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Twiin posted:You can very easily tell an MP3 from uncompressed audio by looking at spectral analysis. Does anyone know if the psychoacoustic model encodings are robust enough for DSP filters? I just know from image editing that starting with a decent looking HQ jpg something as simple as a shift in HSV can make the gigantic compression errors glaringly obvious, so i imagine it's similar for audio.
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So i have no idea about vinyl players, but seeing as the needle very noticeably goes up and down wouldn't that mean the playback tempo followed a sine-wave as the needle gets pulled over incline, top, decline and valley?
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Feb 20, 2013 00:27
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Combat Pretzel posted:The vinyl rotates at a specific constant speed. The vibrations picked up by the needle, which is in the cartridge at the top of the arm, going through the groove, make up the sound. The whole arm is just articulated to follow any warps in the vinyl.
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Feb 20, 2013 00:42
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Combat Pretzel posted:Must be an unusually warped record for it to be noticeable. An audiophile would be morally required to shred a record, if it ain't 110% level.  So it's completely laughable.Twiin posted:
Still, considering all the expensive snake-oil meant to remove unmeasurable nano-jitters on the other side of the universe, that number seems gigantic. I guess i'm having a hard time imagining the mindset that would result in a ridiculous setup displayed in the video that also tolerates (or even welcomes?) those kind of potential mechanical error inducing influences. I guess i'm an idiot for expecting consistency in insanity.
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Feb 20, 2013 01:45
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So when played back it would be at a regular playback speed.
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teknetik posted:I wanted to get earphones for my brother as the ones he has for his iPhone keep falling out when he goes out running. Any recommendations within the $50-70 range? He'll only be using it while in the gym or to run. 
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Feb 20, 2013 19:59
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Amphigory posted:These things are all audio placebos, really. Which, oddly enough, means they have a point about the DBTs (though not for the reasons they think) Most would be willing to accept that while the actual objective temperature that can be measured using sensors doesn't change different people "feel" warmer or colder depending on other subjective priorities and tastes, so a raw temperature reading doesn't capture "the full experience". Audiophiles would be the guys who argue that red painted walls (as opposed to blue) change the light refraction to cause undetectable micro-heat-spots that can only be sensed by skin trained over decades and alters bouncing behavior of air molecules and the filtered photon quantums give the brownian motion a smoother, more natural unidirective flow - just plain snake-oil. The people arguing the former have a point. The latter "points" are either theoretically true but irrelevant or just complete pseudo-science nonsense.
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KillHour posted:I guess they don't do refunds. http://www.evolutionacoustics.com/loudspeakers/mmseven/ posted:Did we miss anything? However they do know their audience: http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/663.html posted:61 years old, married 38 years, work in retail, love music and audio. http://www.evolutionacoustics.com/loudspeakers/mmseven/ posted:Also, as we get older we hear high frequencies differently than when we were younger. Evolution Acoustics incorporates adjustable tweeters to suit personal sensitivities and preferences. Look, we know you hear things "differently", but our loudspeakers are ~~rich in colors~~, and what are you going to spend those millions earned by "work in retail" on anyway?
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Blistex posted:All you've done is take the exact same thing (water/electricity) and run it through something very expensive quote:, that in no way affects the quality of it.
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While we're at it why not replace that dreaded fleshy "ear" segment of the transmission chain with something that doesn't degrade over the years of use and aging and instead uses a load of buzzwords from a 1970s sci fi show. Also the ear nerve. And obviously the brain attached to it, who knows what kinds of messy distortions are introduced in there. RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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I liked the description i stumbled on when looking for explanations of "burn-in" that "Nothing" changes in the cable "but something changes in the space between the L and R".
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Aeka 2.0 posted:I really don't understand some of this crazy audiophile poo poo. Aeka 2.0 posted:don't (...) do jack poo poo. crazy (...) poo poo.
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Jun 5, 2013 23:43
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Confounding Factor posted:Because the latter is uncompressed and at a consistent 1124kbps (I think that's the number) versus that of FLAC which could range from 700-900kbps, I've seen plenty of stupidity validating 40 MB per song just to keep it as WAV. They can't even argue that the "unzipping" process takes too long and introduces playback stutter or whatever bullshit because it's actually faster and more accurate to read a smaller file from disk and decompress/play it in memory than reading the large, uncompressed data from a slow-rear end harddrive. RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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quote:Despacio, on the other hand, has been designed specifically to reproduce both modern dance music and "Hells Bells" as accurately as possible. To that end, the trio will only be playing vinyl through the system. "Vinyl sounds better," James says, simply, when quizzed why he's rejecting digital music. Edit: wait, i hope "vinyl vs digital" isn't opening pandora's can of worms around here. 
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Over half of that site is written like a terrible parody i'd badly make up on the spot (for fucks sake, their "How do they work?" section  ), right down to the "mad scientists" name, so i really want to believe it's a clumsy punchline being driven into the ground.Except for the part where they apparently sell their joke for real loving money ($399, you save $170!) and have some "only one refund per customer" (is that even legal?) policy... RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Aug 7, 2013 |
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Aug 7, 2013 07:48
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KillHour posted:One of their explanations references Doctor Who. It's a joke.
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To be fair the quote is "there was a greater level of perceived clarity and scale", so the logical chain is really just "loads of money spent -> larger psychological investment -> altered psychological perception". Of course that's "technically correct" in the same way that a person who just "bought" the golden gate bridge for 50000 bucks feels "better/more important" traversing it in the "knowledge" that it is "their property".
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Oct 1, 2013 01:52
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Conmen that don't somehow build confidence suck at their job.
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Gotta turn that smile upside down.
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breaks posted:after reading back a bit further, I'm not sure how the thread really got on this topic)  " -> "poo poo doesn't matter because of how buffered soundcards work" ->? "but man i totally hosed around with this processing software and it started to sound bad, also 1 bit 'music', don't ask me about engineering details"?Yeah, i got nothing. v  v
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This isn't funny. Dementia is no laughing matter. 
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Nov 9, 2013 21:44
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baka kaba posted:And that it wasn't his concern anyway, because he had no qualms about running it all through this thing
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So cheez is some high effort troll and this 4chan-speak "Anandtech's Watercooling or is that board just one of those moderation-endorsed crazyhouses where the inmates run the place? RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Dec 10, 2013 |
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KozmoNaut posted:but does it have to be so overpriced and do they have to sell it using audiophool wankery?
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I can't help myself reading this as a reaction to the "$115,000" prize tag:quote:“I’ve never heard anything like this. I don’t even know how to put it into words because I don't think what I'm hearing can be described in a way that would give anyone even an approximation of the experience. I keep coming back to the lamentation that so few people will ever hear or feel this as I am." quote:The sound of the amplifier itself cannot be described because the 3050 has no sound of its own. Bass, mids, highs, soundstaging, resolution, transparency, liquidity, musicality, realism, separation, pick your cliché: Everything is better. quote:Most companies have a pipe dream, a product they would build if the time were right and the customers were there, if there were no limits, if a new benchmark could be achieved. Practically nobody builds this kind of product. Many claim to, but careful scrutiny nearly always reveals compromises or cynicism in the results.  KillHour posted:445 lbs.
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That man is clearly a being beyond our understanding, his head has evolved to self-embedd in majestic sound-insulation. e: Actually that makes me curious, what are audiophiles' feelings on all that noisy biological crap (blood gushing, air flushing, muscle tension/vibration, heart beating) that pollutes their sound receiving organ via direct mechanical transmission? Has someone offered literal snake oil to self-insulate your organs or dampen your inherent noise-generators? RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Feb 2, 2014 |
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Cmon man, it virtually "doubles the sound quality" Like, makes twice as much goodness come out of the sound because things move much faster!! If you can't hear it you must be dumb.
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Isn't the dailymail a yellow paper trash rag for complete morons anyway? It's odd to see the usual faux-science flowery language nonsense mashed up in a way as if they were explaining it to a 5 year old.
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Why is that thing's "name" just "THE PREAMP" but in german? Is that like japanese throwing in random english words in random spots to sound cool, except for audiophiles it's gotta be KNALLHARTES DEUTSCH for some reason?
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Well yeah, you also have "sharpener" kernels or crazy over-saturation to make things look 'better' the same way "louder" sounds 'better' to the average joe even if it completely degrades the signal quality. Intensity vs Authenticity trade-offs are obviously subjective, but not exclusive to audio/video. Although that makes me wonder how many of those 50k "studio quality+++ precision" rigs are just constantly tuned into a drowning smile.
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Feb 28, 2014 00:48
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Philthy posted:People that spend that much on cables more than likely burn that much just to start their fireplace because it amuses them.
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Mar 15, 2014 19:43
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Isn't the vinyl business pretty much perfectly honed to aim at enthusiasts who care about style (and fancy gimmicks) first and price last? Not my personal cup of tea but if it was then crazy ideas like that would probably be pretty great in a "mp3/flac doesn't have that!" way. v vI guess maybe if you added 3 zeros to the price....
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Chill Callahan posted:To their defense, the human ear is incredibly sensitive. Ears can detect displacements on the order of 1 trillionth of a meter. Wonder if homeopathy is big with audiophiles, the smaller the magnitude the larger the imaginary effect.
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rear end Catchcum posted:ha nice try but I can def. tell a difference. iTunes supports AIFF files but iPhone does not, it won't accept them during sync, you need a 3rd party app (I like Onkyo's).
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rear end Catchcum posted:I am serious
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After i win the lottery i'll start buying audiophile systems for 100k only if they accurately reproduce the fine crackle of my 1995 64kbps SoAD mp3s and can recreate the warm sound and intense range of Skrillex remixing Ke$ha feat Justin Bieber. If it gives one of those frauds a stroke would it be considered the perfect murder?
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taqueso posted:If they get the impression that you are ready and able to spend $100k, they will happily tell you all about how warm and detailed the sound of your speak'n'spell will be or whatever else they think will help empty your pockets.
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How does the 320kb lossy codecs hold up if you decide to load the file up in an editor and run it through 26 filters? I heard the more aggressive "optimized for human hearing" stuff falls apart pretty quickly if it gets transposed or multiplied. Or scenarios like "re-encode in a new future codec"? Granted, probably not really something anyone actually ever does, but it seems like a potential functional difference.
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bobbilljim posted:this is a fakepost right. right.
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Nintendo Kid posted:WinRAR is to compression what a 5000 dollar power cable is to powering audio equipment.
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Nintendo Kid posted:You know that straight up free and better compression exists right? It's 7zip dude. Although now i'd love to see someone sell winrar for 5000 bucks with extremely flowery audiophile language. All the "RAM cleaner" programs out there proof that there's a target audience of gullible marks for it, and hey, it works for those "audiophile grade" music players that just put a shiny frontend on the regular OS sound api, right?
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