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Anyway, I think we rational people should avoid getting baited by placebophiles by assuming the burden of proof for their psuedoscientific claims. If you claim your $10K HDMI makes a difference to whatever quality its your job to back it up with conclusive scientific evidence, not mine.
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That's a good thought but you know their evidence is that they hear a difference.
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Jun 21, 2015 09:14
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Waldo P Barnstormer posted:That's a good thought but you know their evidence is that they hear a difference. Yeah, and they reject the idea that any kind of scientific evidence can give you the whole picture. The only response unless you like tilting at windmills is "hahaha you believe in magic and fairies" and walking away.
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Jun 21, 2015 14:19
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You could write this too: http://www.johnmorrish.com/wordpress/the-mystic-world-of-hi-fi-circa-1994/ So much in there.
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Jun 21, 2015 16:12
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We recently moved our surface profiler to another lab. It is a piece of equipment that is somewhat similar to a record player. It normally rests on a big granite plate in order to reduce vibrations. Operating it without the granite increased vibrations measurably, of course. But the increase in vibrations was less then what we get when we turn on some music in the lab. We normally don't need that much accuracy. So as long as there is some music playing the granite plate is pretty much useless. So to sum up: If you are thinking about buying a granite plate, instead you should move your record player to a different, quieter room.  Or you could just not play any sounds in order to preserve the perfect hifi environment.
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Jun 22, 2015 14:46
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I need a recommendation for a cheap dac for listening to spotify music and online radio. Something I can leave at my office desk.
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Jun 22, 2015 15:27
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Boiled Water posted:I need a recommendation for a cheap dac for listening to spotify music and online radio. Something I can leave at my office desk. http://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark-dac2-hgc-digital-to-analog-audio-converter
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Jun 22, 2015 15:47
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Boiled Water posted:I need a recommendation for a cheap dac for listening to spotify music and online radio. Something I can leave at my office desk. http://schiit.com/products/modi-2
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Jun 22, 2015 16:38
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In all seriousness, the Fiio D3 is all you need. $30 on amazon
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Jun 22, 2015 16:41
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BANME.sh posted:In all seriousness, the Fiio D3 is all you need. $30 on amazon If you have Toslink or SPDIF available, and don't need to plug in headphones. The E7 (or E9?) is a better choice for USB and headphones. I'm very happy with my O2+ODAC, but it's more expensive.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:32
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tonberrytoby posted:granite plate is pretty much useless. In industrial manufacturing, they will sometimes place equipment on isolated concrete pads with their own foundation separate from the rest of the building. Maybe that could be a thing for audiophiles.
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Jun 22, 2015 18:41
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taqueso posted:In industrial manufacturing, they will sometimes place equipment on isolated concrete pads with their own foundation separate from the rest of the building. Maybe that could be a thing for audiophiles. Well, if you're building a high end listening room you might use floating floors.
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Waldo P Barnstormer posted:You could write this too: quote:Belt brought more products, which are still in use all around Hughes’s system, indeed, all over his flat. The various reflective sticky foils are widely used on the labels of CDs and discs and on their sleeves. Coloured “magnadiscs”, less than half an inch across and made of a similar sticky plastic material, are also liberally dotted around: it’s a shock to realise they cost £8 + VAT each. There are various crocodile clips and lengths of wire, some carefully tied in a double reef-knot. The water pipes leading into the flat have been treated with some kind of device to remove an “adverse charge”. Around the room sit bottles of charged water. Outside, near the doorway, and across the street on a facing wall, are a pair of “limpets”, sealed assemblies of metal and wire. And people wonder how and why our ancestors could believe in magic and witchcraft in ye olden times... Decius fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jun 22, 2015 |
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Jun 22, 2015 20:01
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taqueso posted:In industrial manufacturing, they will sometimes place equipment on isolated concrete pads with their own foundation separate from the rest of the building. Maybe that could be a thing for audiophiles.
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Jun 22, 2015 20:05
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tonberrytoby posted:For large equipment like a real mill is probably true. But for gear with small heads like a record player, a surface profiler or even a substrate mill your music will overpower the foundation based vibration. I figure something like the drop forge hammer in this video probably needs a separate foundation as well, but that's probably more an issue of not destroying everything else around it. Probably one of the most  videos you'll see today:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auiq3IcmtLk There's also this, which is less dramatic, but an amazing demonstration of the power of hydraulics, when you see how easily it shapes the metal. Also totally worth it for the godlike skills of the operators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ImAm1WhcY Sorry, I just love big forging machinery. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Jun 22, 2015 |
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Jun 22, 2015 20:20
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taqueso posted:In industrial manufacturing, they will sometimes place equipment on isolated concrete pads with their own foundation separate from the rest of the building. Maybe that could be a thing for audiophiles. Ultra high-end home theaters will do this, but it's more for sound isolation than anything else.
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The comments on that article are even more  quote:...The thing that all critics of his have in common is this: they have done very little to ZERO research on the principles or products involved.... Pot. Kettle. Black. quote:...Another major factor involved is that people don’t like to be “proven” wrong about their beliefs. So if you go in thinking this is utter bollocks, chances are good you will conclude the same after the test..... See above.
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Jun 23, 2015 04:04
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bigman.50grand posted:The comments on that article are even more quote:It certainly is easy to claim a phenomenon is bogus, when you have not researched it extensively ( as I have), or do not even have the wherewithal to study this sort of phenomenon. Its just as easy to claim there’s no other planet than earth, when you’ve never peered through a telescope, or know how to use one. Dat strawman.  Hopefully he is not a lawyer IRL.
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Jun 24, 2015 03:14
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KozmoNaut posted:I figure something like the drop forge hammer in this video probably needs a separate foundation as well, but that's probably more an issue of not destroying everything else around it. How have we not seen one of these monsters used to kill someone in some ridiculous action film????????????????????????????? That first machine is just so fluid and smooth in the way it rains death from above.
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Jun 24, 2015 11:36
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Well, there was the slow crusher at the end of the first Terminator film, but I agree it would have been much cooler with a drop hammer going *THUNK THUNK THUNK*
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Jun 24, 2015 15:03
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My new subwoofer enclosure is almost complete, yesss
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Jun 24, 2015 17:20
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Thanks to your avatar, the first thing I thought of was Gerald Bull
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Jun 25, 2015 01:28
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Jun 25, 2015 01:46
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I've seen that somewhere 
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Jun 26, 2015 19:09
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Got a pioneer vsx-523-k surround sound system. Subwoofer not working... Works in test mode but when actually playing music the sub is not working? Any ideas? Got the manual but can't figure it out. Sorry if this is wrong forum.
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what the gently caress posted:Got a pioneer vsx-523-k surround sound system. But check page 26 "listening to surround sound", the paragraph in the middle: it depends on your speaker settings. Speaker settings page 30 "manual speaker setup": you can either force the subwoofer on by setting it to PLUS, or just set your left/right/center speakers to SMALL, which will redirect the bass fequencies rather than just duplicate them (probably preferable, but just try both to see what you like best). Manual I used (in case there are different versions): http://media.datatail.com/docs/manual/146589_en.pdf
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Flipperwaldt probably has it right on the money, bit just to clarify what's happening: if you set your speakers to large, all the frequencies get sent there and the sub only gets the LFE channel (only present on surround sound content). If you set your speakers to small, the receiver uses the crossover frequency to determine what sounds get sent to the sub vs the speakers. Most systems also have a "double bass" mode that sends lower frequencies to both.
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tonberrytoby posted:We recently moved our surface profiler to another lab. It is a piece of equipment that is somewhat similar to a record player. It normally rests on a big granite plate in order to reduce vibrations. http://www.discogs.com/group/thread/629294 quote:Running a numark ttx, I am forced to keep my volume very low, for once the sound from the speakers reaches a certain level the needle begins to transmit a deep and growing bass thru the speakers and if left alone eventually drowns out the music entirely. on my right side is a tech 12 without the slightest problem. Im guessing this numark is a piece of jucnk? quote:don't put your speakers on the same surface as the turntable.
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Pioneers have a setting called "Plus" for the subwoofer that sends LFE + low frequency Do you have a sub Yes, No, or Plus
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Jul 13, 2015 03:56
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Ugh,  Hifi just gave 5 stars to a $70 power strip 
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People still take WhatHiFi "reviews" seriously?
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grack posted:People still take WhatHiFi "reviews" seriously? I hope not. http://wathifi.com/
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qirex posted:Ugh, I like how there's a window so you can see all the internal components. Surprised they didn't go with a black PCB, though.
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That line between parody and genuine advertising seems to have completely slipped away
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Aug 20, 2015 11:23
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That is one hell of a wonky face 
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KillHour posted:I like how there's a window so you can see all the internal components. That'll be on the $350 version.
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Khablam posted:That line between parody and genuine advertising seems to have completely slipped away "Because I am like, so high, man you don't even understand. Like, so high. Oh poo poo I got the munchies gotta go"
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the entire premise of high res audio is being able to hear differences that science says are unperceptable the main fault with that ad is they used a douchey 30s bro instead of a 60-year-old, that would match the audiophile demographic better
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Why are audio related Kickstarters always wild successes? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/311770269/aqua-worlds-lightest-headphone-amplifier Having a DAC away from the transceivers sounds like a nice idea, but as usual, this one is caked in audiophoolery.
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