Sterling Engines are usually piston driven, no? I’ll admit, I’m not up to snuff on alternative designs of the Sterling engine.

Magnetically aligned or not, you still have to seal the piston to the chamber to stop blow-by. Friction and lubrication would still come into play, wouldn’t it?

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$100? On the very low end of audiophile cables. No joke, I have seen cables with the prices climbing towards five figures. There’s a set right now on US audio mart going for over $6000USD. For a set of RCA cables.

Sometimes I think I’m in the wrong business.

While not a limerick, it’s an opportunity to share something amazing:

Eminem as a Talking Heads song - Nick Lutsko

Doesn’t matter if the pinna is bypassed or not. 3d audio (soundstage) requires both ears to receive signal from the same point source. The time delay between the two ears receiving the signal is the crux of the entire premise. Headphones inherently defeat that entirely by having the entire ear subjected to one side of the audio.

Ergo, headphones do not provide any 3d audio or soundstage.

Headphones do not provide soundstage.

https://headphones.com/blogs/features/soundstage-is-much-more-complicated-than-you-think