Perfect Sound Explained

[ryanosaur]

This is still my favorite snake oil site. Machina Dynamica brilliant pebbles. Doesn't get much better than this!

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They work on cables too!

Oh yeah... I can see that reorganizing the electrons into a more efficient and unquestionably better sounding flow from here! Woo!

 

[mtrycrafts]

Angel Dust - it also makes the cables sound better.

It makes it sound, well, heavenly.

 

[mtrycrafts]

pixie dust is too easy to come by!

OK, I give you that. Good luck getting comet dust, in pure form, not contaminated by our atmosphere.

 

[killdozzer]

Well said, electronic audio gear should aim for "flat" response, regardless of our ears/brains. Any well intended meddling should be left to the individual owners.

Would you include all those volume potentiometers that don't amplify/attenuate equally across the FR (those that try to incorporate loudness)?

 

[killdozzer]

This is still my favorite snake oil site. Machina Dynamica brilliant pebbles. Doesn't get much better than this!

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They work on cables too!

- Problem solved!
- What problem?
- Right!
- No, I really mean it, what was the problem?
- Whatever it was, it is now gone!
- But how do you know you solve it?
- Well, do you hear any problem when you listen to it?
- No.
- That would be 1150$ each!

 

[killdozzer]

Anyway, what you all think about John Atkinson crossing to the dark side? Is it really that hard to make some money if you want to steer clear of the snake oil?

 

[Crazy8s846]

That only works when you freeze them.

I thought you were suppose to burn the ends with fire thats what I do.

 

[highfigh]

I wonder why component makers, excluding speakers, most do try to get a ruler flat response. Why would speakers be different?

"Fidelity- the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced."

 

[highfigh]

This is still my favorite snake oil site. Machina Dynamica brilliant pebbles. Doesn't get much better than this!

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They work on cables too!

They used the wrong kind of tape.

 

[Verdinut]

Another snake oil product that sells well: THE CABLE ELEVATOR:

One seller says: Regardless of make or model, all cables create some form of electrical field around them. In free air, the field is a roughly cylindrical shape around the girth of the cable. However, when cables are placed on a boundary, such as a floor, the field becomes compressed, distorting the signal. Cable Elevators restore this field by raising the cable up, allowing the cable to deliver an undistorted signal. Cable Elevators are electrically inert, so they won't cause phase issues and because of their physical mass, Cable Elevators are able to provide a small measure of resonance damping on longer runs.

All I can say is that they work well at elevating the cables !

 

[Crazy8s846]

Tell me something I see alot of people talking about reference level when speaking of volume What is it, an how loud is it how do you know your listening to say music at reference level ? I found a tread so never mind thank anyway.

 

[Pogre]

Tell me something I see alot of people talking about reference level when speaking of volume What is it, an how loud is it how do you know your listening to say music at reference level ? I found a tread so never mind thank anyway.

Reference level in a nutshell is 85 dB at your listening position, which would be "0" on your receiver.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Reference level in a nutshell is 85 dB at your listening position, which would be "0" on your receiver.

But it is 85 dB with a certain input signal voltage only, referenced to 0 dB Full Scale.

 

[Bucknekked]

This is still my favorite snake oil site. Machina Dynamica brilliant pebbles. Doesn't get much better than this!

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They work on cables too!

I dunno. You can still get this stuff by the gallon and its pretty easy.

 

[Bucknekked]

There were so many "snake oil" threads I had to pick and choose. This one seemed good enough. I saw this article in my news feed yesterday. Somehow it made it in to mainstream news. Apparently the standard to qualify for news is somewhat less than in the olden days.

Here's the link : SUPER CABLES CREATE OUTSTANDING SOUND

Here's one of many, many quotable paragraphs on the outstanding capabilities of these cables.

"A master of cohesion. The SCR-14 is not only able to image and place performers accurately, but it also does so with an eerie level of realism. The left and right channels never seem to play independently from each other. Yes, that’s how it should be…but the SCR-14 makes it very apparent. This results in the promotion of the acoustic mood by being able to bend and glue the harmonic shifts in the air. This is especially noticeable during slow harmony to melody transitions. "

At either $1,400 a meter or $2,000 a meter (WITHOUT CONNECTORS btw) these appear to be the buy of the decade.

 

[AVUser001]

Tell me something I see alot of people talking about reference level when speaking of volume What is it, an how loud is it how do you know your listening to say music at reference level ? I found a tread so never mind thank anyway.

THX reference level explained

What is ‘THX Reference Level’? Reference level is a calibrated volume setting used for both movie production (in dubbing stages and post production houses) and reproduction (in screening rooms and theaters). The human hearing system is non-linear, especially in the bass, so having a consistent...

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