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Power cords improve audio performance!

AND.... I once had a coworker who only bought gold-plated CDs, claiming that they sounded better. I asked him what part of gold plating made those ones and zeros sound better? But it was futile......
 
Topspy said:
AND.... I once had a coworker who only bought gold-plated CDs, claiming that they sounded better. I asked him what part of gold plating made those ones and zeros sound better? But it was futile......
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Did your coworker even understand the mechanics of a CD? the reflective surface has nothing to do with the binary encoded in the plastic...


Ps, while funny, your power cord joke makes me wince...
 
OK...

Who is going to name names?

Give me an example of a relatively popular and/or hyped brand that is quite expensive but really just woo BS.

Please. :)
 
How about amplifiers? I'd love to get an example of a fancy-looking mid-priced amplifier that is really just a piece of junk... :)
 
Oh, I never said it didn't sound good; just that it's not accurate. And with all that distortion, I bet I could find some music that would sound awful on it.
 
jon said:
How's this - http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/704wavac/index5.html

Not mid-priced, though.
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The high-end rolloff and 2nd harmonic distortion is why guitar players like tube amps. I've always suspected tube audiophiles also liked these characteristics but were afraid to admit it.

The droop and ringing in the squarewave response is just awful, much worse than I've seen in even cheap guitar amps from the 60's. I would
suspect there was something wrong with the amp, maybe even the lead dress is bad and is causing parasitic oscillation? Whatever the problem, it's a pretty poor excuse for a tube amp, even by a guitarist's standards.
 
bjb said:
The high-end rolloff and 2nd harmonic distortion is why guitar players like tube amps. I've always suspected tube audiophiles also liked these characteristics but were afraid to admit it.

The droop and ringing in the squarewave response is just awful, much worse than I've seen in even cheap guitar amps from the 60's. I would
suspect there was something wrong with the amp, maybe even the lead dress is bad and is causing parasitic oscillation? Whatever the problem, it's a pretty poor excuse for a tube amp, even by a guitarist's standards.
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Agreed. I would suspect that my Mesa 50/50 or Carvin 100w Stereo tube rackmounts could reproduce better sound than that.

In fact, I bet I could string some 12ax7's and 6l6's together on a stripped telelphone cord coated in feces with rusty components taken from a 1982 Plymouth Horizon and make an amp that sounded better.

Was it assembled by monkeys?

On a side note, I would think that the extreme audiophile would not WANT the same things about their amps as guitarists. using guitar amps is specifically trying to well...create distortion. If the sound is to be pristine, I would imagine they would want the cleanest amp possible.

Is not the point "high fidelity?"

What gets me is how much they don't realize the production of what they are listening to matters. Case in point: I know a guy who's father is 100% audiophile woo, and has an ipod hooked up to his mega-cost system.

Why? So he can listen to the exact nuances of a lossy digital format?
 
The problem is that many so-called audiophiles are very subjective and not objective at all. I wonder as to how many also believe in a god, mmmmmm, another subject that is very subjective.

Paul

:) :) :)
 
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