Audio has always been about feelings. Even before they started selling cable jewellery. An industry of buzzwords. And now they have found some new ones. Nobody worried about SNR when tube amps was the hottest shit, and sound was good too. Anyway! Im quite happy with current state of affairs. Been loving high SNR stuff ever since I got my first Technics Mash CD player, with a jog wheel for search. I didnt even have speakers. HP out with a couple of AKG´s. This stuff has come a long way since then.
I miss Technics, and Sony ES stack´s. Those where glorious days of personal audio!Well, my first CD player was a portable Technics MASH CD player, with SONY headphones. It accompanied my whole university studies.
Right? We know from PS Audio, real audiophiles connect the case to the Hot power lead.Testing the case is correctly grounded! What is this madness?
Right! However I'd guess most of the equipment plugged into your house's grid is fairly recent and in tip-top shape, so probably not much AC noise to filter. Some of us are into vintage things, for instance I am a fan of retro computing (I have things like an original 1984 Mac, some Apple II's, etc.) and with my old gear running, who knows what kind of noise I might be putting into my AC, so maybe filtering in a surge suppressor has real value for someone like me, since I don't always know the internal operational state of all the power supplies in my old equipment until they fail.Thanks. I suspect their measurements are correct. In general though audio gear doesn't care about such filtering since it has it's own. I test everything with unfiltered power and exceptional results all the time.
Just randomly seen you post - you could try my EQ out if you like, it's based on a set of 4 units of K702 that I've measured:AKG K-702 doesn't have a review here on ASR. I have bought the headphones, but would be interested to see a review.
Bumping this. Jern speakers are fascinating. Are the other brands using cast iron?probably another unlikely one, but I'd love to see an objective measurement of a pair of Jern 14 speakers. I'm intrigued by the cast iron that they claim has superior characteristics compared to wood/MDF speakers and they receive plenty subjective praise. But I can't find much objective information on the performance of the combined product.