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sailormoon posted:Any recommended headphones to enjoy lossless music on my iPhone? I currently have a pair of AirPod Max but need to hear Phoebe Bridgers at the highest quality Any good pair of wired headphones and the Apple Dongle. As a starter I'd say look at something like the Sennheiser 560S or Hifiman HE400se.
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There's a headphones thread that can answer this! But yeah, whatever your preferred good headphones plus the Apple adapter is all you need unless you find the headphones underpowered, then get a USB headphone amp, I guess. You're probably not going to notice much of a difference.
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sailormoon posted:Any recommended headphones to enjoy lossless music on my iPhone? I currently have a pair of AirPod Max but need to hear Phoebe Bridgers at the highest quality
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Mr. Mercury posted:I legit can't believe that the expert shared lexicon (ITU-R BS.2399-0) is something people put up with at all. It's such a perfect indicator something's bullshit in marketing or discussion Wait, I googled this and found a pdf, not sure if the link will work or not: https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/rep/R-REP-BS.2399-2017-PDF-E.pdf Is this a joke?? Seems like a joke, like the scientific paper describing the process of getting antihistamines from meth
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njsykora posted:Any good pair of wired headphones and the Apple Dongle. As a starter I'd say look at something like the Sennheiser 560S or Hifiman HE400se. I have the 400SE’s and the Apple dongle is woefully underpowered for planar headphones.
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namlosh posted:Wait, I googled this and found a pdf, not sure if the link will work or not: it's where those seemingly inappropriate adjectives describing sound come from! In areas where there aren't good words to describe something (like in sensory subjects that describe an experience and not hard science) a consensus lexicon is sometimes established to moor conversations in something that could approach a shared understanding. But in audio, it's... rough. though at this point most audiophiles are just fumbling for words that'd sound good in a wine review Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jan 3, 2023 |
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Mr. Mercury posted:though at this point most audiophiles are just fumbling for words that'd sound good in a wine review
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I guess like, the only people that should be using this are product engineers and designers because the average jerk isn't gonna understand what these mean so maybe just don't
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i kind of get what "soundstage" means
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like i assume it's referring to stuff like the process of finding the right place to listen to stereo speakers so your brain successfully puts the two channels together or whatever it is, it's still kind of a funny term
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My understanding of soundstage is that it's basically the sense of the direction and distance of different instruments in a recording or a mix. Most relevant in a classical music or jazz setting, like being able to close your eyes and pick out where in the ensemble the cellos are, versus the flutes, and the horns, etc. Etc.
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arent some of the software-based 3D audio calibration things like on new bluetooth headphones really good at that
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Feels Villeneuve posted:arent some of the software-based 3D audio calibration things like on new bluetooth headphones really good at that many use ML to try to calculate how your ear shape will affect it and adjust accordingly, but it's still mainly just "not dogshit most of the time"
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Boss has these guitar amp headphones that simulate your speaker's location if that's something you'd want.
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qirex posted:I have read the phrase "chocolatey blacks" in an audio equipment review. Is that warmer than "inky blacks"?
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spookygonk posted:Is that warmer than "inky blacks"? They taste better, certainly.
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Well my long journey has ended. IEMs do not sound better anymore, just different. In the end, I just make myself my own tuned stuff using a 14.8mm planar driver (out of the Letshuoer S12). I did buy a nice DAC and Amplifier and still have a few including a tube amp for different shades of tonality, but the hobby is loving insane with 2000-6000 dollar iems. Hyper consumerism is not something I feel good being part of, so I am going to stop making videos and reviews. Maybe an odd one here or there, but I can't be part of this poo poo anymore. It's been fun though, very fun.
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Mr. Mercury posted:it's where those seemingly inappropriate adjectives describing sound come from! In areas where there aren't good words to describe something (like in sensory subjects that describe an experience and not hard science) a consensus lexicon is sometimes established to moor conversations in something that could approach a shared understanding. But in audio, it's... rough. IMO the best way to discuss how gear sounds would be to use actual music as the reference points and correlate what you hear with the data. But this would require audiophiles to listen to something other than Jazz At The Pawnshop and Come Away With Me redeyes posted:Well my long journey has ended. IEMs do not sound better anymore, just different. In the end, I just make myself my own tuned stuff using a 14.8mm planar driver (out of the Letshuoer S12). I did buy a nice DAC and Amplifier and still have a few including a tube amp for different shades of tonality, but the hobby is loving insane with 2000-6000 dollar iems. Hyper consumerism is not something I feel good being part of, so I am going to stop making videos and reviews. Maybe an odd one here or there, but I can't be part of this poo poo anymore. This feels like a Head-Fi phenomenon, because the only YTer I'm aware of that goes into the kilobuck FOTM IEMs is HBB The new version of mid-fi hell is continuing to buy the under-$50 IEM FOTM and oops! you've spent as much money as a 7Hz Timeless, or a Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk without having anything as good as those IEMs
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Godzilla07 posted:The new version of mid-fi hell is continuing to buy the under-$50 IEM FOTM and oops! you've spent as much money as a 7Hz Timeless, or a Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk without having anything as good as those IEMs It was a pin on Crinacle's discord for a long time about buying so many budget IEMs then realising you could've just saved and bought Dusk.
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LRADIKAL posted:https://www.musicradar.com/news/voxengo-universe-creator-big-bang I know I'm super late but he's been on about this theory for a while now. I think it's what happens when you lock yourself in a room for many years with only a computer and a high end stereo system and a high level understanding of math. It's a shame too, because his plugins for the most part are just as good as you'd get from some big name developer and they're a fraction of the cost.
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qirex posted:They taste better, certainly. Try some cuttlefish ink risotto maybe? 
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The inverse of audiophile, pure user-centric design: https://www.musicradar.com/news/axxent-ms-100-cigarette-lighter
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This is from 2016 but I just found it today. it's the world's tiniest magic acoustic rock, you put it on your cartridge, it's so cute 
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Pretty sure I attended a demo for that rock.
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how was the soundstage
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Feels Villeneuve posted:This is from 2016 but I just found it today. https://www.dacapoaudio.com/4652-weights-for-technics-dj-headshell.html
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also what the gently caress is that cartridge. it looks like a lovely hot rod paint job
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strtj posted:also what the gently caress is that cartridge. it looks like a lovely hot rod paint job it's a Lyra cartridge which cost like $10,000
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i think every cart past like the $1k point looks like rear end, even the wood Grado ones e) ok exception, the DS Audio carts with the Cylon light look sick 
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Feels Villeneuve posted:i think every cart past like the $1k point looks like rear end, even the wood Grado ones I never understood the wood phono cartridge thing. Wood resonates, so you're going to have weird peaks all over the place???
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Pile Of Garbage posted:The inverse of audiophile, pure user-centric design: https://www.musicradar.com/news/axxent-ms-100-cigarette-lighter I posted this in the stupid music poo poo thread. Consensus was that it is indeed stupid, but also any serious touring band should have one. For audiophile points, the cigarette lighter is apparently a pretty noisy piece of wiring, so it works as an inverse signal cleaner. BonHair posted:Have you ever wondered if you could get a rack mounted cigarette lighter including a handy compartment for storage?
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Are we making fun of this because dialling in the right tracking force for a cartridge is pretty important and this is cheap as hell.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:how was the soundstage Open and airy. Just like the presenter said it would be during the 5 minute spiel he delivered between playing the track without the rock and playing it with it. It may not have been that exact rock, but it was the same general idea, and was the worst example of priming the audience’s response that I’ve ever experienced.
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DoesNotCompute posted:Are we making fun of this because dialling in the right tracking force for a cartridge is pretty important and this is cheap as hell. I hope not, cuz those things are actively useful.
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I was trying to say that there's no need to pay mega $$$ for a tiny piece of metal to sit on your cartridge and soak up the vibrations or whatever, there are already pieces of metal to add to your cartridge that actually do useful things and are not absurdly priced.
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strtj posted:I was trying to say that there's no need to pay mega $$$ for a tiny piece of metal to sit on your cartridge and soak up the vibrations or whatever, there are already pieces of metal to add to your cartridge that actually do useful things and are not absurdly priced. Ah yeah, that's fair. The upside is you get a set of 2g and 4g calibrated weights with screw threads, so you don't have to worry about them tipping off your headshells when you're moving the tone arm around, but I get you now.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:I hope not, cuz those things are actively useful. It's hard sometimes in this thread.
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When I DJd, I always had a few coins and some blu tac/chewing gum for my 'Stanton' s little helpers ' 1p 5p, and even a half pence piece. Lol I'm loving old as poo poo
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Many audiophile products are things that are useful, just overdesigned and overpriced. I bet a $300,000, 250 pound D'agostino monoblock actually sounds pretty good.
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