I'm in Canada and am interested in the PM-1s and agree to the terms and conditions. Thanks

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There's some good stuff under Miscellaneous here :) http://www.stereophile.com/content/2013-recommended-components Actual there's some gear I would seriously love to hear gathered together in this 2013 collection regardless of hype.

Thanks to this thread I am starting to enjoy these type of websites more and more: http://verastarr.com/grand-illusion-signature/

Quote:   Nice work Prog Rock Man! You're building quite the body of knowledge. Has the cartridge demagnetizer been covered in this thread? What do the myth-busters say?  http://hifishack.com/audiophysic.php

Interesting piece on the science (or lack of) of wine tasting: http://m.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis

Thx Bigshot. I guess the first thing I can do is compare whether I hear the same thing through speakers and headphones. That would be a good start. Right, back to the myths and claims...

Foobar seems to be good at handling a large amount of tracks. Any others recommended for bigger libraries?

 

Great advice Bigshot and Jaddie. Thank you kindly. Off I blunder into the world of EQ and analogue vs digital, graphic vs parametric, etc... It's funny because before reading this and another thread I would have been straight to the upgrade cables/upgrade sources/upgrade everything I possibly...

Bigshot - you said you analyse your setup for gremlins or underperformance and focus on improving those areas. Would you mind sharing with the noobs like me how you would approach doing that? E.g.: I like my new setup but I expect the bass could be tighter and I detect a bit of sibilance in the...

Hi - just recently joined and happened across the audio myths thread and now this one. Love the scientific approach to complement the audio highs. It makes me feel I am getting the bigger picture reading the different points of view.    I bought my first DAC recently. I have been putting...

That's them. I think they're great so I don't want you bursting my perception bubble now...   On another topic I came across this regarding a certain rather expensive power cable:   Why should a power cord, outlet, or their influence on DTCD matter when "miles and miles of wire" precede...

No - just straight earplugs marketed to musicians. Protect from noise (so they lower dBs) but you can still hear sound with clarity so unmuffled like normal earplugs. 

What do you think about the earplugs that claim to protect your hearing by reducing noise while keeping the hi-fi range intact?

That's a great overview Ethan. Thank you. Andy

Have been reading this thread for the last few nights. Amazing discussion. Thank you so much to the OP and to all who keep questioning and explaining. I have put together a decent little system on a really tight budget and was seriously concerned that the cables might be letting everything down...