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saltbox posted:Do your CDs lack clarity or focus? Don't worry. Just freeze em. Cooling those CDs will make the zeros and ones on a CD more orderly. This reminds me of a vinyl elist telling me about the zeros being the missing sound quality on a CD.
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swordfishtrombone posted:I like to enjoy my current events the same way I enjoy the fine wine in my enormous cellar. A shame his death overshadowed that of Aldous Huxley. Head fi is a great place to peddle $300 audio cables which are only 1m long. You should treat these audiophiles as customers. I'm sure I have at least $3000 of audio cable I could sell them.
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Aug 31, 2009 13:07
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Arrowsmith posted:Ted Kennedy was larger than life, but can you hold the fat jokes until they find enough It's actually a reference to JFK to allow for the burn in time for Aldous Huxley's death. Xenomorph posted:This is all disgusting. Like UFO people, conspiracy nuts, etc. I'm sure the posters on head fi would find that to be an outrageous troll (despite being factual).
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Sep 1, 2009 00:50
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Zombie Dictator posted:The funny thing is about all this bullshit with CDs and whatnot is that if any of it was true, it would mean that data corruption on software-based CDs would be rampant. If you need to freeze/color/shave a CD in order to get the "true" sound, then how come if that same CD had data on it that data would be usable without special treatment? I wish I could buy a CD off of the shelf and put it in my player, instead of having to do all these things before it will give me the true sound. I believe most audiophiles have no technical understanding. They're ripe for exploitation.
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Sep 2, 2009 02:20
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Gromit posted:I think we'd need you to define "sounds worlds better" before we can argue this. A $300 setup is not going to be a static-ridden low volume adventure ride through a sawmill, and a $30k setup is not going to make me think angels have sprayed hot loads of musical ejaculate into my brain. If you think that's good you should try these $3000 cables with trible vibronic vibration dampening gelatine, and EMP boosting wire cage. The improvement is 100% better quality than a compact disc.
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Sep 2, 2009 05:49
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Gromit posted:I'm of the opinion that $5k per component is a ridiculous sum to spend, and the law of diminishing returns kills you way before this price point. Time to clarify this; it's $5k per cable.
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Sep 7, 2009 04:48
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Boiled Water posted:You should try and convince as many audiophiles as you can to do this. Either they'll get electrocuted or possibly damage their hearing beyond reapair! Win/win. There are two episodes of Metalocalypse that will help with convincing them. One where they record underwater and another where they record their entire album into a jar of water (for a more analogue sound).
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Oct 14, 2009 00:09
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eddiewalker posted:Let's not get into balanced signals, please. I actually have a solution. So long as your receiver is perfectly balanced (you can buy one of my triblesonic vibration balancing levels) then the audio is balanced. If you still have issues you shouldn't worry as I'll throw in a free bag of rocks to tie to each speaker cable.
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Nov 23, 2009 02:47
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quote:Marigo Audio has further improved the Signature 3-D v2 CD mat by making the gold layer rough-textured instead of slick! That's it? Where's the explanation of why rough textured gold makes this coaster improve the audio from a CD?
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Nov 24, 2009 02:14
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Hypnolobster posted:Made of silver coated gold mesh? Once you have sold this to them then a year later make a version with a textured gold mesh that does the job better.
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Nov 24, 2009 03:49
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Sunesis posted:Sorry, /rant off. There we go. You should rant at the audiophiles on their own forums. Post links to angry responses.
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Nov 24, 2009 04:33
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mr. nazi posted:So putting one of these $1000 dollar things randomly around your equipment, even if it did exactly what it claims, wouldn't do anything in reality unless you completely surrounded your equipment in all directions. You're missing the point. This device is so effective you don't even have to plug it in.
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Nov 26, 2009 23:55
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Neurophonic posted:http://www.lessloss.com/page.html?id=64 It's like having people practice Aikido in the black box. No actually page two of the explanation gets better. Building a blue glass box around his stereo improved the sound. SCIENCE at work. I then read further and found the real science behind this impressive technology. http://www.lessloss.com/images/blackbody/feng_shui.jpg
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Nov 27, 2009 00:17
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I would have liked a picture of picking flowers with a pickaxe (if it wasn't for the challenge rules). I found this interesting article on audio Feng Shui. Why spend thousands on audio equipment when you can tape 5 cent pieces to your cables? http://www.1388.com/articles/martinhome-eng/index.html
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Nov 29, 2009 23:18
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I recommend posting a link to your suggested degrading video immediately.
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Nov 30, 2009 04:00
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Stares At Floor posted:Ok, I'll do the video now. I don't have anyone handy to throw picks at me, so I'll throw them at myself and then comment on each one. brb This is the second most degrading thing that I've seen someone do to avoid a ban. Your room needs audio Feng Shui.
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Dec 2, 2009 00:41
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proudfoot posted:Talking about Coaxial/Optical cables for transporting digital audio. That link is like looking into an alternate reality. quote:3. Longer is better....a 20 ft length always sounds better than a 4 foot length. The internet is better quality where I am because the signal travels further.
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Dec 3, 2009 11:45
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proudfoot posted:Noise Harvester! I always wanted to pay $100 for a night light. e: Any reference to (verb) soundstage is starting to piss me off. However, I'm not sure what this guy was actually up to :goatse: quote:After Big L running around the house putting Harvester in and out in and out.....we couldn't believe it. The harvesters made a significant positive improvement in opening up the soundstage and smoothening up the mids and highs, and this was on two seperate speaker systems in two different rooms using a Rega Apollo CD player and a newly refurbished Threshold amp. Someone needs to write the audiophile gibberish dictionary. I also read the above as smoothing up my thighs. Devian666 fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Dec 3, 2009 |
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They want to remove noise that they didn't know they had from their stereo system. For the $399 they are paying for a 5-pack of flashing lights they could have bought a UPS for their stereo that gives them noise free AC power. I'm just about at tipping point of making my own religion. I'd call it Audiology. It would enable me to extort members lest I let the magic smoke out of their stereo and plasma tv.
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Dec 3, 2009 23:44
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qirex posted:UPS units do not act as "filters" if they were charging/draining the battery constantly they'd only last a couple weeks, they're normal surge protectors unless there's a failure. Look at Double Conversion on Demand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply#Double-conversion_.2F_online quote:In double conversion mode the UPS can adjust for voltage variations without having to use battery power, can filter out line noise and control frequency. This feature is only present in high quality UPS.
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Dec 3, 2009 23:55
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I think we could work out a package deal. A tesla coil to trap noise and a loaf of bread to place on top of the centre speaker to give it more punch. How does $25,000 for a loaf of bread with a free Tesla coil of unspecified size sound?
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Dec 5, 2009 01:11
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quote:The company has an unmatched reputation for producing superior cables based on the use of objective perceptual testing, innovative patented designs, premium materials, and exceptional manufacturing quality. Based on the use of objective subjective testing.
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Dec 9, 2009 03:23
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MrBling posted:Doubt they're too angry. I'm pretty sure they can still convince audiophiles that HDMI doesn't accurately transport sound and that they need to use toslink instead. Then again, can you goldplate a toslink connector? Goldplating seems to be very important to these people. I've seen gold plated toslink connectors. What's worse is a quick google search reveals that they're disturbingly common.
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What a great name for a web site; how could this possibly go wrong. http://www.soundstage.com/editorial.shtml quote:The first product is, to some, one of the most outlandish I’ve ever reviewed: the Zandèn Audio Systems 2500S CD player. It plays only CDs, uses 20-year-old DAC chips, doesn’t oversample or upsample, and costs $22,000. Given the continuing decline of CD sales and its archaic technology, the 2500S might seem an overpriced dinosaur. But live with it a while, as I did, and you’ll realize that it’s a CD player like no other. If that isn't to your liking then shazam get some rainbow acid foil. http://www.soundstage.com/feedback/resp26.htm quote:Then I If I tried rainbow foil, heard things I'd never heard before, and watched my speakers disappear only to be replaced with a live band I would also be impressed. Holy poo poo I was joking about Tesla coils improving audio performance. Meet the Synergistic Research Tesla Tricon USB Cable a bargain at $550 for a 1 m cable. http://www.soundstage.com/digitaldomain/200907.html quote:Exactly how Synergistic subjects its Tesla cables to quantum tunneling is shrouded in mystery, but a video on the company’s website shows the essence of the procedure. Basically, every cable in the Tesla line is hooked up to a large Tesla coil and zapped with 2 million volts. Devian666 fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Dec 11, 2009 |
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I don't have an issue with people preferring lovely sound output. My mother doesn't like good quality stereos or high quality sound. I think she finds it to be information overload. The bit that I enjoy is someone must be paying $22,000 to get a lovely CD player so that they can enjoy sounds the same way as my mother (or grandmother as the case may be). I, too, enjoy paying a small fortune to have a retirement village quality party.
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Princess posted:In these reviews and comments, it seems the less they understand how something works, the more they are convinced that the technology is beyond their ability to understand it. It's very common that people don't want to pay money for professional advice. However, they assign value to free advice, or worse free advice from salesmen. The world is full of gullible people.
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Acinonyx posted:My favorite part of this thread remains the audiophiles trashing the professional musician with perfect pitch because he just didn't have a good enough ear to hear what they were hearing. Playing music is a whole different skill set from listening to music apparently. I recommend just chilling about it. They are demanding that you scam them. The best technique for scamming is when people who are not involved with the scam recommend it to others, and defend it when attacked.
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Dec 16, 2009 01:34
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Can the sound of a woman be improved by adding a packet of rocks though? Cast the first stone and find out.
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kuffs posted:What language is he speaking? It sounds like English, but I can't derive any meaning from it. It's just nonsense. He's speaking in audio feng shui. I'm concerned that the racks would remove the black from my black metal. 
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Jan 20, 2010 00:06
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fishmech posted:If I could only find some way to combine audiophile bullshit with a cult I'd be the richest ashsole on earth. Audiotology would make a great spin off of Scientology.
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HKR posted:Audiophiles do not listen to black metal. Lucky I'm not an audiophile then. e: I'm pretty sure audiophiles don't listen to music at all. They seem to hallucinate music, and their perception of the world appears to be firmly based in fantasy. Devian666 fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Jan 20, 2010 |
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Agreed posted:Audiophiles use music as a necessary evil to hear their precious, precious gear. We should sell them special tone testing audio dvds with a free canister of audio-grade air.
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Agreed posted:That's really disgusting. How could any government spend nearly a hundred million dollars on something that so clearly reeks of bullshit? That son of a bitch needs to spend a lot of time in an unpleasant prison, if I were him I would have nightmares every night of all the people who are killed and maimed because of the bullshit he's selling. People are gullible. Why do people still fall for nigerian scams and audiophile grade strap-ons? Gullible. I'm sure part of the problem in parts of the world are consumer protection laws which make people believe any bullshit they're told. The British government will go to great lengths to shaft this guy for what he has done.
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Locally the Ministry of Social Development employs meth addicts and fraudsters to keep unemployment figures low. Probably spent more than $89m on that sort of stupidity.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Try some etheric oils or something instead of the salt. Salt is very much not something that vaporizes along with water, and I think even some audiophiles might catch on to that. You could dissolve a gas in water. A secret audiophonic gas that expands the soundstage (sell them bottled farts).
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Mar 9, 2010 22:15
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GWBBQ posted:I can't find the manual of Scientology auditing procedures, but the way this is worded bears a striking resemblance to Hubbard's instructions. There are usually a few other procedures including wandering around aimlessly but it is similar to OT3 training (last time I checked you can get the manual from wikileaks).
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Jun 20, 2010 21:24
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Hogscraper posted:Source makes a huge difference. I work all day long in 24-bit 88.2 kHz/96 kHz pcm. When I flip that switch to dither down to 16-bit 44.1 kHz/48 kHz it breaks my heart just a little bit each time. This bit here where you switch to CD quality is the bit that always annoys me. Why is it that I can purchase music online that is better quality that what I can buy in a shop. A shame the replacement formats seemed to die out.
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I could write a lot of  about the topic of low quality audio. I think my awareness has been further aggravated by having a 5.1 system. Why should I put up with movies having higher quality audio than albums? Maybe I should put a large chunk of jade on top of my amp and perform a ritualistic dance to improve the audio quality.
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I'm seriously considering trying to push the myth that spreading a thin layer of cottage cheese on top of your CDs will improve audio quality.
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