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* matched at Iq=0, Tc=my cold grubby hands

Come to Sydney Jeff, lots of options here I offer watch burn-in services.

I have some. Asking $1000 each.

So by "help you source", you mean "sell to me". Gotcha.

So you got my TICE jokes and references to -=her=-?

As an engineer why not appreciate the art of accurate watchmaking? Surely one could be entitled to do so if they wished, whether they were an engineer by trade or not, notwithstanding their bargain-hunting skills.

Curious if it was (mathematical) division or something like Twixt for iOS... I discovered Twixt when I had the exact same idea when reading HPA post about EXIF data. They also use the microphone (Kello for iOS), which might work well, who knows.

Drats lost my post. How did you measure it so precisely? I just eyeball it and my 9F62 is still right on after a year or so. I think the temperature compensation and magnetic protection helps a lot to get that accurate.

Excellent! A shame the knobs couldn't be symmetrical around the midpoint

Heh never though about comparing EXIF data to watch times. I really enjoy the ease of having one high accuracy Quartz movement in the stable.

Quote from DIYA, and similar to what I have found: "15mm BB is on the same order of stiffness as 1" MDF, and much less massive. So to bring the resonant structure of the MDF in line with the BB you'd have to add on the order of 2x as much bracing to the MDF. The MDF would still have much greater energy storage & retransmission." In summary, BB sounds better.

So you are saying that measurements themselves can be expectation biases I am all for someone spending whatever money they want on whatever they want. I would be curious if not expectation bias, but actual brain activity was different knowing that one just purchased a kilobuck cable. I think this would actually be groundbreaking research, as many think it's all made up and doesn't actually impact the listener in an "chemical" (for lack of a better term) way. Definitely not DBT so we are talking past each other. The design needed angles precision on the edges of .1 degree and thought the BB would glue up better... .. And ply has benefit of constrained damping as a built in benefit. .. And MDF was too damn heavy.

No, I was inferring that if we move the discussion to impact on the brain, then perhaps other things can be explained. Maybe not in that particular region, but other regions, and by other causes, whether they be related to electrical measurements or not. Not really a false equivalence but accepting your measurement technique is valid and could explain more things than electrical or acoustical analysis.

Oh and back on topic. It was never about the music for me. Not really true, but someone was about to say it

Retreat! That is a bit different. Folded horns and Thiele-Small and lions and tigers all play nice in my world. It's more about the decision to use that insanely heavy 13-ply 3/4" Baltic birch plywood, instead of using styrofoam and then adding Shakti stones to make it sound better. I like intert, heavy, well-sealed cabinets with holes in all the right places (well slots in my case).

Can I also get pictures of the brain stem when different mega-buck power cables are used? Perhaps finally there is a way to accurately measure Bybees as well! Ari: thanks for the thread, I agree why not IKEA? My reference was pretty oblique and vague, I will try harder in the future

Matched != burned in, obviously. Sorry about the bad luck.

Clearly they are hearing it wrong then, right? I refer to this as the "tin ears" postulate in my manifesto.

Sounds reasonable to me Thanks Dusty!

Len Deighton tri trilogy .. Or nonology or whatever. Anyone seen the television adaptation of the first three books? I would love to find it, if someone had a source... Doubtful Tarantino is going to do it anytime soon.

Tube distortion in a properly designed amp is orders of magnitude below speaker distortion (frankly even a poorly designed amp). But I see where you are going with this, so "yes" Why not just find a box at IKEA and put speaker in there? If you don't mind, I won't soil my sheets over your design, but I am sure the speaker could be voiced to sound very "audiophile". Anyways in summary, I don't care how much my speakers weigh, who are you to judge? I love me some ... Er, nm.

... And WAF is low. Perhaps Nate can stick them in his office?

A not-so-perfect way to do this would be plug the ear speakers almost all the way in the do a continuity test between the exposed pin and the other socket, pin for pin. With the amp off. Then repeat on the other socket. This isn't perfect, but it's an easy triage test and easier than opening the amp up.

He talks about how to cut shapes, read again, it's even complete with a progression of pictures. The example is a transformer, trapezoidal shape of sorts. The "jeweler's saw" / "piercing saw" works wonders and it's quite simple to use. Edit: perhaps it's only in the newest version of the book... Regardless, I already gave up the farm

Minimize the variables you can if you are a scientist. If you are an "artist", turn that variable into a marketing ploy. Anechoic chambers suck for a different reason, a bit of a straw-man there. All box resonances add is distortion, pure and simple. The influence the drivers in some form or fashion which is not encoded in the audio signal. Distortion in a _reproduction chain_ is the enemy of the good