I hope she just plugs her iPod shuffle in with an aux cord
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
stand behind the mixing desk playing through her iphone speaker imo
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
Ha ha. "I'm off for a piss, just keep skipping the ads on Spotify, yeah?"
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
I started a related thread:The musical taste of tech reviewers S/D
― schwantz, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
https://audiobacon.net/2017/03/16/sotm-dcbl-cat7-review/
This review of a $600 "audiophile Ethernet cable" is fucking incredible. "If you aren’t a complete neophyte to high-end audio, you’ll know that quantitative measurements could only go so far."
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link
Being so impressed with these cables, I brought them over to my friend’s place with a $60,000 speaker system. He was using generic CAT7 this entire time (He wasn’t embarrassed until after this demo).
who knew the internet could sound so warm?
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Everyone’s setup is different and I would suggest you try cables in various locations and see what you like. Generally, the acoustic traits of the cable closest to the source takes precedence.
lol this is low key amazing, the idea that one part of the signal chain would have a greater influence over the overall output than another, golf clap for that one
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
Beck – Lost Cause (96/24)The CAT6 is still very music but not as atmospheric.CAT6 is much flatter and the bass lacks weight and slam.The CAT7 made a huge difference in the melody and construction of this song. The intro comes to life with all its intricate sounds.Very holographic. The CAT6…all of it is smeared together. You really don’t know what you’re missing.
you honestly don't what you're missing until you've heard Beck smeared together into a big hologram
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
THAT'S NOT HOW DIGITAL WORKS GODDAMNIT
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
I probably missed a Beck "resulting paste" joke there
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
it's really not how it works
― softie (silby), Thursday, 1 June 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
it's not even in the same ballpark with reality
― mh, Thursday, 1 June 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure if I want to listen to "Lost Cause" with the bass "slamming," tbqh.
(please no jokes here about not wanting to listen to "Lost Cause" at all, tyvm)
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Thursday, 1 June 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
CAT7 made a huge difference in the melody and construction of this song
this is literally true
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 June 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
at least they're appropriately soundtracking the performance of their own disease with that test source
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 1 June 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
this has to be a parody
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 1 June 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
Parity is the least of their problems.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 2 June 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
- But what about CAT5. what if we made CAT5 carry the same bits at the same time?- But these are CAT7. </Tufnel>
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Friday, 2 June 2017 04:45 (seven years ago) link
Am looking to buy an old 1970s amp off eBay, but have read on forums and the like a lot of chatter about pairing certain turntables with certain amps. Is this snake-oil-esque nonsense, or do I really have to tread carefully here?
― Senator Luther Strange (stevie), Friday, 11 August 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
sounds kind of dumb, unless they're talking about newer turntables that have the phono preamp in the turntable rather than relying on that in the amp, as most older ones had
― mh, Friday, 11 August 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I think it's kind of people who are "hi-fi experts" indulging their hi-fi expertism. My hearing's pole-axed by two decades of gigs so I just want one that sounds good and has VU meters why because they are KOOL
― Senator Luther Strange (stevie), Friday, 11 August 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
I mean... different things can sound different together but I you gotta remember forum posters are all the type who have loud, violent opinions about what are, to most people, minor differences. I wouldn't sweat it too much.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 12 August 2017 03:25 (seven years ago) link
Have been scanning various forums to try and remedy some issues with my turntable, which have been discussed on various ILX hi-fi threads passim, but I have broken through into the world of protractors, inner groove distortion and force scale gauges. I have no idea what is snake oil or what is real now, up is down, right is wrong and I am baffled as shit and wishing there were evening classes in Turntable Repair like there used to be for simple car mechanics.
― I am a paying customer, who is very cordial and pleasant to talk to (stevie), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link
you've probably got some demonic electrons trapped in your amp, you're gonna need to get an acoustic exorcist to take a look at it but i warn you it ain't gonna be cheap
― frankfurters take on new glamour in this gleaming aspic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
:(
― I am a paying customer, who is very cordial and pleasant to talk to (stevie), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Mapleshade-Static-Draining-Brush/productinfo/SDBRUSH/
MAYBE this thing makes sense for vinyl, but for CDs??
― DJI, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:53 (six years ago) link
I think they would have more fun spending money on drugs and listening to music than buying a brush.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:57 (six years ago) link
Utter bullshit, a static charge is unable to affect how light reflects from an optical discs's binary pits. Even for LPs the issue with static is attracting dust, not some magical effect on the needle in the groove.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:58 (six years ago) link
*disc's - sigh
This Stooges box set with 9 different takes on "Dirt" sounds so exquisite on this black tar heroin in this old 90s boombox after I sold my McIntosh poweramp to Big Al up in Stuebensville. While not as definitively high fi, the boombox's aurual distortion along with the nodding out pulls out a true extension of the artist intentions.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 06:10 (six years ago) link
getting closer to the pure source
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 06:15 (six years ago) link
Awesome audiophile hash oil I have known and loved
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
My audiophile work colleague has just had his oven replaced and has now got an induction hob. Not only is it great for cooking he swears that his hi-fi sounds better, he thinks the old cooker was tainting the power supply.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
yeah that sounds legit, def won’t lead to him tearing down the walls of his home in the middle of the night in search of the problematic electrons which are causing some weird trebly flutters on his copy of kind of blue
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
the cracks, whistles, hums, and whooshes had crisper mids supported by a thicker, more robust low end https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00060832/
― Dat Login was the dname u doofus (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
hahaha
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
thank you SG for these laughs
― mh, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
Serious question here: I visited a record dealer once, and he had what looked to be quite a high-end turntable.Rather than being mounted on a conventional plinth, it seemed like the turntable was sitting on top of some bizarre miniature waterbed or something, free to sway from side to side ever so slightly.I don't think I'd call it snake oil, though, as the turntable did sound really amazing.Anybody have any idea what this actually is? I don't recall the brand name.
― mirostones, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
I've heard of some turntables suspended on a thin later of an oil or gel type substance but that shit is generally some super high end stuff
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/reddit-audiophiles-test-homepod-say-it-sounds-better-than-1000-speaker/
In-depth test says $350 speaker has a "near-perfectly flat frequency response."
kind of makes me want to try these myself
― papa poutine (∞), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
I'd love to get a HomePod, but it works only with Apple Music or songs you bought from iTunes. It won't play songs you've burned from CDs.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
uh what
― mh, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
I guess for voice control maybe, but you can stream to it from any of your devices, and I believe it works fine with iTunes Match. That's kind of a racket in that it's $15/year but hey, you're streaming
― mh, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
lol audiophile snake oil + apple fanboy delusions what a combo
it's apple, i guarantee there are already like a dozen speakers like that half as much and just as good
this is like when they "invented" wireless earbuds
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
the earbuds are really good though
― mh, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
I think the apple superfan claim is generally that apple didn't necessarily invent anything, just that whatever the thing is, it was no good until Apple did it
― mh, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
I've been working with Apple guys for years, I'm glad you like them, for $159 I certainly hope you do.
It's a religion at this point there's no point in arguing.
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
i actually had a chance to use the earbuds
they sound very nice and has a weirdly good bass response
― papa poutine (∞), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
have*
but i also just use my german maestro gmp 8.5d's most of the time
― papa poutine (∞), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link