Those of you who are incorrectly attenuating your digital audio via poor bit-reduction software method will get an *audible* boost keeping you bit brate up then analog attenuation via this classy unit Schiit Audio, Headphone amps and DACs made in USA.
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Our hearing is very sensitive, but nowhere as sensitive as their egos, which makes them hear all kinds of inaudible catdribble.
Turn and face the strange ch ch changes ...
The local electronics parts store where I buy locally ( first preference) odds and ends, is owned by a retired tv repairman. I asked how often he'd fixed his old tv on the wall , which turned out to be a 1970 trinitron.
The answer is never.
He said its a good idea to have the insides of components as un changing as possible.
He always ran it with an isolation transformer , and only turned it off maybe 4 or 5 times since first buying it.
His reasoning- the incessant heating and cooling of parts being turned on and off results in constant expansion and contraction of a components parts.
It seems to work for him and his tv.
It's a theory, I think.
The local electronics parts store where I buy locally ( first preference) odds and ends, is owned by a retired tv repairman. I asked how often he'd fixed his old tv on the wall , which turned out to be a 1970 trinitron.
The answer is never.
He said its a good idea to have the insides of components as un changing as possible.
He always ran it with an isolation transformer , and only turned it off maybe 4 or 5 times since first buying it.
His reasoning- the incessant heating and cooling of parts being turned on and off results in constant expansion and contraction of a components parts.
It seems to work for him and his tv.
It's a theory, I think.
Certainly thermal cycling is a major problem, whether it's in consumer electronics or vehicles. Guess the temperature under the hood in the summer in a hot area. Really hot. Imagine what happens to the bond wires, solder joints, etc.
Highend-electronics.com
Audio magic has created a machine to alter reality at the sub atomic level.
This widgemacallit can change all electron spins nearby to either topspin or bottom spin. Heisenberg only knows which, I guess.
This makes it easier for the sound waves to arrive at your ears, and a unit near your ears should be deployed to homogenize the spinning electron orbits before they enter your head.
This is fantastic oil!
Anyone else drilled this before?🙄
Strangely, I didn't notice the word quantum while skimming the text...
Audio magic has created a machine to alter reality at the sub atomic level.
This widgemacallit can change all electron spins nearby to either topspin or bottom spin. Heisenberg only knows which, I guess.
This makes it easier for the sound waves to arrive at your ears, and a unit near your ears should be deployed to homogenize the spinning electron orbits before they enter your head.
This is fantastic oil!
Anyone else drilled this before?🙄
Strangely, I didn't notice the word quantum while skimming the text...
Not sure if I agree that the heat up/cool down cycles are to blame.
Every single piece of transistor gear that ever died on me died instantly on switch on while still being stone cold. I blame the inrush surge since the items which died and not had any switch on pop protection died halfway through the pop.
For commercial gear not really a problem, provided parts have been specked correctly and you don't get hot spots, say an underrated resistor. As for automobile, military and aerospace these things are tested, that's what burn in testing does, test at elevated and reduced temperatures and more importantly fast thermal cycles. Just spent 6 weeks on site working on near space equipment (ie a very harsh environment with very low temps to very high and possibility of fast cycling) got to work for 20 years.
This is what MTBF figures are all about (mean time between failures) and is just another aspect of design...but the domestic environment is one of the most benign anyway, and comparing it to automotive is a joke. Automotive use automotive grade components these days, also do a lot of ECU's and other automotive gear, again this is catered for in the design cycle as with drive by wire lives could be at risk with a failure. You don't have to imaging what happens, it is taken into account , tested and data is available.
Again commercial gear in your living room should not have any issues.
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Agilexity Audiophile DCA Antenna Cable - TC Furlong ? TC Furlong
Please note the press release date.
Please note the press release date.
Newer is better?
Took my old Dual 1019 in for servicing, general maintenance.i wanted a decent 2nd turntable, inexpensively, but the model I wanted isn't stocked locally.
Bought a new Project Elemental to get by on in the meanwhile.
It doesn't work- the audio is intermittent and craps out during louder transients.
The L. audio seller told me I wasn't aware I needed a phono stage.
When informed I have one, and it works well, L.audio said I must not've hooked it up properly.
When I sent a photo email of my system and it's connections, L. Audio informed me I must've damaged the product through my own carelessness.
I don't wish to ship this back to Toronto, or a refund.
I want it fixed or replaced locally in BC., at Project's expense.
L.Audio won't address anything at all, other than trash talking my phono stage and recommending I buy one from them.
And here I thought I was avoiding problems by buying new.
Amazon says to give them 2 more days to do something.
I know I sure would if I was in Toronto in person.
I can't imagine brick and mortar vendors surviving much longer with service like this.
Maybe an email to their distributor might ease their indecision.
Took my old Dual 1019 in for servicing, general maintenance.i wanted a decent 2nd turntable, inexpensively, but the model I wanted isn't stocked locally.
Bought a new Project Elemental to get by on in the meanwhile.
It doesn't work- the audio is intermittent and craps out during louder transients.
The L. audio seller told me I wasn't aware I needed a phono stage.
When informed I have one, and it works well, L.audio said I must not've hooked it up properly.
When I sent a photo email of my system and it's connections, L. Audio informed me I must've damaged the product through my own carelessness.
I don't wish to ship this back to Toronto, or a refund.
I want it fixed or replaced locally in BC., at Project's expense.
L.Audio won't address anything at all, other than trash talking my phono stage and recommending I buy one from them.
And here I thought I was avoiding problems by buying new.
Amazon says to give them 2 more days to do something.
I know I sure would if I was in Toronto in person.
I can't imagine brick and mortar vendors surviving much longer with service like this.
Maybe an email to their distributor might ease their indecision.
Cool, a great demonstration of how Audiophile marketing uses terms and phrases that while sounding seductive are a load of BS, my favourite was:
Priceless😀
I wonder how many enquiries they had? (from journalists as well as punters)
My first clue it hadn't been proof-red and vetted was that it mentioned it was "dampened" rather than "damped"...as in "wetted down with moisture" rather than "resisting oscillation"
Or someone with a sense of humor. A few months back, in another thread, I strung together similar nonsense and had several people very excited.
This was a nice bit of parody. Full-on Poe's Law.
This was a nice bit of parody. Full-on Poe's Law.
The sad fact is that even though this is an April 1st prank, it is indistinguishable from the real thing (Exotic audiophile advertising)...🙂
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