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Speedskater replied to the thread Can I/How do I paint a Schiit Amp?.Take photos of each step of the dis-assembly, so later you can put it back together. In the Fall you might get a high school auto shop... -
Speedskater replied to the thread Will inserting a earphone/headphone into an amp with volume knob not at zero cause electrical surge and damage?.Well I do it all the time (insert headphones) but the volume is at a reasonable level for the headphones.
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Speedskater replied to the thread Extremely sensitive to sound.You are not the only one! Now that I'm old, it's only the low frequency noise (that others don't notice) that bothers me. My wife has...
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Speedskater replied to the thread How to configure microphone EQ to make a human voice sound more bassy.Have you tried speaking more to the side of the mic, rather than straight on? Have you tried speaking father away from the mic?
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Speedskater replied to the thread Topaz Low-Capacitance Isolation Transformers - for Affordably Clean Power.a little "Kill-a-Watt" meter (or similar) will do a good job of measuring power line Voltage, Current & Power. with any DMM if you...
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My personal opinion is that Hoffman’s opinion depends on which side his bread is buttered on. He’s getting more gravy from audiophiles...
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From the thread below, Steve Hoffman claims that a LP record sounds closer to a master tape than a 24 bit digital copy of it. Apart...
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Speedskater reacted to KeithPhantom's post in the thread What do you think about subjective opinions without any scientific basis? with
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Well, to be specific, many of the ultrasonics can get masked by stronger signals, they can be cut by the filtering stage of a DAC, the... -
Speedskater reacted to gregorio's post in the thread What do you think about subjective opinions without any scientific basis? with Like.
1. That's not really my experience. The vast majority of the "respectable people" (respected audiophiles) I've seen here on head-fi do...
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Speedskater replied to the thread RCA Splitters (DAC into headphone amp and hifi amp).Sure they are good. But there are (were) some components that do funny things to their inputs when powered off. In effect, their input...
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Speedskater replied to the thread The truth about "Hospital Grade" power cords.Isolated Ground receptacles are for circuits that are wired with metal conduit (ridge or flexible). Romex® cable does the isolating all...
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Speedskater replied to the thread DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread.For great wire and cable providers in the US my first choices are: Markertek https://www.markertek.com/ Redco https://www.redco.com/...
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Speedskater replied to the thread What do you think about subjective opinions without any scientific basis?.To avoid confusing @gregorio and @sander99, instead of writing: 'ears only' listening test or: 'blind' listening test, I will try...
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Speedskater reacted to bigshot's post in the thread How do I convince people that audio cables DO NOT make a difference with Like.
"It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled." --Mark Twain
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How would one go about proving it *doesn't* exist? You can't go back in time and measure the before and after of the amp you are using...
