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Upgrading apartment into house - which country has the best sound?
My girlfriend got an international job and said she will buy a house for us in the summer, I would get to decide the location, I would get my own cellar to "work" in. I will have random papers on a desk (with numbers to confuse her). Outside the room I will hang a "do not disturb" sign. Inside...- Patrick82
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Need more resolution than K1000 - which headphones to buy?
Which headphones should I buy to get more resolution than K1000? I want the most midrange resolution possible. Is electrostatic the way to go? Are they better than K1000? What about TakeT headphones?- Patrick82
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Rabbits ate up my plant
I opened up the top door of their cage and inserted a tall plant and went to sleep. In the morning half of the leaves were missing. I wonder if those leaves will grow back or should I buy a new plant?- Patrick82
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Noise Harvester behaving erratically at Christmas
It must be the neighbor's Christmas lights which are making my PS Audio Noise Harvesters blinking erratically? Does anyone else have this problem?- Patrick82
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Why does UPS not deliver on Christmas eve?
It is Christmas eve and UPS has not showed up yet, what will I do for Christmas without my RTP-4 Ultimate Schuko power strip? I have prepared it good, rabbits are gone, it is quiet, now I want to tweak! Any ideas how to tweak with my current setup? I will open up my Adam A7 and replace internal...- Patrick82
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Which air humidifier gives the best sound?
I have Electrolux air purifier with HEPA filter and the air is very clean, but now in the winter it is crazy dry and my skin falls off. I need an air humidifier too. Which one will I buy? I want to fine-tune the humidity to get the best sound so it needs to have controls in the front. Also...- Patrick82
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Blind test video - PCM, FLAC, mp3 vbr, mp3 320 kbps
I had 4 options to choose from and scored 4/4 which is 1 chance in 256. Then I got fatigued and dropped to 5/6, then 7/9. I'm in the process of learning how to calculate the odds with math (permutations and combinations), I know how to calculate when there are 2 options, but now there are 4, how...- Patrick82
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Ubuntu Amarok vs WinXP cPlay
I have dual boot on my undervolted Asrock nettop 330. I booted into Ubuntu (Linux) and listened to a track, then I booted into WinXP and closed all programs on task bar, then I started up cPlay and put only one track into the playlist, I have enabled "advanced ram allocation" which should give...- Patrick82
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Question about eggs
I have two eggs in the fridge which are approaching the expiration date, but I cannot consume these since I turned vegan. Unless I'm mistaken, eggs are chicken babies correct? What will happen after the expiration date? Will a baby chicken be born? Instead of throwing these eggs away, could I...- Patrick82
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My pretty ERS Paper - pics and videos
I wanted to enable the possibility of ERS Paper while having a girlfriend so this time I made it look as pretty as possible. I put all the cables in a small area behind my display. But the DC cables and USB cable were too long so I had to find a way to bundle them together without interference...- Patrick82
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Schuko to IEC adapter for daisy chaining - where to find?
I have searched for hours but have not been able to find it. I have this adapter in US style but why is there none for Schuko?- Patrick82
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Should I buy this bed with curtains? - EMI/RFI shielding in disguise
My girlfriend brought her cat over but it escaped and has been missing for a month, I thought it enjoyed my room since it sniffed om my Valhalla cable a lot. Then we got two rabbits and I woke up in the middle of the night while the rabbit was trying to bury dozens of wet coco pops into my bed...- Patrick82
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Vegan food for better sound? Calmer body - higher resolution
I have switched into vegetarian food because of my girlfriend, I didn't notice a difference in listening performance. Then I switched into vegan food and didn't notice anything still. However, when I ate dairy products again my body felt weird. I sat on my chair and felt jumpy like there was...- Patrick82
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Audiophile clothing
I wonder if anyone has tried these clothes and got an improvement in sound? EMF Safety Garments, Bedding, & Grounding Devices- Patrick82
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Network cable vs wireless
When I have cables plugged into my laptop I hear RFI and ground noise entering the laptop which makes the sound harsher. However, this time I got positively surprised when I turned off the wireless network and plugged in a network cable. It sounded a little smoother, can anyone else confirm my...- Patrick82
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Magix levitation feet vs Feet of Silence
I have made experiments before, today I did one again and got closer to understanding what these isolation feet do to the sound. Today I made the experiment with my laptop. I had Feet of Silence (FoS) under the laptop and it sounded tight, clear and 3 dimensional. I switched to Magix and it...- Patrick82
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Bought both Adam A5 and Adam A7 on same day - what to do?
I had an ad running for half a year and then I gave up and bought a new pair of A5 and they were shipped to me, then a few hours later I got a response to my ad and someone wants to sell me A7 for the same price I bought my A5 new. I received my A5 a couple hours ago and in 3 hours I will go and...- Patrick82
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AKG K1000 vs Etymotic ER4P
K1000 sound bright and harsh because the drivers give too much resolution which reveals problems in the system, using the tweaks ERS Paper and Magix dramatically increases the resolution which makes it sound smooth and warm. However, using those tweaks with ER4P has no effect whatsoever, I was...- Patrick82
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Audio system inside bed?
Since I will move to a little apartment and invite friend over...I will need to make it pretty but I don't want to sacrifice audio performance. I asked for help at Hardforum but they closed the thread after I showed my Judge power cable, I think they got scared. I need to hide my power cable...- Patrick82
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My headphone hobby is completed
Many months ago it felt like my audio hobby was completed, today I still feel the same way, so I took some pictures before taking everything apart.- Patrick82
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Listening room cleaner
I will switch from headphones into loudspeakers and I want a device which cleans the dust between drivers and ears with the press of a button. PS Audio has a CleanWave function that cleans the power supply with the press of a button. I would like this for listening rooms too. I was reading...- Patrick82
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Found small apartment, help me tweak it!
I talked to the boss of a firm and he gave me an apartment where drug users live, I will move there monday 1 pm and will stay forever! It is small (24m²) with kitchen in the room. Any ideas? I was planning to use multiple daisy chained ElectraGlide Synapses2 power cables from the breaker box to...- Patrick82
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Found Valhalla!
I have been searching for this place and now I found it! + YouTube Video ERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.- Patrick82
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My pizza is ok?
Before I used too many ingredients and too little dough to make my pizzas but it got too messy. Now I have fixed the problem, it looks tasty now? + YouTube Video ERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed. + YouTube Video...- Patrick82
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