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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Going down that logical route they would stand the risk that their great amp was demoed poorly and got a bad rep or sold poorly. And they'd also lose out on a potential income from offering a cable upgrade with their own brand name on. Heck, not even the marketing people have managed to sell...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Reality.
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    If someone puts a huge effort into making the best amp they can, and they don't spend a cent on making the power cable any better, there's your proof that the amp designer can't extract any more performance from it due to the cable - otherwise it would have had a different cable. And it seems...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Bryston changed their amp (14BSST2) based on the feedback from this test, after the spec was changed it passed. Those guys understood what a good job that was being done here. Serial numbers to get the right model is mentioned here: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=77426.0...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Understand your scepticism as they are very rare, but with proper Before/After testing a few models have been found over the years. And if you think your ears are better than the Sound Technological Society's (LTS) blindlistening team, I'm sure they'd let you participate if you fly to Stockholm...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Please tell me how something can be unmistakable when applied to a component that is already completely transparent and impossible to detect? Any audible change would mean it's become detectable, and in such a case - worse. While making it even more inaudible may be nice in a feelgood kind of...
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    Alien: Covenant | New Trailer

    Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely see it.... possibly not in the theater, but definitely when it's out on plastic. :D
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Sorry, English is not my native tongue.
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Thanks. Would have called that power outlet. Don't use one, have the power distributer hardwired from the fusebox. Would be this one for here, I guess: http://www.furutech.com/2013/02/02/1854/ But based on what was claimed before, that it was most important the closer to the amp you get...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Sorry, I don't understand what "receptacle" is - dictionary doesn't give any good translation for it into Swedish. We were discussing power cables, nothing else. My power distribution for the stereo doesn't "plug into" anything, it, or rather they, go directly to the fuse box. Of course you...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    You're funny. NCF 18E costs above $5000 here. I'd would hardly think that money would be motivated for a big poweramp. How do you propose to do double-blind bypass fast switched tests of it in any case?
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Same to you. My mind isn't made up. It's just that the laws of physics don't change in a house because an audiophile moves in. :cool: If something changes because you draw a cable in another direction, then it hasn't anything to do with the cable (unless it's broken)... it has to do with...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    I would not take the word of a company with regards to the line of business they are in. They want to sell. If you have any interferance inbetween components, you've chosen quite poorly or possibly run without ground. I'd start with shielding the components from eachother in the rack, if I had...
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Good afternoon. If the outlets are on the same voltage rail in the house and you connect it in the same phase - anything experienced is purely placebo. Generally - any time you change something and try to hear differences, you're quite likely a target of placebo.
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    What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

    Have read all pages now and there's a few things that sticks out to me. If we're not discussing a location with severely poor power delivered, or severe RF from nearby... 1) Do you really think it's logical that changing the last few feet to the amp would be able to do a better job than...
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    Nightlord's setups

    Got fed up with a too crowded normal stereo bench and stacked gear, so I made my own rack (on wheels): Five ultra-silent Noctua 140mm computer fans on the back to improve ventilation/cooling.
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    Nightlord's setups

    System back up and running. Still more things to move out, fiddle with and upgrade, of course. Here's a reverse shot from today. 28mm lens not quite up to the task of covering the whole width, And from way back too: Carpet is red too, btw. Here's the three speakers that play the...
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    What do you do with the stickers on the cellophane outer wrap?

    Hate stickers. Original cover artist didn't intend them into the design.
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    Dirac validation

    Very interesting. Hope there's more parts coming up?
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    Nightlord's setups

    All the major job - wall & ceiling is done. Possibly I will double the top on the back platform later on. (And add some trim around the attic hatch as you can see below) Currently putting my painters' hat on, doing taping and mudding now. Not that long until I can start painting this half...
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    Nightlord's setups

    Nothing really new to show, but don't take it that's nothing is happening. Have spent the winter making diffusors and now that spring is here, the old ceiling and walls and insulation are close to all torn down - so I can treat this part (about 3/7ths) of the room identical to what's already...
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    Preference vs. audibility - please keep them separate.

    Ingvar Öhman of Ino Audio (Sweden) / Guru Audio (Internationally) has done a lot of psychoacoustic research for his speakers. ( Or rather, his first speakers were created to be able to do psychoacoustic research as he couldn't find anything to buy that was good enough for what he wanted to study. )
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    Preference vs. audibility - please keep them separate.

    What do we classify Carver's old Sonic Holography products as?
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    Emotiva and Bob Carver end their relationship

    Of all things they could have collaborated with Bob they chose tube amps???! World never ceases to amaze me....
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    Reference is at it again...this time he's building a massive Sub-woofer!

    Wow.... to have his skills (& equipment), there would be soooo many more visions that could have come to life...
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    It’s All a Preference

    Best of luck... :cool:
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    Pioneers In The Industry-Who Has Made A Difference

    Stig Carlsson
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    Nightlord's setups

    Have put one layer drywall on it now, not caulked yet. I agree, that made it much more audible that the sound leak was concentrated around the edges. Door is vibrating more than the surroundings too, so adding more weight will be a good thing. And then I have to seal it better, question is if I...
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    What is the best speaker you have ever owned ?????

    Haven't been able to audition them against eachother yet, as one of the rooms is still undergoing construction. But it's either my Ino Audio pi60s-s or my Ino Audio i32s. Probably the latter. It will definitely have the best room of the two, so the net will for sure be a bit better.
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    old school vs new school

    Cd Land line (to speak over, otherwise cell) Desktop (iPad doesn't count as laptop in my book) Coffee beans hard copy Manual transmission Axe Rake Newspaper or Cable news? Neither actually. Online news.

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