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can you describe a non dry (moist?) involving (working?) mid?
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# ? Dec 29, 2020 13:32 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 06:15 |
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Darko recently reviewed the RME ADI-2 FS which is $1000 and one of the best on the market. In order to make sure that the more money = better than universal constant is maintained he compares it to the $1600 Chord Quetest which not only measures worse but has basically no features [the RME has 5 band parametric EQ on each output, a preamp and both balanced and unbalanced headphone outputs] by using an oblique multiple minute metaphor about camera lenses and how one lens has worse optical performance but more "character." You'd think these guys could occasionally say something that costs more sounds worse just to give themselves the barest smidge of credibility.
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# ? Dec 29, 2020 19:03 |
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That kind of stuff is why I like Dankpods review stuff, and why I think a lot of the hardcore audiophile crowd lowkey hate his reviews (some of the audiophiles on the iPod discord fly into a rage whenever him or his recommendations are brought up). He always brings in the value equation and tends to look for stuff that's cheaper but still really good for the money. He does have and love the Chord Mojo though so he's not perfect. Even if he does mostly use it these days for blowing up crap headphones.
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# ? Dec 29, 2020 19:17 |
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qirex posted:Darko recently reviewed the RME ADI-2 FS which is $1000 and one of the best on the market. In order to make sure that the more money = better than universal constant is maintained he compares it to the $1600 Chord Quetest which not only measures worse but has basically no features [the RME has 5 band parametric EQ on each output, a preamp and both balanced and unbalanced headphone outputs] by using an oblique multiple minute metaphor about camera lenses and how one lens has worse optical performance but more "character." It never ceases to amuse me that Darko’s is like the only hifi channel on Youtube that has its comments disabled Literally every other audiotuber spends copious time wading in the comments, even the more woo-woo ones
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# ? Dec 29, 2020 19:25 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:It never ceases to amuse me that Darko’s is like the only hifi channel on Youtube that has its comments disabled You get more engagement metrics and promotion by YouTube if you have active comments.
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# ? Dec 29, 2020 20:15 |
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Crime on a Dime posted:can you describe a non dry (moist?) involving (working?) mid?
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# ? Dec 29, 2020 20:18 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:It never ceases to amuse me that Darko’s is like the only hifi channel on Youtube that has its comments disabled He recently wrote an article about “ego boners” and did a full podcast about it... with Michael Lavorgna. The most polite comment I can make is that I can’t think of a pair that would know more about ego than those two.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 04:12 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:Speaking of which, there’s a dude on YouTube- Youthman— who built a HT out of La Scalas and like four giant subs stacked on top of each other and it looks like it slaps I bought a set of La Scala's recently, and then was giving a set to baby sit. I've been using all 4 of them as near field monitors and hooked them to the psvr for playing Ace Combat 7 or Polibius. Let's just say it's insane.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 10:17 |
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qirex posted:Darko recently reviewed the RME ADI-2 FS which is $1000 and one of the best on the market. In order to make sure that the more money = better than universal constant is maintained he compares it to the $1600 Chord Quetest which not only measures worse but has basically no features [the RME has 5 band parametric EQ on each output, a preamp and both balanced and unbalanced headphone outputs] by using an oblique multiple minute metaphor about camera lenses and how one lens has worse optical performance but more "character." Something I gleaned from his review, and his "best of 2020", is that he is trying to convince himself that the other DACs have a special sauce that makes them worth it over the absolute feature monster that is the RME. It just can't be that this $1000 device, made by "pro audio" companies that call it "audibly transparent" and instead focus on stuffing it full of useful poo poo instead of adding coloured balls like the chord, can be truly the best experience as an actual user. Curiously, in his best of 2020 review he said he would say the ADI-2 was product and DAC of the year but he hadn't published his review yet so it had to go to a bunch of jank. He still needs to fluff the requist audiophile favourites. The RME is the best at basically everything it does, headphone amp included, as far as you can actually casually ascertain and the hobby begins to feel a bit trite when $1000 buys you completeness. I also won't start an argument but I'm amazed that $20,000, 60KG speakers that have whole areas of the frequency response that are 10dB+ up and down and have all sorts of crazy resonances and directivity are flying by in the ridicule thread. I know people can like colour, even though Floyd Toole has definitely shown that people prefer true accuracy by and large, but you can use an EQ on an accurate setup for a fragment of the price.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 10:41 |
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ADI-2 is a fantastic DAC. Don't know what they changed in the FS if anything, but the older version is absolutely great. Couldn't imagine ever needing anything else. I use an OPPO HA-1 in my primary setup just because of laziness but probably I should switch over because I hate that it doesn't auto mute the line outs when I plug headphones in.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 13:39 |
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Darko is a typical money man audiophile. gently caress him. The RME is good since it is supposed to be used for pro-audio applications, there is no foo foo bs audiophile poo poo in it. Just excellent performance and features that work.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 17:01 |
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Not sure if anyone posted this, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEfCySfhTKU I'm pretty sure that's proof of Poe's Law, in that I'm not sure if he's parodying batshit insane audiophiles or actually serious.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 01:27 |
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binaryhermit posted:Not sure if anyone posted this, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEfCySfhTKU I watched two of this dude's videos. I have no idea if he's for real or not.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 02:27 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:I watched two of this dude's videos. I have no idea if he's for real or not. His videos link to a random "Genius Directory" https://psiq.org/world_genius_directory_geniuses/geniuses.htm If you search for "audiophile" you see him at 168. He has a recent video about his IQ increasing by 3 points due to a change in norms. I think he is serious
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 06:31 |
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BurritoJustice posted:His videos link to a random "Genius Directory" https://psiq.org/world_genius_directory_geniuses/geniuses.htm poor guy
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 06:50 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:poor guy Proof that healing crystals improve IQ! I don't want to go down the rabbit hole any deeper because it is a bit sad but his YouTube channel is just a fascinating example of correlation/confirmation/bias in every manner of subjects, he has "founded his own religion" based on having eargasms (sic) to enhance your connection to the universe; taking audiophillia to a slightly erotic, religious angle not featured in the thread before. He also seems to be getting grifted by a dodgy, pay by mail, IQ test company with a fake genius list.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 14:53 |
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The best way to troll "high iq" people is to post a comment that your score is 2-5 points higher. [Also if you get a legit test it has a range and confidence metric not a single score and you should say which one you took because people score differently on the 3 main ones and now I'm remembering how much I didn't enjoy my developmental psych classes]
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 17:51 |
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qirex posted:The best way to troll "high iq" people is to post a comment that your score is 2-5 points higher. [Also if you get a legit test it has a range and confidence metric not a single score and you should say which one you took because people score differently on the 3 main ones and now I'm remembering how much I didn't enjoy my developmental psych classes] As someone who doesn't think IQ means poo poo, I wish I had access to whatever Mensa paperwork I had from when I was a kid that has a score that beats most of their brags. But jokes on me, now I'm older I'm a dumbass loser idiot. Even the kids meetups were kinda weird and I felt totally out of place.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 18:06 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:As someone who doesn't think IQ means poo poo, I wish I had access to whatever Mensa paperwork I had from when I was a kid that has a score that beats most of their brags. But jokes on me, now I'm older I'm a dumbass loser idiot. Even the kids meetups were kinda weird and I felt totally out of place. I scored 4 points higher than you qirex fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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qirex posted:I scored 4 points higher than you Alas this has caused a buffer overrun, and you are now stuck at -1. This still puts you higher than people who care about IQ tests, though.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 18:57 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:Alas this has caused a buffer overrun, and you are now stuck at -1. This still puts you higher than people who care about IQ tests, though.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 19:08 |
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qirex posted:If it was a legit test and you actually scored that high they would have had you do the other two, probably multiple times over the years. This is true and it's even worse when your mother studied childhood development in college.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 19:22 |
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I did 2 in total, no idea about a third - I was young and totally not my decision. Maybe works differently in the UK with regards to testing? Not sure tbh. I had scholarships to 2 schools around that age so it probably counted for something and was worthwhile at the time.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 19:32 |
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If it's any consolation administering the test is super annoying as well.
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# ? Jan 4, 2021 20:29 |
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Uh, I'm sure you guys have discussed power cords already but this earnest article reads like parody. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/shunyata-research-sigma-nr-v2-power-cord The author was one of the guys who helped develop PCR fitting into the guys who are smart about their own area but hella dumb about other areas archetype. Also in dumb audiophile news, I preordered the Kef LS50 Meta to replace my Kef Q350 that I use as nearfield speakers in my office. Yuns fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Jan 8, 2021 |
# ? Jan 8, 2021 21:47 |
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I stopped paying close attention to TAS after they got rid of my ability to troll the authors in the comments. They're pretty much the worst of the "respectable" outlets but great for laughs, like the same guy discussing how he "upgraded" his home music streaming setup with a bunch of commercial grade fiber networking gear because his ring doorbell used up too much wifi bandwidth. As much at that guy knows about genetic biology I don't think he actually knows any facts about audio or power supplies.Yuns posted:Also in dumb audiophile news, I preordered the Kef LS50 Meta to replace my Kef Q350 that I use as nearfield speakers in my office. qirex fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 8, 2021 |
# ? Jan 8, 2021 23:21 |
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qirex posted:I stopped paying close attention to TAS after they got rid of my ability to troll the authors in the comments. They're pretty much the worst of the "respectable" outlets but great for laughs, like the same guy discussing how he "upgraded" his home music streaming setup with a bunch of commercial grade fiber networking gear because his ring doorbell used up too much wifi bandwidth.
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# ? Jan 8, 2021 23:22 |
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The LS50 Meta is legitimately cool. Like “here’s an actual scientific advance in audio reproduction” type cool. Plus they look cool, don’t cost too much, and look cool.
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# ? Jan 9, 2021 00:13 |
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TheMadMilkman posted:The LS50 Meta is legitimately cool. Like “here’s an actual scientific advance in audio reproduction” type cool. Wrong thread. This is an overpriced 5" speaker for loving 1500 Dollars. It's not an actual scientific device at all.
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 00:28 |
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redeyes posted:Wrong thread. This is an overpriced 5" speaker for loving 1500 Dollars. It's not an actual scientific device at all. they said “advance” not “device”
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 00:49 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:they said “advance” not “device” Well it ain't that either.
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 01:10 |
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redeyes posted:Well it ain't that either. The application of metamaterials concepts to make a high performance absorber seems like an advance https://www.aes.org/tmpFiles/elib/20210109/20758.pdf I'm sure the speakers are overpriced but you seem to be overreacting.
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 01:45 |
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What, pray tell, would you call the development of a meta material to almost fully absorb the back wave off of the tweeter, resulting in lower distortion from 600 hertz to 20,000 hertz, other than a scientific advance in audio reproduction? Please be specific.
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 01:49 |
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Can you hear it under normal conditions and is it an objective improvement?
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 01:52 |
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GonadTheBallbarian posted:Can you hear it under normal conditions and is it an objective improvement? Yes and yes. A fivefold improvement in the midrange is not to be sniffed at, but the real benefit is in linear response through the upper frequencies. Especially when driven hard, that will be very noticeable. They also handily provide the schematic and the equations used for derivation for their lumped element model if you’d like to very it for yourself in COMSOL or similar.
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# ? Jan 10, 2021 04:42 |
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Posting here to get ridiculed... I had my new Kanto YU2 speakers out and before I could set them up my son pushed in the domes of the drivers. In a panic I googled how to fix it and tried a q-tip/super glue trick that didn't work. The toilet paper roll trick did work (suck through the cardboard tube and it'll pop out). But now I have glue residue with some white from the qtip on on the domes. Yes... I am an idiot. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? I feel like acetone may eat the driver or unglue something important. My other consideration is using something to make it darker so its less visible (like a black marker) but I'm looking for suggestions before I make it worse. They are definitely the best computer speakers I've ever tried. EngineerJoe fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Jan 14, 2021 |
# ? Jan 14, 2021 23:43 |
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When my kids were small they poured old milk from the trash into my good shoes so I'm sympathetic. Also my LS50 Meta should be here tomorrow so I can give my qualitative judgment on them soon.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 01:17 |
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acetone on a q-tip is your best bet. try using masking tape to cover areas you don't want acetone on (you could have also used masking tape to pull the dome out lol). use acetone very sparingly by dabbing the glue a little bit at a time, letting it dissolve, then dabbing it away with a clean q-tip. go slow and it should be fine.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 01:21 |
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polyester concept posted:acetone on a q-tip is your best bet. try using masking tape to cover areas you don't want acetone on (you could have also used masking tape to pull the dome out lol). use acetone very sparingly by dabbing the glue a little bit at a time, letting it dissolve, then dabbing it away with a clean q-tip. go slow and it should be fine. I'll give that a try this weekend. As for my son, I couldn't get mad at him, he's cooped up in here just like we are and I know for a fact I did the same thing to my dad's hi-fi speakers back in the 80s. I'm sure he got to use them before I did that though.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 01:58 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 06:15 |
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Please be careful the acetone could EASILY dissolve the plastic domes. Next time, hot glue on "low" pops off easily for temp bonds.
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# ? Jan 15, 2021 04:09 |