was it invented or discovered? Where was it before it was dis-covered? Who discovered it? Is it a thing with a location? When it travels through our hifi cables, is it fully contained in there? How does this result in glorious analog hifi sound for our ears? Lots of other questions of course...

it's quite a phenomenon. In the beginning was the word (the sound). do you think something like this just evolves accidentally or was/is there intelligence behind it? Or is it intelligence itself? Is sound the source of everything? is 'source' and 'thing' even the right words?  ...

  water has memory, imprints feelings and possibly thoughts. say no to fracking        

I have a few sets of some 'identical' brand and model IEMS', one of which sounds markedly superior to the others. The only difference is that it has a non twisted cable. All the others have the wires very twisted and then jacketed.   The winning set has a more mellow treble and lush midrange...

If you had to explain simply to a martian or a 10 year old, how would you compare the two general categories of IEM vs full size or on ear open back headphones?  Any general qualities the IEM application lacks because of it's in ear nature vs 'outer ear' ?

in search of a recommendation on a sub$50 natural sounding IEM.   Looking for :   1) a musical balanced sound.   2) Slightly upfront Mids/vocals with slight low mid fullness   3) moderate low end with no over emphasis   4) realistic but slightly mellow treble     Do not...

 wondering what other vinyl lovers end up using for headphones.............. amps and dacs too.......

    this little post serves a 3-pronged purpose of comparing cables, the presence of driver variation, and the affects of cables on the stock koss75.   each of these has approx 50 hours time on them and sound remarkably similar at this point. Close enough to say that driver variation...

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These are nothing new, but I can't wrap my mind around why these are so pleasing.   http://www.headphone.com/headphones/koss-ksc-75.php#tabs   the graph shows big low end hump, but I don't hear it. All I hear is balanced, natural sound. Great little phone that gets basic sound...

you are invited to carefully craft your own - just an impression and where you'd like us to focus our attention. And we will take the 4 minutes and listen. This is the pledge upon entering this thread. enterers must listen to everyone's single youtube imbeded link. like it or not. and try and...

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anyone know what causes this issue? I have a constant static sound that is always present. it is unaffected by the volume so once the music get up to a certain level, it is no longer noticeable but in between songs and during quiet passages it is there. it's almost like the static rumble of a...

This is a personal journal in exploring the 'tuning' of wood cups for a magnum v4 driver. totally random and unorganized, for educational purposes only.   mission statement: do the mag justice by building a cup to maximize musicality, naturalness and expression of emotion in music...

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