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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: I bet retrofitting the equipment to SMA's was also expensive..   jnjn
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: I've been tossed over the years.  Teena Marie was the one who impressed me the most, her speed and accuracy.   jnjn
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: Everybody believes this, so it cannot be used as a demarcation between you and others.   That is all we can do.  The primary problems stems from the question:what are we sensitive to?  If we assume the world is monophonic, then all that matters is FR, distortion, and gross phase...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: As far as that CAST stuff, it may be that they've developed a nice signal method.  The picture looked  to have sufficient pincount for differential drive, and I think current drive might be more immune to loop voltages caused by ground currents. since it's proprietary, they may also...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: I looked at the Krell website, they make power cords..  Here's their verbage:  I've hilited the more interesting stuff.   You will instantly hear improvements in bass definition and control. Image outlines are more defined with greater elegance and finesse in the upper octaves...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: Yes, they do.   The issue is, current ripple.  The caps can have lots of capacity, they can have low ESR and ESL, but how the supply is arranged can also impact the system.  PSRR shouldn't be affected by the load impedance, but it can be.  And it gets more difficult when the load...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: I read the vendor written science papers for comic relief. Quote: Testing on the bench with a resistive load does not take the amplifier into 4 quadrant operation.  Half of the amplifier's responsibilities are ignored that way.  Since mids and highs are riding on a (hopefully)...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: You're not married, are you...   I absolutely agree.  Until the speaker/room stuff is done, complete with treatments and such, worrying about silly wires is just, well, silly.  I always defer to experts when it comes to the room.   Actually, the speakers and room set the...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: I absolutely agree.  I have this problem when I give tours or talks or presentations .  Sometimes it's 5th graders, sometimes it IVY league engineering prof's, sometimes individuals well above that.  Without the face to face, it's impossible to distinguish a 5th grader with google...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: Greisinger did some great stuff where he measured and provided information on how humans violate the "pan pot" law.  Basically, if an image is placed off center during mixdown, one would expect all of the image to be in the exact same location in space, a nice tight spread as it...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: Magick Man   I have continued to review the course of our dialogue.  I am not happy with what I said as the discourse ramped up.   You have my sincere apologies..You were quite reserved in your responses.   jnjn
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: Sigh...Yes, I see lots of it everywhere.  The problem is that analytical solutions can get so difficult, that using them would mean nothing gets done..The approximations allow good work to be done, but many either didn't understand the tradeoffs, or were never told.  And yes, EMC...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: I agree.  However, it appears you've deleted at least one of m's posts directed at me.  As far as I am concerned, he wrote what he saw, and went no further.  While my intent was not what he thought, he still had a valid opinion.  Until we know each other better, that's gonna happen. ...
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    Dilemma: Should I not believe any reviewers who talk about cables or just ignore that section of their review?

    Quote: Actually, I'm guilty of trying to keep it too simple.   The mechanism described is totally keboshed with an ABX box.  Where do the shield/return current go once an ABX box is included?   Don't forget.  I am not saying that all interconnects and line cords sound different. ...
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