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    Audio terms : meaning :

    I own many CIEMS , IEMS and now TWS. The above terms or abbreviations most know. What I need or asking is definite answers on below. resolution Definition Detail My purpose is to better understand the words we use to describe what we hear. I feel most words we use are made up for the...
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    Cost now and then

    As we get older we become the ones to say when I was a kid xxxxx I have a few memories I remember pizza at about 1965 or so 10 cents a slice the man had a blue neon sign on his counter with the cost saying a slice as well. makes me wonder how did he afford such a sign and how long till he...
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    Feeding outdoor birds

    I try to fool myself by sitting outside on one of decks Makes me think I’m working less. of course 3 cell phones and an iPad lol. anyway I’ve various birds most of my life and always fed the outdoor wildlife I’ve read it’s a commitment meaning we are changing there food source to say the...
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    Past great comedy movies

    I would some to list a past comedy they loved and why my first pick is https://www.google.com/search?q=johnny+dangerously&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari Jonny dangerously movie it’s old Enough to have any we can’t do this stuff has a massive cast and his young they look Maybe...
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    Vinyl to home pods

    Does anyone have an idea how I can play vinyl out to my home pods ? any thoughts
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    AXPONA Doshi/ Sakora / Joseph audio room

    Room nirvana A pure analog as always I think the combo in the room shows how great analog is. I’ve heard the combo in this room 2 years or more and a few shows. comments not in any order J sakora tables look massive sound amazing and by todays standards a bargain. I’ve heard them in many rooms...
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    film and tv actor stories

    At one time I worked on tv and movie production locations some good memories of some well known artists I wonder if we could share same memories here.
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    Sound of playback software

    in my seemingly infinite trials to achieve great digital success, to me there are many roads to travel. Some roads counter our ability to understand it can be better than past trials. I'm wondering what playback software do we use please make comments not about the server but only the player...
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    Lg 55 inch ultra OLED main board replaced twice

    oled 55cxpua. twice now the main board has burnt out There is a chip on the board that is burnt the main board has all the inputs to The tv on it. hdmi is from Roku ultra network is from giga byte net work sw non power type. tv is on surge protector as Is the entire net work and i Use a...
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    Heart arithmetic at times

    Ok so im not a dr and At present over weight no heart or diabetes on either side of family Gen’s back all good. Bloodwork is near perfect except past two years LDL is above normal yet total is below 200. I am a runner for most all of my life now just at the gym. Past few months I now...
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    Dog protection training

    A short video of my son training dogs for protection https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bbWyT84AD9GnFEPFMvYKzdEw
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    Car audio by car maker

    has anyone done a post about stock car audio systems sound by car maker ? over the years a growing list of past cars seems to create a sound by maker to me Mercedes has yet to impress me on there sound I had many Lexus seems to car and most all had to me sounded good stock nissan not so...
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    Speaker size to room size

    Down south I have a room that was 15/15 feet and 9 feet high a set of Maggie’s 3.6r they are used and is almost all the stuff used here first a learned that my Maggie’s need a resistor to attenuate the tweeter in my place I’ve played around and settled on 2 ohms next even after moving them...
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    What is this on network tv

    so please watch the attached video this is a commercial on channel 4 network tv it seems China can kill and imprison anyone they choose but we must accept all. https://share.icloud.com/photos/05aD7Xu7WKzDymJcXMT9-Q-zg
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    digital volume control

    without going into a debate i would rather just ask a few questions in a given digital system we have a few volume controls to use 1- the player volume control 2- the dac volume control 3- the preamp volume control of the three who uses what and yes its a given we all use the preamp...
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    3D vinyl anyone

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    New type battery

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    Usb tr clocker worth the money

    Hello all I own the big Brother to this product. It’s a very made product tiny as it is or really does a job you know the moment you add into your system. You also know when you remove it too. The model you want is the black Starr edition. Not the Ones before this black Starr model It’s dirt...
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    Great rooms at cap 2019

    Genesis smaller room was best of small rooms for me. It filled the room with air around the music. Had fine detailed other rooms glazed over. The sota room had a great analog sound very fast and played Diana krall perfect. Her music can kill most systems but played flawless there. The magico...
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    A great source for tape

    http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/international-phonograph-inc/ I own about 10 of his tapes. Each one is excellent.
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    What did you do this weekend ?

    I was extremely fortunate to attend this event https://www.audionirvana.org/forum/title-to-be-added/audio-events/123670-distinctive-stereo-thows-weekend-event-featuring-genesis-advanced-technologies
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    New LAMPI cases yummy

    https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=164546.0
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    Top tier reviewers

    Can anyone name some top tier reviewers in digital. I ask this as there are many who review audio but in truth a person who does reviews of let's say dacs needs to have a method to properly compare them. An example is this. Lets put dacs In 4 tiers 4 being most expensive and 1 cheapest A...
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    New look

    Steve love the new looks and feel.
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    New and lightly used tubes for sale!

    Time to pare down to a manageable core set! Culling my enormous stash built up over the last few years for headamp and Dac tube rolling days. All tubes either new or very, very low hours on them. Eml tubes Two pairs of EML 25th anniversary globe (solid plate) 45 $900 pr (unobtanium, still...
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    Lampi pacific in the House

    My Pacific Voyage by Al Dattolo Intro: As many of you may know from my posts, I have been a Lampizator fan for several years and own a couple of their DACs. I have been enthusiastic about this small company and it unique offerings for some time and the announcement of the Pacific piqued my...
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    Updated my ref server

    Hello all. I just updated my reference server and I would like to share same main board and Zion 3.5 CPU new OS is win 2016 new beta AO 2.2b5 now using 5 dedicated psu s as follows two reg D.C. 5 supplies one for solid state OS SEcond one is for two 1 TB solid state internal drives...
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    Do we really all hear the same

    http://www.psaudio.com/forum/general-discussions-and-miscellaneous-ramblings/do-we-all-really-hear-the-same/#p39835
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    Reference music we use

    We all use some test sounds and or reference music to align our systems as we make changes . We also use the above to evaluate new devices especially DACS . There seems to be an upward motion Of better digital reproduction at cheaper price points. And to really know what is better at what...
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    headphone that sounds close to speakers

    my vote is two i own first is the hifiman HE 6 next is the lcd 3 any ideas and thoughts on others al

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