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In an example of synchronicity there is an article in today's WSJ tangentially discussing the desire (or lack of) to downsize

I don’t think anyone disagrees with this. It is the expectation of much of society that downsizing is a necessary part of retirement and/or all children leaving the nest that some of us are...

Patently untrue, as Mark pointed out.

I am also unsure about the "need" for downsizing. Sure, if you have a large house with space you no longer use or need (but have to clean and climate control) downsizing makes some sense; or perhaps...

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The Lenire device utilizes similar neurobehavioral training to what Matt describes, although it is more sophisticated and works much more quickly for those tinnitus sufferers for whom it works at all.

Lenire (R) - Tinnitus Treatment Using Bimodal Neuromodulation

You may want to investigate this

Perhaps he meant that if caps in a SS amp were bad after only a few years then there is a problem somewhere (e.g., circuit design, manufacturing quality, "bad" cap from the get-go, etc)?

This assumes that Steve was old enough then to be aware of such things; if "59" represents the year he was born, probably not?

The Discrete DAC Support and Software - MSB Technology

I don't find much detail on this page about what this firmware update does. There have been a couple of posts elsewhere about (dramatically)...

Technics RS-1506, from 1977.

Which really isn't a "problem" IMHO, especially since it is unlikely the new owner of MQA (the company) will pursue the original goal of having MQA replace other hi-res digital formats.

However,...

Ummm, you were the one who first used the term "argumentative"; my use was meant to be ironic, and perhaps I should have added an emoji to make that more clear. Back and forth in forums is (sort of)...

"Pop" music and its sub-genres (such as "modern country") may well have gotten worse, for the most part that is outside my listening. Jazz is vibrant, "alternative" continues to progress, there are...

Why are you so argumentative?? What is first hand experience? Sitting in a studio during a recording session? Watching and working with a mastering engineer preparing a release? (I have done...

And my point is that is is often not the engineer himself who is making the mastering decisions that result in the final product, but rather the producer and the artist. Sure some engineers “don’t...

I don't think the post to which I was responding (an edited quote) mentioned MQA; it (and I) refers to the mastering excesses prevalent today and for about the last 20-25 years. One only needs to...

It may be an obvious statement, but the idea that MQA should be widely available as an alternative format simply "because" conveniently ignores this.

Your buddy should have also told you that regardless of what the recording and/or mastering engineer might want in terms of sound quality, it is the producer and artist who have the final say, and...

It bears repeating that all of us are paying for MQA, whether or not we like it or use it. The widespread incorporation of MQA capabilities in hardware and the major record labels use of it, even if...

LeeS has apparently given up on posting at this forum full of MQA haters (his words, not mine) and is (vainly?) trying to again promote MQA at the SHForums and WBF. Unsurprisingly, those forums also...

Is MQA being resurrected?

PICKERING, ONTARIO, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 – Lenbrook Corp., a diversified, privately-owned Canadian enterprise with activities in brand development, technology, and...

I first saw Jimmy as a duo with Fingers Taylor in Oct '74. He was in the middle of a 6 night gig at the LA Troubadour and the two of them took a break and went down to La Jolla and played (no...

I don't use Qobuz as a primary source for listening but rather to investigate new music and/or casual listening; the main benefit for me is what Peter suggested, and the Sublime discount on purchases...

Can you "hear" an amplifier, or cables, or a DAC? No, only a transducer produces sound that then reaches your ears. Even more, "hearing" is perception, i.e., how one's brain interprets the...