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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,215
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    Some idiots are willing to pay much more than others.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    'tis the season...
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    from those ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties @ ASR. :#
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  • audioluvr
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    ken brydson wrote: »
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    Sunrise over Rainier this morning...

    Ken you need to add a 3rd floor so we can get a better view of Rainier!
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    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • Toolfan66
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,944
    Let me guess, headphonesty? :D What a joke. They are a click bait, controversial BS site.

    I actually have ran across a company that sells a chunk of pink Himalayan salt (I believe that it was a lamp of sorts as well) to "improve" the stereo reproductive effort and help thwart moisture in the air, allowing the frequencies to blah, blah, blah. The cost a few years ago was about the same as the meme above.

    I had a similar lamp that (wasn't a solid chunk, it had chunks of the salt instead) was sitting in a closet and monitored the sound with a precision moisture/humidity meter over the course of the year. Before taking a shower (that is in a bathroom connected to the room), after taking a shower. Before a thunderstorm, after one. Same thing with snow storms and droughts. I monitored the relationship between moisture inside and outside the room and the sound.

    I found no correlation whatsoever. Regardless if the salt lamp was turned on or not, or if it was even in the room. FWIW.

    That said, I do have a 5K crystal in the room and it made one hell of a difference. It cleaned up the sound in dramatic ways, made the system image like crazy and was worth every penny and then some. In fact, it isn't even that big at all. Probably less than a couple of millimeters, if even a mm in size. Dramatic difference.

    Now, before you laugh, I should have mentioned that it is located inside a Mutec REF 10 SE 120 Master Clock. That might have put things into perspective. In fact, every single one of us has a similar type of crystal in their rig if they run with a digital setup. Our phones have them, TV's, DAC's and a plethora of other devices that use a digital signal.

    Tom

    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Teac VRDS-701T CD transport | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Teac VRDS-701T CD transport | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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  • Toolfan66
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,029
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,737
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    Dolores Erickson was the woman who was on the cover of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass album "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" in 1965.
    She was 30 years old at the time and is still with us today at 90 in 2025    .
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    So, we were away for a (very) long weekend last weekend - a few days near DC visiting our son & daughter-in-law (and their cats) and a few days near Baltimore to see some old friends and take care of an obligation at my high school alma mater.
    We stayed at a couple of different Hampton Inns while we were away*.
    At one of them, we were in room 310, but the sign at the door of one a few doors down from us caught my eye. In case you didn't think that the Hilton Hotel people don't have a sense of humor... and a nerdy one at that:

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    * We usually stay with at our son's, but we decided to give them a break from dealing with us 24 hours a day while we were in the hood. :# Besides, Mrs. H & I both quite like Hampton Inns. :blush:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    Oh, and I almost forgot.
    So, you see... my high school is located on a (relatively) quiet suburban street in the "town" of Towson, MD (adjacent to the Baltimore Beltway, I-695, on the other side of the campus). Across the street from the school is a fairly modest home that once belonged to a somewhat infamous Marylander. I've been meaning to take a photo of it for quite some time. Last Saturday, I remembered. The house looks virtually identical to the way it looked in the 1970s, other than the trees in the yard being much larger.

    the home.
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    its one-time owner.
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    B)
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,504
    When you said "Towson," I was half expecting a picture of this place. :o

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
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    My son shared this with me. I could use the whole kit of these.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,737
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,737
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,737
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    edited November 3
    As Dr. Seuss so eloquenty put it:
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    herewith, a few examples, courtesy of those fun-loving blokes @ ASR

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    that last one :#
    ;)


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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Teac VRDS-701T CD transport | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    Half a block from my house...

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    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,029
    I heard this one a little *ahem* different…. A warm toilet seat is like a sIutty girl - feels awfully nice, but you can’t help wondering who was there before you…

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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    yeah, pretty much the same issue of... well... cognitive dissonance.
    Kinda, sorta...
    eww.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Half a block from my house...

    https://ktla.com/news/local-news/water-main-breaks-causes-massive-sinkhole-in-woodland-hills/

    Damn bro, you had better ditch the burritos......
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,737
    Two stories that were back to back in Apple news Sunday. Was it on purpose?

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    (If you are wondering, the answer is 14 and 8 across)
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    BlueBirdMusic wrote: »
    Two stories that were back to back in Apple news Sunday. Was it on purpose?

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    (If you are wondering, the answer is 14 and 8 across)
    BlueBirdMusic wrote: »
    Two stories that were back to back in Apple news Sunday. Was it on purpose?

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    (If you are wondering, the answer is 14 and 8 across)

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