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Very good AES presentation on inter connects and ground loops.
@tvrgeek HDMI on the other hand is a disaster and who ever designed the plug needs a dope-slap. Thanks for posting the article. I’m lucky to not have line noise problems right now, but I have had them in the past, tried everything to no avail... 
What would your "perfect speaker" sound like.
I honestly don’t know, other than it would be so enjoyable to listen to that there’d be no way to make a speaker more enjoyable to listen to. That might involve some elements of extreme realism, and some elements of artful coloration.  
Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping?
@btbluesky  I have 4 AHB2 bi-amp on mono-mode to JBL 4367 I have no doubt that sounds great. What differences do you notice if you just use a single AHb2 in stereo mode compared to all four in mono?  
Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping?
@russbutton  Now when you use an active crossover, an amp channel only has to manage a single driver. There's no passive, reactive component in between the amp and the loudspeaker driver. Then you don't need a megabuck amp to deal with it. Ind... 
Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana?
@cleeds  No, "we" don’t know that at all. The superior dynamic range of digital is only potential. The dynamic range of the vast majority of commercially recorded music fits comfortably within the capabilities of quality analog media. I agree ... 
Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping?
I’ve done a lot of bi-amping, tri-amping, all the way up to 5 way active speakers. It’s all a pain in the ass. If you’re not building your own speakers, it does seem fair enough to call it a waste of time, energy, and effort to bi-amp a speaker th... 
Watermelon test for audiophiles!
I will be looking for those big yellow spots from now on. I have not had good luck with thump testing. What I dread is a dry, frothy watermelon. I eat them anyway but sometimes question why I’m doing it. Maybe a 5th of rum could help a dry, frothy... 
Really Long XLR
I'll be curious to know what you settle on and what you think of the results. Long runs are what XLR cables were made for. Nevertheless, a long cable run should be more revealing of differences between cables than a much shorter run. I think these... 
Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana?
I have not been able to listen to reel to reel in extended sessions. I did get a chance in 2019 to hear a demonstration at the California Audio Show. In that demonstration I had no complaint with the reel to reel playback, but the room was definin... 
Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana?
From the measurements I’ve seen, it’s very difficult to achieve a dynamic range with any speed to it beyond about 15dB in real world listening situations. If you can get 8th notes separated by 8th note rests to achieve more than 15 dB of dynamic r... 
Flat frequency response
From what I’ve read, and experiences from my attempts at building speakers, it does seem to be important that the overall power output be smooth, with a downward tilt of some sort toward the treble. It really is difficult to get a speaker to simul... 
What is the science behind audiophile fuses?
I don’t know how to make a good sounding fuse, but I have discovered that a cracked fuse holder can make most any fuse sound bad. If a system is intended to be used at a level well below its capabilities to deal with current, then it makes buildi... 
Ethernet connection for best sound quality
You definitely don’t need a streamer to get absolutely top notch performance. You may like the streamer better subjectively, but objectively there’s nothing particularly better about it. If it’s functionality works out better for you then go for i... 
If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound?
Maybe someone someday can do a deep dive on source to dac issues and come up with some good explanations and examples of what can go wrong. I’m convinced that weird things can go wrong even though the music keeps playing. I’ve heard it myself ; st... 
If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound?
@coralkong   Once you hit a certain level of transport and DAC coupled with very clean amplification, good cabling, speakers, etc...the differences are pretty easy to hear. Listening and comparing a couple sub $1000 transports probably won’t ...