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It’s becoming a reality folks: superconducting speaker cables are now just a few more innovations away: The video outlines a new technique that uses nitrogen evaporation to more efficiently cool a cable to superconducting temperatures, something like a nitrogen filled heat pipe. Caveats...

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5.pdf I watched the video but I still suggest the read - more details.

I need to make some new interconnects for my systems, and thought why not make them look fancy "snake oil" like in stead of just plain boring. Not that i don't believe that a simple well build rca cable can do the job right, it's just why not doing something different just for fun. So i studied...

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review Article about the pitfalls of peer review in science. What do you guys think?

I found this extremely interesting, discuss; https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a39588076/information-could-be-the-fifth-state-of-matter/ JSmith

Sound in general is a big part of many people's lives, and some people mix sound and science in unusual ways. There are many aspects to audio science that are not related to pursuing perfect reproduction of imperfect recordings. Please share any off-beat science/audio/music links that you...

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In my attempt to find my preferable FR for headphones, I went on various sites to explore and found that RTINGs had a decent way of documenting them. I know that since they might have had only one unit at hand, their charts might not be representative of an aggregated FR curve for their devices...

My goal is a good-natured, civil, fun, back and forth about scientists and engineers. If this thread becomes hostile or endless back and forth sniping, I’ll beg Amir or Thomas to move it to fight club, or just delete it. Forty years ago, I started working in a Tokamak Fusion Research Lab. Since...