Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil

hat tip to the "Eartha" cable name

i thought this was amusing/cool, was researching these headphones and there's nothing special about this review other than the fact the two reference tracks cited by the author that they used were Psychic TV and the Mekons instead of the usual warhorses

https://www.soundguys.com/beyerdynamic-dt-700-pro-x-review-60868/

haha those are good choices! great sound on both tracks

ums that's kinda funny and reminds me of a guy i crossed paths with in my music retail days...
he read all the audiophile snakeoil mags/features and so would hear about the highest fidelity recordings ―stuff made by established experts who, no snark, knew exactly what they were doing― and that ended up being quite a bit of experimental music. pretty funny to see a guy buy all the hdcd rolling stones reissues, along with his special order of the david sylvian blemish remix album (it got high marks in terms of fidelity).

yeah some of them have more diverse tastes than you might think and even the reference album canon evolves over time, like I see Random Access Memories and Mezzanine by Massive Attack a fair amount now, the first Norah Jones record..Buena Vista Social Club

True story, aged 17 in 1987 I was introduced to Laurie Anderson’s Mister Heartbreak by a hifi store person demoing speakers I could never afford using “Gravity’s Angel”. Drums sounded spectacular but the track itself blew my mind.
Didn’t buy the speakers but I bought the CD when I found it a few months later.

all the cream electrets and shakti stones can make you forget that some of these fellas actually Love Music

t/s only being able to listen to the mofi catalogue in hi fidelity or whatever you want on your cell phone speaker

I'd have to think about that tbh

yeah, same. genuinely good philosophical problem to pose in this topic!

not a moment's hesitation, phone

oooh I am definitely hesitating - once I would have been phone no question - but after tasting the succulent fruits of mid-fi sound reproduction it is hard to settle for tinny distortion and no bass

maybe this is just my body's way of telling me it is time to get better acquainted with the Supertramp discography

Scrolling through the Mofi artist list on the site there are about a dozen I'm interested in ever hearing again. I don't care if At Folsom Prison sounds like I'm in the cafeteria, I want to hear it once a year, tops. I will take my phone over becoming a Deadhead out of necessity.

I see hundreds of albums I'd gladly listen to (and this isn't the full catalog):

https://www.discogs.com/label/35095-Mobile-Fidelity-Sound-Lab