looking on YouTube perhaps things are changing and the audiophile community is becoming more diverse than some of our forums give the impression of? On YouTube there are some female audiophiles. At least they are less rare than the Loch Ness monster.

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Tour of the McIntosh factory in Binghamton, New York. YouTube, 4 parts, about 20 minutes total. Built in 1956, this factory is located at 2 Chambers Street in Binghamton, NY. According to the video they only produce between 50-100 products a month. Part I - circuit board manufacturing...

Apart from bragging rights and visual symmetry the separate 1200 watt amp for each speaker could seem over the top. In all fairness they give his system an attractive visual symmetry. The oversized heatsinks and dials on the amps give an almost dangerous aesthetic to the system hinting at the...

On many albums (with Mark Wilder remastered Miles Davis albums being the worst offenders for me at the moment) I always have to heavily attenuate the mid-high frequencies (by which I mean anything above around C5), to avoid ear pain. This is not because any aesthetic preference, but rather...

What height do you prefer to have the tweeters or your speakers? At ear level, above the ear level, or below the ear level? I'd been led to believe that the speakers should be at a height where your ears should be between the tweeter and the mid/low frequency driver. So that would imply...

I've spent the last couple of years ripping a lot more of my CDs (around another 1000 classical and jazz CDs) to FLAC. However, I sometimes wonder why I bother. I've re-discovered in the last months that is it far more enjoyable to just play the original CDs on a CD player, than sending them...

What $200 or sub $200 DACs could you recommend with balanced outputs, and reliable build quality, and/or guarantee policies? (I.e. perhaps not something from Topping, which seems to be unreliable and prone to breaking down according to reports and reviews in places like Amazon). I'm interested...

What are the best headphones you would recommend in the $100-$250 range? For a person who listens mainly to classical music and jazz music? I had a pair of Grado SR-80, but they broke after a few months - so personally, I'll avoid Grados. I already have Sennheiser HD 599 (for use with my...

Do you prefer floorstanding speakers or bookshelf speakers? Which do you find sound generally better at the same pricepoint, and ceteris paribus? Also what speakers and brands in particular have impressed you?

Hi I've been reading this forum for around a year. What interconnects do you use in your systems? What do you think about Van Damme ones? I just ordered some ones based on Van Damme instrument cable. I'm hoping they'll be fit for purpose (i.e. long lasting and sufficiently shielded).