Synergistic Red Fuse ...

"Relatively civil in the end at least which is how things should be."

Absolutely right. The difference here is provocation. Did the multiple bouts of ugliness on this thread start with the advocates of the fuses attacking the character, motives, intent, judgement, mental competency, etc of those that choose not to use the fuses or vice versa?

Dave

We need an outside support group. 

"Hello. My Name is Frank. I'm an Audiophile ... "

Did the multiple bouts of ugliness on this thread start with the advocates of the fuses attacking the character, motives, intent, judgement, mental competency, etc of those that choose not to use the fuses or vice versa?

I’m pretty sure Geofkait is an advocate and he does that consistently all the time when challenged and shows no signs of ever relenting.  As long as he is on your side I guess that makes it OK?

The main problem is lack of information about the product to help convince the doubters and settle the arguments.. I think that’s one of Wolfs pet peeves and mine also.

Sorry GK who sells teleportation tweaks and listens to a walkman with no fuses because he thinks all hifi products are inferior in comparison carries little weight at least for me.

My red fuse is not being used. If I get some time maybe I’ll open it up, see whats inside, and share.

Charles ... 

On the 78 that I mentioned:  The piece was an excerpt from Schubert's "Rosamunde" played by the Victor Orchestra, recorded in 1928.  That was the cut with the good bass.  Also on the disc is the theme from The Nutcracker played by the Freddie Martin orchestra.  Its really good too. 

Its pretty amazing that technology back then was as good as it was. The generations that came before us with their wind up Victrola's and their five pound tonearms sporting needles akin to tines on a pitchfork had no idea what was on those shellac discs.  Of course most of them sound really bad by today's standards, but the good ones played back on a really good system is like a time machine back to the past. Now if only we had a Delorean and a crazy professor.  :-)

By the way in case anyone is interested, I posted frequency response graphs in the ART-9 thread on some of the more popular (and expensive) MC cartridges to illustrate their rising top ends.  Just little tricks of the cartridge trade ...

Frank

Mapman ...

On the lack of information ... This is the type of thing that drives the engineer mentality crazy. Its completely understandable. If its not measurable, its not believable.  The good news is, there are support groups for that condition as well. "Hello, my name is ... and I'm an engineer."  :-)