I don't believe cables make a difference, any input?

[SY]

Originally Posted by john curl

Both Curley and I can hear 'it' .

est! Cool, haven't heard that since 1982 or so. Blast from the past, many thanks for the nostalgia jolt!

[Key]

Originally Posted by SY

est! Cool, haven't heard that since 1982 or so. Blast from the past, many thanks for the nostalgia jolt!

Guess I missed the pun/reference

[Curly Woods]

Originally Posted by Key

Guess I missed the pun/reference

Me too

[SY]

John will certainly understand.

Here's an amusing explanation for those too young or those trapped here in Texas, safely insulated from West Coast pop culture:

http://www.skepdic.com/est.html

[planet10]

Originally Posted by Andre Visser

Perhaps as you say "MOST OFTEN" but it is possible to keep XO impedance very low, I guess we are talking about quality audio.

My XOs have zero impedance (and zero components)

dave

[Panicos K]

Originally Posted by SY

Why do you feel it's not? You haven't bothered to investigate that possibility.

Whatever it is,why investigate if you enjoy it?

[Panicos K]

Originally Posted by syn08

to me it's like supporting cancer research. Worth the effort, so far not much success, but still hoping to stop this disease for good .

Are you sure they are alike?I can assure you they are not.

[Pano]

est wasn't just West Coast. est was a big deal in south Florida back in the mid 70s. I certainly remember "it."

[Key]

Originally Posted by SY

John will certainly understand.

Here's an amusing explanation for those too young or those trapped here in Texas, safely insulated from West Coast pop culture:

http://www.skepdic.com/est.html

Ah I think have have heard about est before.

"est bears little resemblance to Dianetics or Scientology, however. est is a hodgepodge of philosophical bits and pieces seemingly culled from the carcasses of existential philosophy, motivational psychology, Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-cybernetics, Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts, Freud, Abraham Maslow, L. Ron Hubbard, Hinduism, Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, P. T. Barnum, and apparently anything else that Erhard's intuition told him would work in the burgeoning human potential market."

Haha I fail to see the distinction. So est is Scientology without the occult influence? Scientology seems like a bastardized form of Zen made from some old 1940s mistranslation. I think they called Zen "dhyana" back then.

Yeah, I have been in close proximity of some Scientologists when they were pushing their quack medicines on people - doctors and chiropractors to be specific. They were handing out these fake diplomas and giving speeches (I suspect that a couple of speech givers were plants) like they had just won an award. One of the common things said was basically "you can't deny it works, I mean why are so many people reporting great results?".

[Andre Visser]

Originally Posted by panomaniac

Maybe this is why powered speakers sound so good? No cable at all (or so short as to not matter)

No cable is better than any cable, right?

No cable surely make some systems sound better, you can get the same effect with the power switch also.