Recent content by dangermouse

Really? :unsure:

Precisely. (y) It's your money. Spend it. Have fun...but please don't try and persuade anyone new to the hobby, and with less money to play with, that this sort of snake oil is necessary for their enjoyment of either sound or music.

I would consider that to be a badge of honour.

"Optical Ground Loop"?

Why would you want to feed a signal from outdated tech into a modern device? You could always buy an inexpensive phono amp if you wanted to.

I would agree to a certain extent, but there's a difference between "mass market" and "informed consumers". I would also reiterate my conviction that there is no advantage to be gained from the use of balanced connections in anything other than the pro audio domain.

Nope. The mass market has almost zero knowledge of, and no desire whatsover for, balanced connections. Active speakers, other than in the pro audio domain, do not require balanced connections.

I'd have pushed for a double brandy. :)

If this is Poultrygeist's concept of 'Proof', I really don't think there is anything to be gained from further discussion on the subject. Time to leave him to his delusion and move on. Life's too short.

Done that a few times over the years. Absolute sensory overload of hi-fi gear. :D

If only...but this is a Hi-Fi forum, so dream on.

"The page you were looking for doesn't exist."

Had a look for it in the plugins lists. Can't find it. :(

Virtual surround sound sucks imho, but each to his own I suppose.