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Well so far we have ear dehumidifiers and mark Levinson 1000$ headphones tubes to a consumer target so there's that I guess
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Jan 5, 2022 02:37
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What the gently caress even was that for
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Feb 24, 2022 02:55
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You can also add things to break up echoes like rockwool-stuffed frames that look like art. Really, anything you do to make your room hostile to standing waves/comb filtering the better
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Apr 24, 2022 19:22
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Apr 25, 2022 21:51
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Interesting concept, but needs a fair bit of work to not sound awful. +/- 10db isn't exactly consumer audio friendly But the next revision will be interesting to watch!
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Mister Speaker posted:Wasn't there a big row on some audiophile forum when someone tried to get users to participate in a double-blind listening test of speaker wire vs. coat hangers? Or is that just a long-running joke? It's not a joke! It's something that's often used to demonstrate that materials don't matter as much as people think. There was a $1million prize if you could prove you could tell the difference between audiophile cables and normal ones by James Randi but no winners before he died
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May 17, 2022 01:18
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Please write in about it, if they don't seem to think anything's wrong they may not be hearing the final product
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May 22, 2022 17:15
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we're contractually obligated to be jerks to people who ask questions in this thread so we don't become the replacement for audio questions thread
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May 29, 2022 20:01
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qirex posted:There’s a flip side to ASR style measurements that a lot of people don’t want to admit which is that gear that measures badly can still sound good. That Naim stuff is seriously overpriced for sure [it’s almost as expensive as a NAD M33] but not everybody wants a huge stack of mismatched Topping and miniDSP gear as their system. There's also the angle of "most people wouldn't know what a bad measurement looks like" too. I looked around some audiophile groups a ways back and it's truly insane the level of navel gazing they do over things that could be sample noise on a too-zoomed-in plot
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Jun 26, 2022 19:34
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Ok Comboomer posted:I mean, it’s not like ASR is entirely against the idea of subjective preference or whatever—just look at any post on a tube product and you’ll see lots of caveats and ”if you like the way that this product distorts, then more power to you”s Oh absolutely! Amir's a nice enough fellow (and knows how to do the things), but sometimes the measurebating can be a bit much, and a community but around that has some risk of getting a little too out there Still, better than head-fi!
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Jun 26, 2022 20:02
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Paradoxically you need a Robertson head to do that
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Jul 3, 2022 15:04
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Googling for a funny answer led me to this: SoundScrews
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Jul 3, 2022 15:21
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Well I for one am thankful you brought the content to us, so we'll spare you a few millidisparagements
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Aug 4, 2022 03:05
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RIP Paul Walker posted:
Nah, post there and if they kvetch just say "yo vintage poo poo is my hobby, I don't give a gently caress" Alternatively, lean into it and see if you can't raise their blood pressure RE: the cables, if you can sell them to a bullshit artist or store sure-otherwise you're just in on the grift
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Aug 4, 2022 16:32
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Audiowned
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Aug 5, 2022 01:42
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Whoa I wanna make people barf with sound, I thought you could only do that with Nickelback
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Aug 5, 2022 15:49
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Yeah but that isn't real, I wanna make other people barf on command not just myself
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Aug 5, 2022 16:35
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Eh, seems like it's only possible in people with a somewhat rare bone variation near the cochlea I've exhausted all available brainpower for this joke
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Aug 5, 2022 17:21
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honestly the $10k USD audio cables are less ethical than that imho so yeah, p funny
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Aug 6, 2022 05:06
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I should do that
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Aug 12, 2022 15:07
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*sighs as I unsheath my gold plated Bluetooth emitter that maxes out at 128kbps SBC*
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Sep 10, 2022 16:08
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...you're a silly person for doing that. I hope this deserved mocking has not put you off our dank corner of IYG and that you stick around to post more content-generating posts like the one here. We know you can go anywhere for derision of audiophile stuff, and we're delighted you went with the Ridicule Audiophiles thread today.
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It may be less shameful, but wasting money is always worthy of ridicule! he said, having spent tens of dollars to post
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Sep 10, 2022 18:16
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Most DACs period are, unless you have an ancient rear end computer or for some reason your source can't support CD+ quality files Don't waste your money kids
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I've been looking for one of the LPCM recorders for it and blank HiMDs but loving a is that expensive
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musta had different players then- my last one survived 20 years of snowboarding until a battery popped when I wasn't using it and killed the board MD treated me well, but then again I was the kid with a million cassette mixes too when I was young. I'd probably not have the patience to deal with recording today without optical/data input
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DoesNotCompute posted:There's a tascam minidisc player/recorder at the local pawn shop and I'm just like....why not? If it works it's a steal poo poo I should go looking
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they did their homework. Luckily, if it's not listed online you can probably go back in like 6mo and haggle down pretty far
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Sep 15, 2022 17:34
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Palladium posted:is this a real thing Audiophiles doing a stupid based on internet forum trends sounds believable to me
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BonHair posted:How much is burning in your speakers just audiophile mumbo jumbo? Is it actually a real thing, or just 100% bullshit? short answer: Yes, it's bullshit long answer: Yyyyyeeeessssssss, iiiiiiitttttt'sssss bbbuuuuulllllshhhiiiiiiiiiitttt
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"Many audiophile products are a scam. This is the place to mock them and their devotees. Discuss." A bit minimal, sure, but I think that's all that really needs to be said unless you want a list of links highlighting really egregious examples.
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/\ cheeky fucker hahaBlue Footed Booby posted:It's one of those threads where you learn more by reading it than a normal person will trudging through a monster op. Doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't have more info and funny examples (and maybe brands that are egregiously snake oil). The main concern, though, is to make it clear it's the wrong place to ask for advice. My thoughts exactly Honestly I very rarely read OPs after skimming it once. It really doesn't need to be much beyond "this is what thread is about," mmmaaayyybbee some history if it's a show or something, and some resources if you're trying to get people to do a thing. Since this is a mock thread... not really sure it needs much beyond a simple statement and warning about earnest-posting about high end gear
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Gold plated interconnects Brilliant pebbles MQA high end DACs Upgraded power cables Black bodies The ENTIRE ITU-R BS.2399-0 consensus lexicon (and people attaching whatever loving adjectives they think are positive/negative to poo poo) Rolling opamps/tubes Distortion dickmeasuring I'm sure there's a lot of other examples but I'm tired
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Oct 18, 2022 08:00
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Oh yeah, artifacts you can't hear, like jitter/HF aliasing too
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Oct 18, 2022 16:20
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Eh, 200+ pages is a bit much to tell people to "read the thread" if they Kramer in with one of this thread's greatest hits Could be good to focus things a bit
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Probably nottaqueso posted:Does this ever happen? I mean people do come in here asking for advice who are then mocked, but that's really the only example I can think of Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Oct 29, 2022 |
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Definitely overkill for most applications, but definitely the best
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I thought sound was just air wiggles
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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
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