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LifeSunDeath posted:enough fridge talk, let's talk audiophiles: Finally i can listen to josh groban how it was meant to be heard Edit: a most shameful snipe 
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Wonder how the fart acoustics in that room are.
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Jan 6, 2021 00:57
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Can someone please explain what those giant worm rear end looking cables are supposed to be
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Jan 6, 2021 01:22
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GelatinSkeleton posted:Can someone please explain what those giant worm rear end looking cables are supposed to be They're a method for separating fools from their money
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Jan 6, 2021 01:26
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i must compose posted:Wonder how the fart acoustics in that room are. AUG: Wonder how the fart acoustics are
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Jan 6, 2021 01:44
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i must compose posted:Wonder how the fart acoustics in that room are. A little flat
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GelatinSkeleton posted:Can someone please explain what those giant worm rear end looking cables are supposed to be They’re clearly Monster cables
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Jan 6, 2021 01:55
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Toys For rear end Bum posted:
If my father's Dynakit 70 amp is any indication, that is supposed to be sitting over the tubes in the amp in front of it. I gather he removed it so that we may admire the elegant beauty of blinkie electric valves. We had a cat that sprayed on the Dynakit. The next time he fired it up, the smell was heinous.
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Jan 6, 2021 02:35
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PainterofCrap posted:We had a cat that sprayed on the Dynakit. The next time he fired it up, the smell was heinous. I had a cat that pissed on my Wii. I couldn't even be mad about it.
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Jan 6, 2021 03:06
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Iron Crowned posted:I love that the shielding on a two wire connection isn't attached to anything, and tapers down, essentially rendering it cosmetic at best. audiophiles are like qanon of the music world, their logic is confounding. http://audiophile.rocks/technology.html quote:The Crystal Formula has been fine-tuned by ear into 0.01 gram accuracy and is very sensitive to external contamination, therefore we have tightly pressed and vacuum sealed it inside all products we build.
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Jan 6, 2021 05:20
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Solice Kirsk posted:Can I get the make/model number of that? It's this one... https://www.homedepot.com/p/LG-Elec...3796S/300979429 Last time I went to Home Despot I noticed LG updated them a little. Still pretty much the same aside from the ice/water dispenser and button panel looking a little different. Hirayuki posted:Isn't it way out past your counter, though? That's not counter-depth, unless you have nonstandardly shallow counters and cupboards. I suppose it's not technically counter depth in my kitchen. Those cabinets are indeed very shallow. The counter is only about 14" deep. It's perfect size for the wall it's against though. gleebster posted:Close that door! What're you trying to do, heat the whole outdoors? I pay the bills and I'll leave the leave the door cracked if I dam well please!  
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Jan 6, 2021 07:24
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LifeSunDeath posted:audiophiles are like qanon of the music world, their logic is confounding. Jesus, I'm embarrassed just from reading that.
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Jan 6, 2021 10:17
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LifeSunDeath posted:enough fridge talk, let's talk audiophiles: why is your cursor lime green
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As a trained audio engineer, here's what I don't get about audiophiles; everything. No, but seriously, what is it that they're expecting to get out of getting the most "pristine" audio signal? Especially when the given signal very likely wasn't even recorded at that level in the first place?! I remember in my recording arts program, we did mic comparisons; two mics, one source, and we'd A/B them, and discuss the differences. Really informative. We once did the extreme and compared a Schoeps mic (I forget which one) to the SM58, and obviously you could hear the differences like night and day. Not to bash the SM58, it certainly has its purpose. But then we compared the same Schoeps mic to an AKG414, and the differences were negligible. The price wasn't, though. And even though I'm there, learning about how to get the best signal possible when recording, a process I understand and respect, I remember thinking "there's literally no practical reason for me to ever shell out way more money for a barely-perceivable difference." I'd use the Schoeps if it was there as an option, but I wouldn't necessarily buy one over something similar, and cheaper. Anyway, audiophiles drive me nuts. Rupert Buttermilk has a new favorite as of 14:12 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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Jan 6, 2021 14:10
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Do audiophiles care much about where the sound comes from, as in: is all their music in 320kbps .flac? I assume there are internet forums full of tedious nerds who argue that "no, you haven't experienced Genesis until you've heard it on vinyl".
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Jan 6, 2021 14:33
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Peanut Butter posted:why is your cursor lime green easy to spot across monitors. you never mod your cursor?
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bony tony posted:Do audiophiles care much about where the sound comes from, as in: is all their music in 320kbps .flac? I assume there are internet forums full of tedious nerds who argue that "no, you haven't experienced Genesis until you've heard it on vinyl". The only format I can accept as authentic listening is .pono played on a genuine Ponoplayer.
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bony tony posted:Do audiophiles care much about where the sound comes from, as in: is all their music in 320kbps .flac? I assume there are internet forums full of tedious nerds who argue that "no, you haven't experienced Genesis until you've heard it on vinyl". Ohh, boy, 320kbps .flac files are barely scratching the surface of what they deem to be good quality.
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One of the things that absolutely kills me about audiophiles is this: So here is a quote from a review for a power cable on that website: quote:I became paralyzed, sort of a dream paralysis perhaps, unable to move even after the CD ended. The sound was so expansive, there were no walls, every instrument and voice could be clearly followed while at the same time the entire blend of sound was unified into a single flow of music. Even at 90db + volume with a rock beat, the music was so relaxing that I was immediately placed into a trance, unaware of my body or the room around me, just pulled along by the music. It is just so baffling to me that these people spend so much money and think it's this unparalleled experience, but they're not actually aiming for something we don't already experience regularly—just regular natural sounds.
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That too, absolutely. I mean, I've experienced a euphoric, dreamlike state in the past from music, but it wasn't because of the loving bit depth or sample rate.
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Jan 6, 2021 15:37
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Phthisis posted:One of the things that absolutely kills me about audiophiles is this: it's because it's all placebo effect, and they're crazy af.
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Jan 6, 2021 15:43
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They've stumbled onto the same rewards religions have: community, sunk costs and induced awe. In the same vein, this is probably the worst example I've come across of audiophile madness. I think it was featured on the f plus many years ago.
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Jan 6, 2021 16:15
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Grei Skuring posted:They've stumbled onto the same rewards religions have: community, sunk costs and induced awe. Are they doing a pure scam or are they idiots? A coating that improves sound on a CD? Don't they realize that data CDs could not exist if some "nano-scale scattering" altered it. If they are knowingly scamming audiophiles then I'm all for it.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Ohh, boy, 320kbps .flac files are barely scratching the surface of what they deem to be good quality. "Lossless!" bony tony posted:Do audiophiles care much about where the sound comes from, as in: is all their music in 320kbps .flac? I assume there are internet forums full of tedious nerds who argue that "no, you haven't experienced Genesis until you've heard it on vinyl". Tinnitus cures all of this. Time the avenger. (e: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (at least side 1) sounds great with good headphones irrespective of format (except super-compressed mp3) PainterofCrap has a new favorite as of 17:52 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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Jan 6, 2021 17:19
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I remember someone saying audiophiles listen to steely dan almost exclusively
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Jan 6, 2021 17:42
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hawowanlawow posted:I remember someone saying audiophiles listen to steely dan almost exclusively and Alan Parsons
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I've been on these forums the better part of 20-years & never did a quote=edit until November, and this is the third one.
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hawowanlawow posted:I remember someone saying audiophiles listen to steely dan almost exclusively Audiophiles legit use certain Steely Dan tracks to test their equipment. It's bonkers.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Audiophiles legit use certain Steely Dan tracks to test their equipment. It's bonkers. Wow, holy poo poo. When I worked at IGT as a sound designer and composer back in 2010-2013, we were testing new cabinets and speaker setups. We had a chair with shoulder speakers, speakers underneath the seat, a rumble function all of that stuff. And every time we'd go in to see what the engineers had built, they'd obviously be blasting some music. No loving joke, it was Kid Charlemagne.
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Jan 6, 2021 18:11
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audiophile.rocks posted:Price: $200,000 USD (last in stock!) yeah this sounds p. legit, imma order a $200K power cable
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Jan 6, 2021 18:14
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The sequels to Avatar will be all about the rare minerals used in bullshit audio cables.
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Jan 6, 2021 18:15
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:The sequels to Avatar will be all about the rare minerals used in bullshit audio cables. Audiovatar: The Last Earbender
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This will always be my favorite trump card against audiophiles: https://gizmodo.com/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger-363154 Also, it's no $200,000 power cord, but the fact that gold plated digital optical audio cables exist is maddening.
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Are y'all aware of K-pop PIT culture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795v0lUlorc Because it's real.
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Jan 6, 2021 18:55
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The lowest rate encoding is good enough for me when downloading music off Youtube. Am I an audiophobe? 
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rydiafan posted:This will always be my favorite trump card against audiophiles: https://gizmodo.com/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger-363154 From what I've seen, every argument against a hardcore audiophile about the audio quality being the same for any cable ends with the audiophile going, "Well, it sounds better to me, and that's what really matters." There's no winning.
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Jan 6, 2021 19:26
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256 vbps mp3 is all you need, anyone who claims to hear the difference between that and lossless is full of poo poo
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Jan 6, 2021 19:27
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If spending more money helps me enjoy my music more, then who are you to argue? (i use the money to buy more records, and, once upon a time, concert tickets)
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Jan 6, 2021 20:15
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Grei Skuring posted:They've stumbled onto the same rewards religions have: community, sunk costs and induced awe.   This is an amazing grift. And here's how the teleporation tweak "works". Otana has a new favorite as of 20:38 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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hawowanlawow posted:256 vbps mp3 is all you need, anyone who claims to hear the difference between that and lossless is full of poo poo You've obviously never used studio quality equipment in any capacity, or you're sorely in need of a hearing exam
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