electrathecat
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Evilking is on the right track, but he gives the products he singled out too much credit -- rather than doing nothing, some of those items likely make your system sound worse.
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Hey, the Valhallas aren't THAT great. The Valhalla speaker cables sounded great, but I recently got the Virtual Dynamics Genesis speaker cables, and haven't looked back since. Maybe Odin might do better than the Valhallas, but I woudln't be surprised if the Genesis smacks the Odin down as well.
I've already spent too much on cables...somebody give me another 15K, and i'll be happy to do a comparison between the two.
| Originally Posted by devin_mm /img/forum/go_quote.gif No Orpheus or Nordost cables? Forshame |
Hey, the Valhallas aren't THAT great. The Valhalla speaker cables sounded great, but I recently got the Virtual Dynamics Genesis speaker cables, and haven't looked back since. Maybe Odin might do better than the Valhallas, but I woudln't be surprised if the Genesis smacks the Odin down as well.
I've already spent too much on cables...somebody give me another 15K, and i'll be happy to do a comparison between the two.
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So the basic strategy this website took was to bombard people with either the stupidest gadgets they could find (see: Magic Pebbles) and the most expensive pieces of equipment to make people jealous of those who have that kind of money to throw around, thus inciting the audiophile hate which permeates the internet with such fervor.
Bravo.
...wanna get me a clearaudio table though...
Bravo.
...wanna get me a clearaudio table though...
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Relax man and enjoy. Don't take things like that so seriously!
| Originally Posted by Zarathustra19 /img/forum/go_quote.gif So the basic strategy this website took was to bombard people with either the stupidest gadgets they could find (see: Magic Pebbles) and the most expensive pieces of equipment to make people jealous of those who have that kind of money to throw around, thus inciting the audiophile hate which permeates the internet with such fervor. Bravo. ...wanna get me a clearaudio table though... |
Relax man and enjoy. Don't take things like that so seriously!
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My apologies if I seemed a little tense. Over the past few days I've been hearing more and more about how I'm "stupid" for spending what I have on audio. I'm just tired of people who don't care about the sound quality I like telling me its stupid to care.
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Seriously...Clearaudio table...mmm.
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Seriously...Clearaudio table...mmm.
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Where can I get some of these "Magic Pebbles"? They sound intriguing . . .
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I'll send some to you. How much money do you have?
| Originally Posted by electrathecat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where can I get some of these "Magic Pebbles"? They sound intriguing . . . |
I'll send some to you. How much money do you have?
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Oh I hear that all the time too...especially after I got my speaker cables... people give me more crap for cables than any other gear.
| Originally Posted by Zarathustra19 /img/forum/go_quote.gif My apologies if I seemed a little tense. Over the past few days I've been hearing more and more about how I'm "stupid" for spending what I have on audio. I'm just tired of people who don't care about the sound quality I like telling me its stupid to care. </rant> Seriously...Clearaudio table...mmm. |
Oh I hear that all the time too...especially after I got my speaker cables... people give me more crap for cables than any other gear.
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If you hear the difference, and you enjoy the new sound, and you're happy with your purchase, then, that's all that matters.
| Originally Posted by didwlgh /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh I hear that all the time too...especially after I got my speaker cables... people give me more crap for cables than any other gear.
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If you hear the difference, and you enjoy the new sound, and you're happy with your purchase, then, that's all that matters.
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My wallet says not.
| Originally Posted by kwkarth /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you hear the difference, and you enjoy the new sound, and you're happy with your purchase, then, that's all that matters. |
My wallet says not.
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Wrong. What the heck makes you think microphonics would affect an ELECTRICAL SIGNAL going through a wire? What on earth posesses people to believe that if they took a wire and shot electricity through it and then blasted music at it that it would actually affect the signal going through it? It's utter BS in my opinion, as many of the products actually are on that site.
| Originally Posted by Jon118 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Some of it is ridiculous, but they have to admit that cable are microphonic and isolation would help |
Wrong. What the heck makes you think microphonics would affect an ELECTRICAL SIGNAL going through a wire? What on earth posesses people to believe that if they took a wire and shot electricity through it and then blasted music at it that it would actually affect the signal going through it? It's utter BS in my opinion, as many of the products actually are on that site.
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If your wallet says not, then you're obviously not happy with your purchase. Why do that to yourself?
| Originally Posted by didwlgh /img/forum/go_quote.gif My wallet says not.
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If your wallet says not, then you're obviously not happy with your purchase. Why do that to yourself?
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You're neglecting or choosing not to consider all of the theoretical possibilities.
| Originally Posted by MD1032 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wrong. What the heck makes you think microphonics would affect an ELECTRICAL SIGNAL going through a wire? What on earth posesses people to believe that if they took a wire and shot electricity through it and then blasted music at it that it would actually affect the signal going through it? It's utter BS in my opinion, as many of the products actually are on that site. |
You're neglecting or choosing not to consider all of the theoretical possibilities.
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Oh my ears love it. But my wallet says that a MSRP 22k cable is too much.
| Originally Posted by kwkarth /img/forum/go_quote.gif If your wallet says not, then you're obviously not happy with your purchase. Why do that to yourself? |
Oh my ears love it. But my wallet says that a MSRP 22k cable is too much.
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So, how about the sound?
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