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REPORT CARD
rec.audio.high-end
Year of 2003

| CHANGE FROM PRIOR | THIS PERIOD | DAILY
AVERAGE |

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Messages | [-23] % | 9797 | 26
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Avg Msg Length | 13 % | 44 |
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People | [-23] % | 1244 | 3
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Returnees | [-16] % | 332 | 0
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Repliers | [-20] % | 821 | 2
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1x Posters | [-27] % | 629 | 1
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Interactivity | | |
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Replies | [-22] % | 8527 | 23
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Unreplied Messages | [-22] % | 465 | 1
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| NEIGHBOR NEWSGROUPS | SHARED | %
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Total | 15 | 20 | .2 %
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#1 |rec.audio.car | 16 | .2 %
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#2 |rec.audio.pro | 12 | .1 %
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#3 |rec.arts.tv.uk.emmerdale | 4 | .0 %
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#4 |rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st | 4 | .0 %
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#5 |rec.arts.tv.uk.misc | 4 | .0 %
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THREAD TRACKER
rec.audio.high-end
1/1/2003-12/31/2003

No | Subject Line | Posts in | Total |Thread
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1 |Finally ... The Furutech CD-do-some... | 491 | 491 | 92
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2 |Dynamic range of LP's | 355 | 403 | 79
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3 |Is the LP really better? | 342 | 342 | 56
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4 |rec.audio.dbt | 316 | 316 | 72
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5 |SACD vs DVD-Audio | 255 | 428 | 97
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6 |Ears vs. Instruments | 249 | 249 | 39
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7 |Cables..attitudes..variables.. | 202 | 202 | 33
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8 |The Great Debate (was "The relevanc... | 200 | 200 | 66
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9 |-- High-End as we know it is dead ... | 157 | 157 | 61
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10 |Why do tube amps sound different th... | 133 | 133 | 17
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11 |science vs. pseudo-science | 106 | 106 | 30
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12 |IMPARTIAL MAGAZINE REVIEWS? | 103 | 103 | 14
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13 |Blindtest question | 95 | 95 | 30
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14 |SACD and DVD-A not taking off? | 92 | 92 | 12
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15 |"Competent design" | 91 | 91 | 18
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16 |What is so high end about high end? | 87 | 87 | 26
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17 |Dedicated AC power...worth it?? | 83 | 83 | 16
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18 |Dielectric properties | 80 | 80 | 16
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19 |CPU Burn-in | 73 | 73 | 23
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20 |Long term comparisons-meaningless | 72 | 72 | 11
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21 |The relevance of "SOTA" to "The Gre... | 63 | 63 | 21
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22 |Dunlavy SC-IV/A HELP | 63 | 63 | 27
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23 |Upsampling vs. SACD | 61 | 63 | 30
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24 |Early CD player sound. | 58 | 58 | 12
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25 |Speaker Cables | 55 | 60 | 8
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26 |DBT and Penn and Teller's histerica... | 55 | 55 | 26
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27 |Another Newbie wants advice on a ne... | 53 | 53 | 32
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28 |Current amplifiers | 52 | 52 | 12
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29 |Speaker wire - another fine theory | 51 | 51 | 31
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30 |The relevance of "SOTA" to "The Gre... | 49 | 63 | 17
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31 |Why Bi-wire speakers? | 48 | 48 | 12
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32 |SACD vs DVD-Audio | 48 | 48 | 80
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33 |interconnect recomendations for SAC... | 45 | 45 | 21
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34 |speaker cable burn in. | 41 | 41 | 7
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35 |CD Transports | 39 | 39 | 15
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36 |Full range speakers vs. sub/sat | 38 | 38 | 8
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37 |IMPARTIAL MAGAZINE REVIEWS? | 38 | 38 | 29
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38 | DBT and science | 37 | 37 | 11
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39 |SACD / DVD-A Universal Player Recom... | 36 | 36 | 21
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40 |TOSLINK cables | 35 | 35 | 41
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rec.audio.high-end
1/1/2003-12/31/2003

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26|François Yves Le Gal fl.. | 144| 144 | 37 | 0 | 23 |
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Report based on messages collected through 10/31/2003
http://netscan.research.microsoft.co...hDate=1/1/2003
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