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Is that all copper, or just the mesh around it bunched up with some sort of crap?
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Combat Pretzel posted:Is that all copper, or just the mesh around it bunched up with some sort of crap? Based on the fact that there are some hanging farther in the background and there are no extraordinary measures to keep things from falling over, I'm guessing the cables are standard 10ga copper wrapped in fiberfill enclosed in large-diameter ptfe hose wrapped in mesh.
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Apr 4, 2016 17:10
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Bigger cable = better sound, therefore making your cable as thick as an elephant dick = best sound.
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Apr 4, 2016 17:43
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Panty Saluter posted:
That's cheating. Those cables are clearly anacondas.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:37
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grack posted:That's cheating. Those cables are clearly anacondas.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:40
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Those things are creeping me out. Some kind of weird uncanny valley situation because they look alive or organic or like poo-engorged mesh colons. How on earth could anyone have thought those were a good idea? 
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Apr 4, 2016 18:50
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Devil's Advocate: if they're stuffed with aluminum braid or something and it has a path to ground that should attenuate RFI/EMI pretty effectively. Of course, so would a decent 99% coverage quad shield coax but it's not nearly as impressive 
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Apr 4, 2016 18:51
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I always laugh the most at the fact that those python snake-thick cables all end up in a speaker or amplifier terminal with a surface area of maybe 1 square centimeter. Oh, and I'm surprised there hasn't been any development in making the + and - speaker terminals sit further apart. The sound could be crossjumping and jittering all over, so close they are, narrowing the soundstage.
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Apr 5, 2016 10:43
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Panty Saluter posted:Devil's Advocate: if they're stuffed with aluminum braid or something and it has a path to ground that should attenuate RFI/EMI pretty effectively. Of course, so would a decent 99% coverage quad shield coax but it's not nearly as impressive That's why balanced audio cables don't exist right
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Apr 5, 2016 12:31
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Panty Saluter posted:Devil's Advocate: if they're stuffed with aluminium braid or something and it has a path to ground that should attenuate RFI/EMI pretty effectively. Of course, so would a decent 99% coverage quad shield coax but it's not nearly as impressive They must be quite light in weight as the interconnect versions would put a lot more strain on the connectors between the source / pre-amp / power amps. I'm surprised people listening to that setup weren't aghast at part of the speaker cable being behind a curtain (slight 'veil' to the sound hohoho).
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Apr 5, 2016 12:48
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Panty Saluter posted:
Looks like they'd introduce a lot of hisssssss hissssssssss this is snek.
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Apr 5, 2016 12:54
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 Gramophone? Cymbal? Brass quantum dynamic volume modulating disc? This image has so much in it. Edit: 
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Apr 5, 2016 14:31
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This is a pretty good look at HD Audio guff: http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2013/02/04/the-science-of-sample-rates-when-higher-is-better-and-when-it-isnt/ My favourite bit: quote:There are so many more important decisions to make: Whether that dB of EQ is hurting or helping, whether the bridge of the song comes in too early, whether we should move the mic or try another one, or whether we should have chicken or tuna for lunch.
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Apr 11, 2016 04:19
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I bought a pair of Shure SE215 IEMs to use at work for sound isolation but I'm hearing a really annoying noise coming from my laptop at work. Do I need a DAC to get rid of this sound and if so what's a cheap one that'll do the job?
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Boris Galerkin posted:I bought a pair of Shure SE215 IEMs to use at work for sound isolation but I'm hearing a really annoying noise coming from my laptop at work. Do I need a DAC to get rid of this sound and if so what's a cheap one that'll do the job? Mobo noise is a bitch to eliminate in tight little integrated units, so yeah a little cheap USB DAC will definitely help. http://amzn.com/B00OJ5AV8I Something like that is usually enough to get rid of it. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Apr 11, 2016 |
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Apr 11, 2016 12:37
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Wasabi the J posted:http://amzn.com/B00OJ5AV8I Question: Has anyone else noticed that the left and right audio channels are swapped? Answer: I just tested and you are correct. Tested on Windows 8.1 with balance controls and with left/right test mp3's. It would seem that this product is fatally flawed.
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Apr 11, 2016 18:32
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qirex posted:Question: Has anyone else noticed that the left and right audio channels are swapped? I'm kind of with this e: everyone knows you gotta spend dough to get your channels right http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-DragonFly-Converter-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B00882U782 (actually I'm a little tempted because it's On Sale. I have no use for a USB DAC)
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Apr 11, 2016 18:38
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qirex posted:Question: Has anyone else noticed that the left and right audio channels are swapped? At that price if someone was handy enough with a soldering iron they could make a short extension cable with the L/R leads swapped on the plug or the jack end and hopefully end up with the channels unswapped. For the sale price that holds true, but at full price it's a major defect, but it's hard to argue with as of right now $8, a foot of wire and a set of the 1/8" stereo connectors, since that way if anything happens to it, it was broken anyways, and if nothing happens to it, you have an $8 DAC that works well enough. It would be enough for a laptop since it wouldn't matter if someone swiped it at a coffeeshop or somewhere, but definitely would be too cheap of a hack to make it worthwhile on a home computer.
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qirex posted:Question: Has anyone else noticed that the left and right audio channels are swapped? http://amzn.com/B00XM883BK Question: Are left and right audio channels swapped like they are in silver aluminum version? Answer: I think that problem has been solved, because a while back I ordered one of these in silver and the audio channels where fine and not switched. By tyler evan miller on August 27, 2015
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Is the switched channels an actual problem because I assumed I can just switch it back in software. e: Man I can't wear these earbuds with them wrapped around my ears without feeling like a tool. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 10:24 on Apr 12, 2016 |
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Apr 12, 2016 07:35
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Not a problem, it's more something that makes you realise the sort of oversights that happen when you're making goods as cheap as possible.
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Apr 12, 2016 12:41
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I wonder if you switched someone's hearing aids around as a sneaky trick if their brain would reverse the senses back to normal like when people wear the upside down goggles for too long.
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Apr 12, 2016 15:23
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Why is it that both casual and rehearsed reviews of high end audio gear on youtube are done with the shittest mics and camera? It's like they all go out of their way to make a lovely recording. Shitter than lo-fi gamer reviews which are actually above average most of the time.
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so here's an interesting one, apparently at least on current tvs the benefits of hdr can be washed out with even a tiny amount of ambient lightquote:Let’s recap the problem in a nutshell: the HDR presentation in current Ultra HD Blu-ray films is not bright enough for viewing under moderate/ strong ambient lighting, because the HDR metadata forces compatible TVs to be driven at their maximum backlight capacity, leaving no room for higher light output. Of course, there exist other avenues (such as gamma adjustment or dynamic contrast trickery) to brighten the on-screen image for daytime viewing, but these are generally insubstantial compared with the most effective method of raising backlight luminance.
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Apr 12, 2016 23:32
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So I'm actually mastering HDR content for a big studio. All I have to say is that it looks great but its not something you'd want to watch long term like a movie. Full brightness on current and future displays will burn your goddamn eyes out.
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Apr 12, 2016 23:49
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There's your answer for why you can't hear the differences in 10,000 USD speaker cables: you aren't listening in an anechoic chamber
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Shaocaholica posted:So I'm actually mastering HDR content for a big studio. All I have to say is that it looks great but its not something you'd want to watch long term like a movie. Full brightness on current and future displays will burn your goddamn eyes out. yeah I heard about people stumbling out of the dolby vision demo theater at CES because they couldn't see right after the sizzle reel thing is TVs are much smaller and most people don't go for full-on blackout curtains in their living room
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qirex posted:yeah I heard about people stumbling out of the dolby vision demo theater at CES because they couldn't see right after the sizzle reel TBH, a mild HDR effect is fine and preferable IMO. Something like the LG OLED which can do 500nits is nice.
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I work with 4000 nit displays on a regular basis, in a well-lit room there's little eye strain and the effect is pretty impressive. Dolby et al have everything in a dark room because otherwise the effect gets washed out by ambient light, yeah, and that's where the eye strain comes in.
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Apr 13, 2016 00:10
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josh04 posted:I work with 4000 nit displays on a regular basis, in a well-lit room there's little eye strain and the effect is pretty impressive. Dolby et al have everything in a dark room because otherwise the effect gets washed out by ambient light, yeah, and that's where the eye strain comes in. Haha. Its hard to find those displays in well lit rooms. Dolby Pulsar(s) right?
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Apr 13, 2016 02:32
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No, it's this monster: http://www.sim2hdr.com/hdrdisplay/hdr47e_s_4k You can buy one for your home cinema, if you've got $30,000 to spare.
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Apr 13, 2016 09:40
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josh04 posted:No, it's this monster: http://www.sim2hdr.com/hdrdisplay/hdr47e_s_4k  Is that an s-video input?  I think I just found my new classic console powerball dream
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Apr 13, 2016 14:59
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Yup, that's S-video. The company makes conference room projectors and screens, so the thing's jacked up with every kind of connector you could want. Except SCART.
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Apr 13, 2016 17:43
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That's because no sane person ever wants SCART.
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Apr 13, 2016 18:01
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SCART was a beautiful thing at the time. Fairly universal, but marred by an oversized and awkward design that meant heavy cables would break sockets, and manufacturers refusing to listen to specs. But the fact you could send composite, S video, RGB down one cable and have things like automated input switching was very cool.
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Apr 13, 2016 18:23
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Is Sim2 just a chip designer? I could swear the Seleco projectors we used to sell had that Sim2 logo as well.
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Apr 13, 2016 18:45
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I've got some s-video retro projects going on. Nice to find quality build videophile s-video cables these days for pennies.
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Apr 13, 2016 20:29
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Panty Saluter posted:Is Sim2 just a chip designer? I could swear the Seleco projectors we used to sell had that Sim2 logo as well. I think they're the same company, or the projector-building bit is.
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Apr 13, 2016 21:20
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Oh yeah, that's the good stuff: These dudes listen to so much '70s rock, you think they'd know what a square wave sounds like
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Audiophiles suck!
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