For the YPAO calibration in my Yamaha RX-V1400 receiver it gives me the option to equalize based on a variety of settings, including Front, Flat, Mid, High etc.

In the manual it says to use "Front" if your front speakers are of better quality that the others. And it says to use "Flat" if all speakers are of equal quality.

I'd like your opinion on which may be best in my situation...

In John Atkinson's January article about the "Cocktail Party Effect," he references a Wikipedia article that claims, "hearing reaches a noise suppression from 9 to 15 dB." Wikipedia also references an MIT Media Lab paper: http://www.media.mit.edu/speech/papers/1992/arons_AVIOSJ92_cocktail_party_effect.pdf . In that paper we learn that "Under ideal conditions, the detection threshold for binaural listening will exceed monaural listening by 25 dB."

Green fuses, does the color sound better? Or is it the color of MONEY? UL listed, ETL, ULc DIN, IEC, KemaKluer, oh so many others, GOT LISTED?

Bout' time some things are said to not be worth the absurd prices listed, like the latest TT of teh month club. But back to the ads, how come every ad in StereoPhile has the BEST of teh best. Anthem says THEIR amp is the best no matter how much you spend!!! Ya can't do better. that can be said to be false advertising? cus the other guy a few pages down claims THEIR'S is the best this time. along with all teh speakers, cables, all saying ya can't do better than their's. How can that possibly be? The disapinting part of the MF X reviews?.......He had to throw in teh upgraded FUSE!!!

I've been scratch building a tube amp and I have finally finished wiring it up. I put it on the variac and cranked up the power - no smoke! Unfortunately also no sound. Not a snap crackle or pop out of it. I have an OPT that is supposedly from a Fisher chassis. I ohmed it out and it should be fine but I want to make sure that I have the wiring right - so does anyone know what Fisher used for their color codes?

hello everyone;

The guys at ArkivMusic may have the answer for tomorrow - they certainly have a good one for today. Great site. I'd never heard of it. Thanks.

I would like to use an ipod loaded with "lossless" files as a source for my mid-fi (NAD components, JMLab low-end speakers) system. I recognize that this may not be an optimum solution, but I expect it to be satisfactory. There seem to be a variety of docks out there, plus interconnects that connect to either the dock connector or the headphone out. I would prefer a dock, i.e. a device that would hold the ipod up and recharge it, but am potentially open to an interconnect as well. I don't care about remote functionality.

I am wanting to know if there is a High End Headphone magazine out there somewhere under the bright blue sky?I have been trolling the internet but haven't come across anything.I figured if there was one somebody would know here.
Thanks
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Hey Mr.Phillips how about "Stereophile Guide To High End Headphones" that would be dreamy yea...