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Topic - "Caps sound different" or how an audio myth is born - KlausR. 01:29:36 03/06/07 (31)

Re: "Caps sound different" or how an audio myth is born - May Belt 01:28:57 03/07/07 (6)

I actually believe that people do hear what they claim they hear... - KlausR. 04:54:13 03/07/07 (5)

Re: I actually believe that people do hear what they claim they hear... - May Belt 05:33:39 03/07/07 (4)

" Fancy being proud that you don't do listening experiments!!" Indeed. Plus... - clarkjohnsen 08:19:53 03/07/07 (0)

Re: And that is why you don't know what affects sound !!!!! - KlausR. 06:24:20 03/07/07 (2)

"I think I have a pretty good idea of what affects sound and of what does not." God has spoken. nt - Norm 14:26:33 03/08/07 (0)

Re: And that is why you don't know what affects sound !!!!! - soulfood 09:20:43 03/08/07 (0)

That "myth" was born in Audio magazine, c.1979, by Jung and Curl -- been known ever since. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:44:24 03/06/07 (12)

Re: That "myth" was born in Audio magazine, c.1979, by Jung and Curl -- been known ever since. nt - john curl 14:38:04 03/06/07 (11)

Yes, of course -- guilty of conflation! But those articles *really* got me thinking seriously about audio. Why... - clarkjohnsen 08:16:10 03/07/07 (0)

It's not about cap distortion! - KlausR. 00:27:53 03/07/07 (9)

Re: It's not about cap distortion! - john curl 01:20:08 03/07/07 (8)

Yes-that Audio article revolutionized thinking on caps. - nightdoggy 07:56:24 03/07/07 (0)

Re: It's not about cap distortion! - theaudiohobby 01:53:12 03/07/07 (0)

Re: Ever actually get your hands on test equipment? - KlausR. 01:39:10 03/07/07 (5)

Too bad the Prop Head Express didn't collect you... - bjh 05:04:23 03/07/07 (0)

Wow. - Dave Pogue 04:06:50 03/07/07 (3)

Sorry your vinyl playback gear is so lame, says the blissfully ignorant! - KlausR. 04:22:35 03/07/07 (2)

I'll be sure to put it on my reading list - Dave Pogue 04:31:21 03/07/07 (1)

Have you read The Brothers Karamazov? If not you might want to - bjh 09:05:06 03/07/07 (0)

DIY speaker builders at Madisound.com did a blind cap comparison a few years ago and could not hear differences - Richard BassNut Greene 11:43:16 03/06/07 (6)

that says something about THEM - hifitommy 20:09:52 03/06/07 (4)

Re: that says something about THEM - andy19191 00:10:30 03/07/07 (3)

its another conspiracy - hifitommy 07:51:02 03/07/07 (2)

Re: its another conspiracy - john curl 12:56:08 03/07/07 (1)

john, i hope you realize i was being snide - hifitommy 19:03:09 03/08/07 (0)

More importantly, what can they hear? (nt) - E-Stat 19:37:34 03/06/07 (0)

Yoo-hoo! Calling the Prop Head express! Express Service please! nt - bjh 07:46:45 03/06/07 (0)

be sure to have your parachute on when you make those leaps, Klaus - Bruce from DC 06:49:30 03/06/07 (2)

Re: be sure to have your parachute on when you make those leaps, Klaus - KlausR. 23:58:24 03/06/07 (0)

It's the Q that counts. - markrohr 08:32:19 03/06/07 (0)

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Wow. - Dave Pogue 04:06:50 03/07/07 (3)

Sorry your vinyl playback gear is so lame, says the blissfully ignorant! - KlausR. 04:22:35 03/07/07 (2)

I'll be sure to put it on my reading list - Dave Pogue 04:31:21 03/07/07 (1)

Have you read The Brothers Karamazov? If not you might want to - bjh 09:05:06 03/07/07 (0)