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Originally Posted by DrCloud' date='Jan 16 2009, 10:18 AM
My favorite wire story is less elaborate, but nonetheless continues to amuse me: I was once told in no uncertain terms, at an "audiophile" store, that I should spend at least 10% of my overall system budget on cabling and speaker wires.
I think I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 1% of my budget spent on cabling. I buy all of my stuff at BlueJeansCable.com. They produce quality stuff at a very reasonable cost, and their customer service is the best I've ever experienced from any company, audio related or otherwise.
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Originally Posted by valentine' date='Jan 16 2009, 10:23 AM
Heeeee's allllllliiiiive!!!!! 
Not really, I just have the day off today and a little birdy told me that someone was talking about me around here.
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Originally Posted by dean' date='Jan 16 2009, 07:32 AM
I've attempted to explain the neural pathways and processing that occurs within the cerebral cortex in regards to auditory experiences to the audio woo folks on numerous occasions. Invariably, those attempts have fallen on deaf ears.
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Red, thanks for your perspective. I (truly not an audiophile) really enjoyed your comments, and than you for laughing at my somewhat acerbic sense of humor.
As for Dean, where the heck have you been!!!!!!
There are two audio threads going and you weren't here to "give insight" .
You even missed my Blu-Ray thread.
As for Dean, where the heck have you been!!!!!!
There are two audio threads going and you weren't here to "give insight"
.You even missed my Blu-Ray thread.
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HDMI cables (and I have and use some, by necessity) are about the biggest rip-off I've encountered in the world of A/V. I think they'd best be used for hanging up cable company executives by their most sensitive body parts. HPH
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From the HEAD website: http://www.head-acoustics.de/eng/nvh_soundcar.htm
Now THIS is high-end car audio! The entire car does nothing but reproduce noise and vibration.
The reason to build it into the car is that context matters. I've played back binaural recordings (at accurate levels) of airplane noise to people in conference rooms, and they are shocked by how loud and harsh it sounds. The thing is, you expect to hear sounds like that in the environment of an airplane, but you don't expect it when you are looking at the environment of a conference room. It's a strong feeling of environmental disassociation.
Now THIS is high-end car audio! The entire car does nothing but reproduce noise and vibration.
The reason to build it into the car is that context matters. I've played back binaural recordings (at accurate levels) of airplane noise to people in conference rooms, and they are shocked by how loud and harsh it sounds. The thing is, you expect to hear sounds like that in the environment of an airplane, but you don't expect it when you are looking at the environment of a conference room. It's a strong feeling of environmental disassociation.
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Originally Posted by Lainey' date='Jan 16 2009, 09:40 AM
I have no idea what you are all talking about, but it's good to see you, Dean.
Dear new guy Red, the real test of anyone worth their Vintage Salt is can they break stuff down so even a cavewoman can understand it. Therefore, your first test as new CO is to explain/or answer the question posed above in laywoman's terms.