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Connecting speakers, months later I am still slightly annoyed by the fact that I heard positive difference in sound with cable raisers. Apr 9, 2021 at 2:57 AM

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1. Priidik
  Connecting speakers, months later I am still slightly annoyed by the fact that I heard positive difference in sound with cable raisers.
  
  Apr 9, 2021 at 2:57 AM
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  3. mitochondrium
    The difference might vanish if you drink more....or less
    
    Apr 9, 2021 at 3:48 AM
    
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  4. Priidik
    Speaker cables, yes. These are some Furutech job. I guess these : https://www.tweekgeek.com/ncf-booster-signal-cable-riser-and-rca-xlr-stabilizer/
    The microdynamics are noticeably improved resulting in more relaxed and 3D instrument images.
    
    Apr 9, 2021 at 5:10 AM
    
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  5. Priidik
    This is in my workplace critical listening system. Perhaps less noticeable in lesser systems.
    
    Apr 9, 2021 at 5:14 AM
    
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2. Priidik
  I read about the new iems with various types of Mg&Al membranes, and thought what a load of procrastination, where is Beryllium?
  
  Mar 18, 2021
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  3. Kunlun
    Also, crucially, it would take custom housing plus holtzman resonators to best shape the sound. As we saw with Dunu, they aren't willing to invest in that to make a great iem.
    
    Mar 18, 2021
  4. jnak00
    Final A8000 uses beryllium. I've never heard it though.
    
    Mar 18, 2021
    
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  5. Priidik
    CF: Using our signature A.D.L.C. (amorphous diamond-like carbon) coating material .. reads like it's a coating on top of aluminum or Mylar or smth, ie not the bulk material itself. The base material roughly has as much it's own sound as the ratio of weight to the coating would be. Well, with speaker drivers it is so.
    
    Mar 19, 2021
3. Priidik
  Quad has a planar HP, huh :https://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/era1/
  
  Mar 16, 2021
  2. ogodei
    They are pretty un-exceptional, I'm sticking with their speakers.
    
    Mar 16, 2021
    
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4. Priidik
  Dug out my old RE-00's. Bass is unimpressive, look like crap, cable has disintegrated. Yet they possess the ''ok, one more song'' ability
  
  Jan 24, 2021
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5. Priidik
  An excellent source of loudspeaker measurements that not so many are aware of: https://hificompass.com/en/speakers/measurements
  
  Jan 6, 2021
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6. Priidik
  REW and cheap soundcard can do speaker impedance measurements. Surprisingly consistent and accurate too.
  
  Dec 24, 2020
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  2. Priidik
    I got the hints from @purr1n - kudos! https://mega.nz/file/Qhg0mBgK#bg1kVQfTltTYCkZvtdN-rKFKqa8wCk98KekxJUfXoSQ
    
    Dec 24, 2020
7. Priidik
  Yggdrasil A2 and PIAES : very, very nice on speakers.
  
  Nov 29, 2020
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  2. Priidik
    From speakers A2 is a much better dac than OG. In a different league for sure.
    
    Nov 29, 2020
    
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8. Priidik
  True Hi-Fi 15'' woofer: https://audioxpress.com/news/scan-speak-announces-new-large-size-ellipticor-woofer-38we-8582t00
  
  Nov 17, 2020
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  3. Priidik
    Yeah, they finally woke up to the demand. Not all audiophiles want slow 5x5'' midbass woofers in a slim tower.
    
    Nov 19, 2020
  4. Cspirou
    Look at this
    
    http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/speakertalk_files/Ellipticor_2021.png
    
    Jan 1, 2021
  5. Priidik
    Tweeter to mid distance is quite suspect. Probably someone asked Troels whether that'll work.
    
    Jan 4, 2021
9. Priidik
  There has been nonlinear dynamic dsp in use for power inverters for decades, not much in audio - this is more like it: shorturl.at/bjsO3
  
  Oct 8, 2020
  2. Cspirou
    Link doesn't work for me
    
    Oct 8, 2020
    
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  3. Priidik
    Here: https://audioxpress.com/news/klippel-and-nuvoton-unveil-smart-amplifier-solution-with-integrated-kcs-speaker-control-algorithm
    
    Oct 8, 2020
    
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10. Priidik
  Difficult times make creative people: tetrahedral test chamber
  
  Sep 30, 2020
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  2. Priidik
    https://audioxpress.com/article/practical-test-measurement-loudspeaker-measurements-at-home-a-guide-for-building-your-own-test-chamber/
    
    Sep 30, 2020
    
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  3. Superexchanger
    Flip the driver and make some weird-ass lookin' speaker boxes.
    
    Sep 30, 2020
    
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11. Priidik
  Before Genelecs I listened to trance. With Genelecs came edm with good soundstage. With HD800 came rock. With proper 3-way speakers: vocals
  
  Sep 23, 2020
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  2. nishan99
    Ananda= soundtracks and violins. Elex=acoustics. Verite=Rock!. HEKse=classical and jazz. Speakers=pianos and vocals.
    
    Sep 23, 2020
    
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12. Priidik
  Bass illustrated! Dipole vs Monopole ERB wavelets: http://elias.altervista.org/html/Dipole_vs_monopole_bass.html
  
  Sep 15, 2020
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  2. Cspirou
    This is pretty cool
    
    Sep 15, 2020
  3. gixxerwimp
    TL;dr
    "... in the bass range a dipole loudspeaker is better suited for music reproduction in a small room acoustic space than a monopole loudspeaker."
    
    Sep 15, 2020
  4. Hrodulf
    I wonder how this would change with extensive EQ. With that said, there is something special about dipole bass. Too bad you need a stadiums worth of moving area.
    
    Sep 15, 2020
13. Priidik
  What's inside a cheap JBL monitor? A bit better than I expected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjVMSCFc5rY
  
  Jul 24, 2020
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14. Priidik
  MC2 amp. Anyone want to sell me one or point me where to get one in EU?
  
  Apr 29, 2020
15. Priidik
  A real pretty schematic to burst your individual bubble: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg
  
  Apr 23, 2020
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  3. Hrodulf
    Fuck you, buddy! I spent so much time on that bubble!
    
    Apr 24, 2020
    
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  4. Priidik
    At least it gets you to places, so what that for an ill reason, hahaha :D I remember @purr1n having a saying (long ago) about tinkerers and DIY-ers who overestimate their effort results.
    
    Apr 24, 2020
    
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  5. Thad E Ginathom
    My head is spinning from just looking at that circle
    
    Apr 24, 2020
16. Priidik
  You process some Tool and grow your gunz below the blanket. Who wants to mess with that.
  
  Sep 22, 2019
  2. Deep Funk
    "Fear Inoculum" turns you into the honey badger? Damn, you must not have fear. I learnt to swim today, a 7empest requires some survival skills...
    
    Sep 23, 2019
    
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17. Priidik
  [Fear Inoculum] is so intense, I can absorb only one track a day.
  
  Sep 6, 2019
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  3. yotacowboy
    Aside from 7empest this album is a dud. I mean, I get how playing in neato 13/8 and 5/4 and 7/4 time signatures has become Tool's schtick, but seriously, if that's the only novelty they capture why not just go back and listen to Trout Mask Replica? Lateralus, FTW. It's not "great music" if the only thing you're surprised by is which 1/8th note are they gonna not palm mute this time through the riff.
    
    Sep 6, 2019
  4. Deep Funk
    Napoleon was dynamite. France revolted, he won many battles and became emperor while Europe was on the brink of collapse. Even when banished people still loved him. He fucked up and the French still wanted him to go to Waterloo.
    
    Also Tool fans talk about Tool, we cannot help it. Sorry for that.
    
    Sep 7, 2019
  5. DigMe
    Talk away! But when it's cringy you might hear from the peanut gallery.
    
    Sep 7, 2019
18. Priidik
  Good reminder for faith vs reason battle: Gödel's incompleteness paradox
  
  Jul 9, 2019
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  2. Priidik
    https://interestingengineering.com/godels-incompleteness-theorem-shows-us-limitations-exist-within-all-systems?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Jul08&fbclid=IwAR1A9slrQqHt00oopXqpcmGquEEEoQgd4jIAtRLTAhtzc_JQaypF3WwyFUM
    
    Jul 9, 2019
    
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  3. E_Schaaf
    Faith vs reason might be a false dichotomy. Hofstadter's take on Godel's theorem, to me, is an argument that any system necessarily involves some degree of faith to operate. And the resulting systems from this faith standpoint yield internal reasoning which reflects and extends from this assumptive starting place in a perpetual feedback loop.
    
    Jul 9, 2019
    
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  4. E_Schaaf
    Hofstadter develops this idea of a 'strange loop' in a more phenomenological context in 'I Am A Strange Loop' - definitely worth a read if you're into contemporary philosophy.
    
    Jul 9, 2019
    
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19. Priidik
  Listening radio in my workshop through some POS 3'' speakers attached to POS receiver. Much more enjoyable than it should be.
  
  Jun 20, 2019
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  2. Priidik
    Then, listen the same radio through my quality rigs and get annoyed as hell. There really isn't one to rule them all.
    
    Jun 20, 2019
    
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20. Priidik
  Our local ''Rock FM'' morning news: Tens of millions americans late to work due to GOT
  
  May 20, 2019
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  2. dark_energy
    It means there was something better to do
    
    May 20, 2019
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