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One time, I bought a Virtual Dynamics cable. And cable feet.
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Wild EEPROM posted:One time, I bought a Virtual Dynamics cable. And cable feet. It's okay buddy. Posting here is the first step to redemption. The next step, unfortunately, is us making fun of you.
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Jul 12, 2013 04:59
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Wild EEPROM posted:One time, I bought a Virtual Dynamics cable. And cable feet. Where's a cable gonna walk?
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Jul 12, 2013 07:43
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Confounding Factor posted:I know this is entirely anecdotal, but am I far off to say I hear a wider soundstage and better dimensional imaging with tracks that are FLAC files or even 320kbps? Could you quantify the bolded parts for me? Like, is there an actual accepted measurement for those?
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Jul 12, 2013 08:47
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Mister Macys posted:Could you quantify the bolded parts for me? Like, is there an actual accepted measurement for those? Wider soundstage = it feels as if your ears are suddenly further apart from each other Dimensional imaging = visions of fell creatures from dread netherworlds flit across your field of vision: listening to music while under the influence of hallucinogenic substances Bright = you are listening to music in the daytime, or have some sort of artificial lighting; stuff just seems to sound better when you can see your 40000€ wooden knob modifications
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Jul 12, 2013 08:51
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Neurophonic posted:Good work, now can you solder me up a VEAM multipin please? I could but I'd probably kill myself halfway through when I realise I was working from a female pinout when it should've been a male one.  Those seriously look like my nightmares.
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Jul 12, 2013 09:06
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Since there isn't an Crazy Old Rich Guys Awesome Audio Systems Thread I thought I would post this here: Here's a "nice" horn system:  Subwoofer horn extended into the front yard   Including a very nice Espresso maker/time machine?:  More here: (The only source I could get?) http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/topic/10834-you-want-audio-this-is-pretty-flippin-crazy/ More from that thread: Jeremy Kipnis $6,000,000 home theater system:  Giant brick & mortar subwoofer enclosure from Spain:  Also The Ultimate Audiophile CD-player  Modded Playstation 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzFISVx1mXc I have to admit they look pretty good. I've should have kept my old PS1 
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Jul 12, 2013 17:38
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Jesus Christ, what is wrong with these people?
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Jul 12, 2013 18:00
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Yeah seriously. If Kipnis can afford all that sound equipment, he could at least cough up enough money for a decent couch.
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Jul 12, 2013 18:08
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Jul 12, 2013 18:15
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My favorite thing about audiophile setups is the rack that's too small to hold all of their equipment, so they just lay it out on the floor wherever. Plus the huge mess of cables. Somebody needs to make audiophile quality cable organizers (these probably exist).
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Jul 12, 2013 18:22
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No, you don't understand. Combining cords is worse than crossing the streams. You create a Gestalt of interference; overpowering the EM shielding of the cables due to the Tunnelling Effect. Thereby introducing disharmonic resonances into the haha- poo poo, I can't do this with a straight face.
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Jul 12, 2013 18:29
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something_clever posted:Since there isn't an Crazy Old Rich Guys Awesome Audio Systems Thread I thought I would post this here: Watch him go on vacation and a couple of meth heads break in to his house and sell the whole thing for scrap metal.
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Jul 12, 2013 19:11
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I think they put it on the floor for a reason. Also that 6 million dollar theater, yet he has bare floors and a glass coffee table. Actual measurably bad things.
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Jul 12, 2013 19:50
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jonathan posted:Actual measurably bad things.
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Jul 12, 2013 19:53
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I wonder if he has a fart jar so that he doesn't ruin a guests 6million dollar experience.
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Jul 12, 2013 20:08
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Combat Pretzel posted:You and your science! I made a huge technical sciencey post about room acoustics a few months back and nobody even viewed it. So gently caress it glass coffee tables for everyone.
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Jul 12, 2013 20:49
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jonathan posted:I think they put it on the floor for a reason. Also that 6 million dollar theater, yet he has bare floors and a glass coffee table. Actual measurably bad things. ...also the perfectly rectangular space. I mean, more power to him, he has the means to do what he wants but a properly acoustically set up room would change the whole game. Brute force has its place but it seems like all he has.
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Jul 13, 2013 03:55
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Amar Bose has died at 83. I know we all joke about his company's products, but mr. Bose was driven, passionate and from all accounts a fantastic teacher, one of MIT's most popular professors. Somehow, this thread fits as a place to post this. He started his company because he was fed up with audiophile nonsense, so he wanted to build his own products on scientific principles. People love to disagree on the results, but their success can't be questioned. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/obit-amar-bose-0712.html
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Jul 14, 2013 10:27
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jonathan posted:I made a huge technical sciencey post about room acoustics a few months back and nobody even viewed it. So gently caress it glass coffee tables for everyone. I want to see it.
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Jul 14, 2013 23:24
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eggsovereasy posted:I want to see it. Its gone. Mostly it was just a primer on room treatments. Absorption and dispersion.
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Jul 14, 2013 23:40
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jonathan posted:I made a huge technical sciencey post about room acoustics a few months back and nobody even viewed it. So gently caress it glass coffee tables for everyone. Hey, you prompted me to ask a question about room acoustics that's been nagging me. My basement home theater room was quite effectively deadened by the bookcases lining three of the walls. Unfortunately we got a couple inches water in there that effectively deadened my cheap bookcases. I'm pondering doing Rakks wall-mounted shelves (mounted 18" off the ground so that future floods will just go under them), but I'm a touch worried about the aluminum construction. Can I rely on the books to dampen them out?
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Jul 15, 2013 03:25
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Zorak of Michigan posted:Hey, you prompted me to ask a question about room acoustics that's been nagging me. It won't do much for the low frequencies. And if it does make a difference, it could make things worse as much as it makes them better. For the high frequencies it will probably be better than bare walls. It will have some dispersion properties which might remove some ringing/slap echo etc. However, the results will be unpredictable and most likely will tame some frequencies but not others. Its not a scientific way to go about treating room issues, but it might address certain issues by chance.
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Jul 16, 2013 06:35
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something_clever posted:Including a very nice Espresso maker/time machine?: When I saw the earlier shot where you could see two of these things in the middle ground, I actually said out loud "what the gently caress are those? Time machines?"
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Jul 17, 2013 11:17
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Gromit posted:When I saw the earlier shot where you could see two of these things in the middle ground, I actually said out loud "what the gently caress are those? Time machines?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjPUoyMLdQ4 It is apparently made by this guy, "Electron Luv."
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Jul 17, 2013 13:50
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Not an Anthem posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjPUoyMLdQ4 I'd be shocked if any of that equipment sounded as good as my $1000 home theater, but it does look gorgeous. Then again, I straight up don't like the sound of vacuum tube amps, so I'm probably biased.
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Jul 17, 2013 14:06
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KillHour posted:Then again, I straight up don't like the sound of vacuum tube amps, so I'm probably biased. Tube amps are awesome for making music, not so awesome for playing it back. We would never have stuff like this had it not been for tube amps (and LOADS of drugs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqM5L5JQseI That Hammond organ sounds fantastically dirty when played through a guitar amp. RIP Jon Lord. Screw SOTW and Highway Star, this is by far the best track on Machine Head. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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Jul 17, 2013 14:14
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KozmoNaut posted:Tube amps are awesome for making music, not so awesome for playing it back. Right, but I consider that analogous to a filter being applied during mastering. It's part of the original song, and it's meant to be listened that way. Using a tube amp to listen is like putting one of these in your system (except worse, because it only has one setting and you can't even turn it off). http://www.amazon.com/Lexicon-MX200...fects+processor Again, though, I like my music played back as analytically as possible (within a modest budget). I'd rather use software to apply effects or EQ if I think a song sounds better with it. If you think Bach sounds better with tube distortion, go for it. I think a lot of tube fans are old timers that grew up with tube distortion and it sounds wrong to them without it. Also hipsters, I'm sure. KillHour fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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Jul 17, 2013 17:37
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Exactly. Recording is the time for filters, effects, wacky barely-functioning vintage amps and all that. Playback is all about getting what's recorded to your ears as free from distortion as possible. Amps for playback shouldn't have a "signature sound" or a "tonal quality of its own" or "warmth" or any other kind of bullshit. If it does, it's defective.
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Jul 17, 2013 17:44
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Supposedly The Chemical Brothers' entire first album was recorded off microphones picking up the music played back through vintage guitar amps. Nowadays there's a plug-in for that but I always thought that was hilarious [if true].
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Jul 18, 2013 00:02
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It's not true.
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Jul 18, 2013 00:14
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KillHour posted:I'd be shocked if any of that equipment sounded as good as my $1000 home theater, but it does look gorgeous. Your system also might sound better because it was designed by actual engineering and not 'durrr we put thingys here till they sound good durrr'.
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Jul 18, 2013 01:08
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Philthy posted:Your system also might sound better because it was designed by actual engineering and not 'durrr we put thingys here till they sound good durrr'. Heh, no. This is way too dangerously close to a "test" for an audiophile. No, the true audiophile will tell you what he will hear different, turn it on, and viola.
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Jul 19, 2013 23:55
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qirex posted:Supposedly The Chemical Brothers' entire first album was recorded off microphones picking up the music played back through vintage guitar amps. Nowadays there's a plug-in for that but I always thought that was hilarious [if true]. I've actually recorded some ambient/doom-ish music by playing it through vintage guitar amps and it sounds loving amazing.
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Jul 20, 2013 00:45
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Khablam posted:Heh, no. This is way too dangerously close to a "test" for an audiophile. No, the true audiophile will tell you what he will hear different, turn it on, and viola. What kind of equipment inserts classical stringed instruments in all your music?
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Jul 20, 2013 02:39
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KillHour posted:What kind of equipment inserts classical stringed instruments in all your music?  obviously you'll be so impressed, you'll want to celebrate with cheese.
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Jul 20, 2013 03:43
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KillHour posted:Why the hell wouldn't you just buy these:
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Jul 20, 2013 05:29
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Socket Ryanist posted:Those cables grip onto the jacks too tight, it takes quite a bit of force to unplug them and one of the ones I bought broke in half not too long after I got it. They grip so loving tight, I pulled the wire right out of the jack once. Yes, it was Monster. Yes, I should've grabbed the jack, not the cord, regardless. Yes, I know better- on both counts now.
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Jul 20, 2013 05:58
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A sort-of solution I've found for too-tight cables is to twist them while connecting and disconnecting, like a screwing motion. It breaks the static friction and lets them slip on and off a little easier without putting tons of stress on your jacks. Still a pain in the rear end, though.
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Skeleton Ape posted:A sort-of solution I've found for too-tight cables is to twist them while connecting and disconnecting, like a screwing motion. It breaks the static friction and lets them slip on and off a little easier without putting tons of stress on your jacks. Still a pain in the rear end, though. Doesn't it actually put hell of stress on your jacks? Because twisting is how I've broken most of the jacks I've broken (  ).
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