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I demo gear running the original 1993 MP3 of Tom's Diner as performed by the incomparable and Grammy Award-winning Suzanne Vega. MP3, by design, simplifies sound into its truest self, distilling sound waves into their purest and most basic (i.e.desirable) form. Two samples per second of a cymbal is all one needs to hear the true clarity of a stick smashing a metal dish. To wit, mono is far superior to stereo. Stereo does not exist in nature other than a mammal belching and farting simultaneously. Even then, one must be positioned in the "golden triangle" between the oral and anal cavities to experience a true "stereo" field. This is also why we use "airy" to describe a sound stage. If it's good enough for Karlheinz Brandenburg, then it's good enough for me.
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The Tron legacy soundtrack is good actually 
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Sep 25, 2023 23:05
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I will always laugh at the mental image of Henry Rollins listening to old punk recorded and mixed on a $50 Alesis cassette 4 track on his half million dollar Wilson/McIntosh system.
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Sep 25, 2023 23:17
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If you guys aren’t bringing an arbitrary waveform generator with you to do a frequency sweep when you demo gear then what are you even doing lol
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Sep 25, 2023 23:44
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I read the Rollins article about his stereo and he shouts out the Gee Tee album, which is cool, but also an intentionally hissy, buzzy mess of a mix.
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Sep 26, 2023 00:45
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EL BROMANCE posted:So that’s what I need to be doing with that CD of St. Anger I have somewhere. 
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well why not posted:I read the Rollins article about his stereo and he shouts out the Gee Tee album, which is cool, but also an intentionally hissy, buzzy mess of a mix. You'll really feel the clarity of those pops and clicks on $10k gear. The buzz from the guitar amp sings on my Thorens and adds a 3rd, or even 4th dimension to the recording.
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Sep 26, 2023 02:42
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qirex posted:I will always laugh at the mental image of Henry Rollins listening to old punk recorded and mixed on a $50 Alesis cassette 4 track on his half million dollar Wilson/McIntosh system.   you weren't kidding!Those speakers alone are $200,000 (and are ugly) e: I just noticed the little triangles that are holding up the speaker wire so it doesn't touch the ground. (found a pic with Henry in it)
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Sep 26, 2023 03:45
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Fozzy The Bear posted:
they look like they should be next to a dentist's chair
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Sep 26, 2023 03:48
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being cringe comes for us all, in time
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Why do these people always put the amp and player things on the floor? Did they spend all their money on tech so they can't afford the furniture to place it at a usable height?
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Sep 26, 2023 05:57
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having a big ol hollow cavity below your turntable? sounds like a source of... resonant... kinetic... distortion now, for seventeen thousand dollars, I can sell you a beautiful walnut box filled with harmonic insulation (packing foam, some bubble wrap) to provide a proper base for your turntable the matching one for the amp also costs seventeen thousand dollars
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I like to test systems with the music I usually listen to, but maybe I'm a weirdo. I have a couple of friends that work with PA and stage systems, their test track after rigging up everything is Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow. I can see why they use it, it's a great song for checking if everything is working alright.
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at some point i think every audio magazine realized that they were getting old and switched from using "Gaucho" or some smooth jazz record for testing, to namedropping "Random Access Memories", "Silent Shout" or the TRON Legacy soundtrack in an attempt to look cool
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Sep 26, 2023 14:58
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Oh, iirc it's actually because DP made a big to do about using recording techniques and media from the 70s/80s and stuff Like it's interesting but it definitely appeals to the audiophile ethos big time Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Sep 26, 2023 |
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Sep 26, 2023 15:54
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Yeah Daft Punk also did a slightly different mix for the vinyl master which is catnip for audio magazine writers.
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bigman.50grand posted:You'll really feel the clarity of those pops and clicks on $10k gear. The buzz from the guitar amp sings on my Thorens and adds a 3rd, or even 4th dimension to the recording. If it’s pops and clicks you want, the Ryoji Ikeda album DATAPLEX is a good way to get banned from any hifi store that offers speaker testing.
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I always get weird looks when I bring my SNES and a copy of Mario Paint to the hifi store.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb2jDNZ5JuQ
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Neurophonic posted:If it’s pops and clicks you want, the Ryoji Ikeda album DATAPLEX is a good way to get banned from any hifi store that offers speaker testing. hehe.. or ‘Test Pattern’.
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Mr. Mercury posted:Oh, iirc it's actually because DP made a big to do about using recording techniques and media from the 70s/80s and stuff It’s awesome on Giorgio by Moroder because the recording tech matches the decade that he’s talking about.
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If anyone wants a demo track I’m reading that the Atmos version of The Orb’s Metallic Spheres in Colour is very well done.
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TheMadMilkman posted:It’s awesome on Giorgio by Moroder because the recording tech matches the decade that he’s talking about. Also the best track on the album by a long way imo.
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I fully agree.
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This might be the wrong thread for this because this is not necessarily just a question about quality but specifically gaming headsets. I am looking for the best usb wireless gaming headset that has a mic, but where sound quality is the biggest factor. I prefer closed ear cans without noise cancellation, though these days it seems like everything bakes that in. Anyone passionate about this sort of thing?
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Read the OP! You want the headphone thread!
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https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/weiss-dac501-streamer-and-dac-review.48377/ its weird to see apologists on ASR for a $10K all-digital DAC/streamer with subpar analog outs when PCs that can do any DSP/EQ you ever want exist for 1% the price
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McIntosh unveils the ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ control on their new $3000 8 band EQ
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DarkSol posted:I always get weird looks when I bring my SNES and a copy of Mario Paint to the hifi store. This is inspired. I will 100% use the Wii Shop music to demo gear from now on.
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EL BROMANCE posted:So that’s what I need to be doing with that CD of St. Anger I have somewhere. Only the best black metal demo tapes for me.
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Look guys.. I know what router I should buy for wired for my music but when one must go wireless. https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/fidelizer-airstream/ here's a solid quote I got from skimming quote:Using a $999.95 ethernet cable on a $499 wireless router may seem excessive. However, one must not forget a primary rule of audio: the system takes on the greatest coloration from the least transparent device or cable. quote:AirStream Audiophile Wireless Router
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That's ridiculous, the cable should cost 20x the router minimum
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tater_salad posted:Look guys.. I know what router I should buy for wired for my music but when one must go wireless. I feel like when they say transparent they’re talking about jacket color.
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Oct 26, 2023 22:25
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Placebo is a hell of a drug.
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qirex posted:Placebo is a hell of a drug. Great band too
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Grassy Knowles posted:I feel like when they say transparent they’re talking about jacket color. look, your phone's GPS receiver can work with satellite signals that's 0.00000000000001% of a single watt, but the last few meters of the internet? An unsolved problem for audio 1's and 0's which is why for the best audio quality you need a full unbroken chain of ipv6 with zero NAT
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Palladium posted:ipv6 with zero NAT IPv6 is a scam to make your music worse, look how much bigger those addresses are! That’s bitspace that can and should be used for audio. My audiophile IPv4 NAT will sound far warmer. $8000 - Supports 3 clients. $10000 - Supports 7 clients Larger needs? Email me and we can work something out.
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Grassy Knowles posted:IPv6 is a scam to make your music worse, look how much bigger those addresses are! That’s bitspace that can and should be used for audio. Not sure how anyone would think your NAT client could sound warm if you're splitting (i.e. "watering down") the signal like that with multiple client support. My solution on the other hand costs $8,000 and supports only 1 client, so all the data is concentrated towards a single listener. That's how you know it's of higher quality. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Oct 27, 2023 |
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GreatGreen posted:Not sure how anyone would think your NAT client could sound warm if you're splitting (i.e. "watering down") the signal like that with multiple client support. It’s the same as how the young white lady jazz singer sounds better with a small audience in a smok-filled bar than alone in a daytime coffeeshop.
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This isn't strictly audiophile, but it's too good to not share. I have a friend who's browsing soundbars. "Oh, huh, I didn't know Polk made soundbars." Then she looked at the customer photos:  The first paragraph of the accompanying review, which is titled "makes fake sounds": quote:i donna like soundbars ,, and i had no desire to get one way back when they were first introduced .. but finally got tired of poor voice quality with my bedroom 24" tv and thought that at this time ,, soundbars should be of better quality and manufacturers know how to make soundbar work right ... and then reading a bunch of reviews that praises soundbar ... i got this polk as my very first one ... I'm the floating extension cord on the right.
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