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  1. J

    The best amps ever made!

    When a presumably ex-military EE helps design a commercial electronic, it's safe to say half of it contains military secrets? We can just throw that around like it's true? I'm sorry if I sound annoyed. I'm happy you were able to work with a talented guy.
  2. J

    The best amps ever made!

    It is a fact that government funded research, military or otherwise, sometimes* benefits commercial interests. That's one of the first slides researchers show when groveling for grants. It's still utterly ridiculous to push a product claiming, "50% of the parts inside are military secrets...
  3. J

    The call I received yesterday....

    I walked into my coworker having a similar heart attack moment with his wife just last week. She called in a panic to tell him that a collection agency called and threatened to take them to court if they didn't wire money immediately. She was completely on the hook because they were so scary...
  4. J

    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    I realize my post may be a bit of a nonsequitir at this point in the conversation and that we've moved on beyond what processed audio looks like but I can't help myself. This representation of the Fourier transformation was enlightening for me and this page describes the model used to get...
  5. J

    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Don, you seem to have a grasp on this beyond my own. I did find this page and its included app to be informative for understanding the stairstep issue further. Here's a bit of wisdom yanked from the mouths of The Matrix babes', there are no stairs...
  6. J

    Is the dynamic range of CD sufficient?

    Wow, thank you. I'd like to see some of the criticism. I feel like I learned a lot.
  7. J

    Digital correction: Why is there resistance?

    One of the more interesting anti-correction arguments that I've heard is that any signal the system pulls out is filled in by modes, a form of distortion.
  8. J

    Machina Dynamica...the motherload of tweaks

    What the hell?
  9. J

    CNNMoney says Samsung is failing

    This analysis is wrong. It's a problem of details but the idea that Samsung hasn't distinguished its feature set is patently incorrect. They have the watch, for God's sake. No one is doing that. They have a gagillion megapixel camera with optical zoom. These are far from indistinguishable...
  10. J

    Astronomers Capture The First Image Of The Mysterious Web That Connects All Galaxies

    I'm guessing this limits some variables in the standard model, simplifying the middle while disrupting the rest. Questions that will never be answered are the best questions.
  11. J

    How long does it take to develop into a talented reviewer that other audiophil trust?

    In my opinion, the age of a central authority is over. The forum has ended the reign of the magazine reviewer for better or worse. Decentralization and collaboration are how winners are picked these days. Community organized meet-ups and shootouts are the best means to pick which products to...
  12. J

    Welcome to Life

    All fixed up.
  13. J

    Wall construction - thin drywall, impact on bass?

    Gypsum and Fiberglass are dense and popular for low frequency absorbers but unless your drywall is extraordinarily dense, the bass from your system is probably not interacting too much with the walls. It could be really good cancellation modes too. Some resources...
  14. J

    Your reference piano recordings

    Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations by Zenph. It's got the lowest noise floor of any recording I own.
  15. J

    Source or speakers?

    Is this conversation limited to tape? If so you've just excluded nearly all valid opinions. Raise your hand if you have experience with big reel to reels. The four of you are welcome to continue discussing the importance of sources over speakers.
  16. J

    Holland's Got Talent 2013 - Amira Willighagen (9)

    How about a Bostonian on Arab's Got Talent?
  17. J

    Intrigued by JBL M2 speaker system .... Opinions please ...

    Thanks for the input. I wasn't aware of their theater. What Synthesis set up are you replacing? That room is more like a state of the art studio that looks like it could be furnished as a typical living room. See this slide. There's just over 10 inches of material between the inner and...
  18. J

    Intrigued by JBL M2 speaker system .... Opinions please ...

    Hm, I guess I hadn't heard. http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2009/05/harman-international-reference.html
  19. J

    Intrigued by JBL M2 speaker system .... Opinions please ...

    Amir, do you know if Harman's reference room was updated with the M2 or are they still using the big LSR?
  20. J

    What's best in highly sensitive/efficient speakers.

    Danley shouldn't be overlooked. The SH50(PDF) is an extremely competent speaker for its purpose, though beauty isn't its strong suit.
  21. J

    Intrigued by JBL M2 speaker system .... Opinions please ...

    Sean Olive and Harman have been relatively transparent regarding their process. Dr. Olive has published a significant amount of work on his blog, free for public consumption. This gives me hope to see a test like I mentioned, unlikely though it may be. I'm just wishfully thinking out loud.
  22. J

    Intrigued by JBL M2 speaker system .... Opinions please ...

    I'd like to see Harman's blind test results pitting the M2 against the Salon, LSR6332, and P363. It might be neat to see them all fall into line, but I imagine the results would be a little less clear than that until SPL is increased beyond the capacity for the lower end speaker.

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