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LOL.
Reminds me of the Charles Rodrigues cartoons in Stereo Review back in the day. I always wanted to get a copy of his book, 'Total Harmonic Distortion'.
Also reminds me of the reflection off the headrest of high-back chairs, especially if they are leather. Much more of an effect on frequency response, imaging, etc. than cables, IMHO.
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Originally posted by Unbiasedsound View PostGuy walks into a audio store and says...
If so, that seems very quaint.
Here in western Massachusetts those HiFi retail stores are as common as live dinosaurs.
"Our Nation’s interests are best served by fostering a peaceful global system comprised
of interdependent networks of trade, finance, information, law, people and governance."
- from the October 2007 U.S. Naval capstone doctrine
A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower
(a lofty notion since removed in the March 2015 revision)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQqWSnsHoA
Here's a Youtube link to the British comedy show 'Not the Nine O'clock News': a man goes into a hi fi shop and tries to buy something without being patronised, etc .
One of my favourite sketches
Geoff
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Originally posted by JRT View Post
There is a real brick and mortar retail establishment selling HiFi gear near you?
If so, that seems very quaint.
Here in western Massachusetts those HiFi retail stores are as common as live dinosaurs.
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Originally posted by Geoff Millar View Posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQqWSnsHoA
Here's a Youtube link to the British comedy show 'Not the Nine O'clock News': a man goes into a hi fi shop and tries to buy something without being patronised, etc .
One of my favourite sketches
Geoff
I hope we never make people feel like that around here.
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Originally posted by tomzarbo View Post
Man... Mr. Bean before he was Mr. Bean!
I hope we never make people feel like that around here.
TomZ
I've had that 'grandad' attitude many times:
asking whether a new car comes with a proper spare tyre
trying to buy a battery for a mobile phone which is over two years old (that's a museum piece, mate)
asking whether a camera shop sells Kodachrome
etc etc....
Geoff
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Originally posted by JRT View Post
There is a real brick and mortar retail establishment selling HiFi gear near you?
If so, that seems very quaint.
Here in western Massachusetts those HiFi retail stores are as common as live dinosaurs.
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Seems folks with hobbies and stacks of cash (or debt) will always find eager salesman ready to purge the wallet pronto. Solid high quality proper AWG cables made with good purity materials have been enough criteria for me.
The line where "difference" vs "snake oil" crosses appears directly proportional to the amount of money on hand, willingness to part with it and if someone is trying to "impress or 1-up" someone else.
Just another influx of cash into the economy, whether it makes any damn sense or not I reckon.Feel free to rip my assumptions apart when wrong, or fix if close.
Passive Radiators:
All PR(s) Vd must at-least double all woofer(s) Vd. Calc = Sd x Xmax to get Vd for all PR(s) and all woofer(s). If all PR(s) Vd at-least double all woofer(s) Vd they'll work.
For woofer(s) with large Xmax vs Sd, all PR(s) with Xmax at-least double all woofer(s) Xmax will work.
A PR max weight is said to be its Mms x3
PR Systems - tight focus with key parameters.
PR Speaker Design - thorough coverage.
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Something I used to love because of its sarcastic humor, was Frank Van Alstine's "Audio Basics" publication, which ran from 1982-1994. He debunked many sorts of audio myths with solid engineering commentary. (If you don't know he was a Dynaco engineer back in the day, then formed his own electronics company which is still in business, AVAhifi).
I just looked at AVAhifi.com, and you can download the entire run of Audio Basics as a pdf for free. Great stuff that regularly cracked me up.
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Originally posted by KenM10759 View PostI know Spearit Sound in Noho is gone, but Safe & Sound in Chicopee seems to have a couple of their people and is now the official NAD "B-Stock" (factory refurbished) dealer as Spearit Sound used to be."Our Nation’s interests are best served by fostering a peaceful global system comprised
of interdependent networks of trade, finance, information, law, people and governance."
- from the October 2007 U.S. Naval capstone doctrine
A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower
(a lofty notion since removed in the March 2015 revision)
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^ love the store name.Feel free to rip my assumptions apart when wrong, or fix if close.
Passive Radiators:
All PR(s) Vd must at-least double all woofer(s) Vd. Calc = Sd x Xmax to get Vd for all PR(s) and all woofer(s). If all PR(s) Vd at-least double all woofer(s) Vd they'll work.
For woofer(s) with large Xmax vs Sd, all PR(s) with Xmax at-least double all woofer(s) Xmax will work.
A PR max weight is said to be its Mms x3
PR Systems - tight focus with key parameters.
PR Speaker Design - thorough coverage.
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