Quote: Originally Posted by plainsong *sigh* - I ask people to come in with real ideas, and this is what I get, this and not to get it. Thanks, 'ppreciate it. Can people not read? What part of "several years" is tough to understand? Want a round number? Ok, how about 10? I've known I...

Quote: Originally Posted by stereophile I'm trying to test a bunch of IEMs, but one thing I notice is almost zero stores have them on display to test out.... Then I thought about it -- Kind of like underwear, I guess no one wants to stick those superfi 5's into their ear after 100...

Quote: Originally Posted by MaZa This thread is overrated, cuz anything that person doesnt like or the soundsignature doesnt match listeners ears, the person obviously rates it as overrated. I'm finding the thread interesting and, taken with a grain of salt, informative. It's...

Quote: Originally Posted by souperman which tracks are DC? 50 and 51, There is a track list on the site http://binkster.net/extras.shtml.

Quote: Originally Posted by pne in junior high we did an experiment where we swabbed the hands of a student who went to the washroom twice. Once without washing her hands, and once with. There was a lot more bacteria growth in the sample where she did wash her hands. We concluded you...

Quote: Originally Posted by pearljam5000 if each frequency is audible to me in all of the tracks of the cd,it's good thing right? Not necessarily! Certain digital processes can alias high frequencies and make them "audible". For instance, I can't hear 15K to any appreciable...

Here is a free collection of test files from the European Broadcast Union designed to serve as standardized testing files. They are from the EBUS SQAM CD and are posted on the EBU's own site. Sound Quality Assessment Material (SQAM) In includes a variety of acoustic instruments, speech and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jp11801 People in these "discussions" are typically deeply entrenched in their point of view to the point of distraction. Most of these threads tend to be more about winding folks up. I do wish I could disagree more, but there is a certain element of...

Ahhh, something I can acutally respond to :-) Quote: Originally Posted by JaZZ Your arguments are much too complicated. I have many arguments, some simple and some complicated. But complicated doesn't mean wrong. Quote: Originally Posted by JaZZ It's not about...

Quote: Originally Posted by JaZZ Well, your reasoning shows that you don't understand it. (BTW, for this reason I have completed my former post. I hope it helps.) . Sigh... When you get to the point of merely saying the opposing side is "uncomprehending" rather than trying to...

Quote: Originally Posted by jp11801 why oh why does this thread continue, if you don't think cables make a difference great if you do great. Please kick back and enjoy the music be it with rat shack cables or 5K Nordst cables. Rock on Because people care! I care, you care (in...

Quote: Originally Posted by JaZZ Actually the clue is rather that many people can't tell the difference between DVD players, although it wouldn't take supersenses to do so. -- I fully understand rsaavedra's argument, while for some reason you don't. . There is a difference...

Quote: Originally Posted by tyrion Guys, it's just cables. How about keeping the personalities out of it and discuss the issues, whatever they might have been. Pesky voice of reason... No, the topic starter bailed a while ago, but not, I think, because of any argument. It was...

Quote: Originally Posted by rsaavedra To support your case you started saying that my analogy was a comparison of not "apples and apples", and took off describing differences between video and audio technology which had nothing to do with my point, or even with the discussion under...

Quote: Originally Posted by rsaavedra Well I might have been testy. Don't think was too big a deal though, compared to other heated things in this thread, and don't feel at all bad to admit it. When someone argues against someone else's position without respecting the limits of...