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Khablam posted:It might be a digitally identical copy, but you can't say whether it's the same or better unless you've ABXed the two. I still can't believe that ABX is bankable over there. At least a few of the threads I have seen mention your brain as needing to adjust to new sound signatures in addition to the mythical "burn in."
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Fanelien posted:I changed the locks on an audiophile's house recently, he spent half the time complaining about the girl that left him and the other half explaining how much his audio set up cost and how awesome it was. I got bored about half way through and just noted the brands. Most of the setup was Gryphon, with this turntable In other news I fully expect to be banned from Head fi for suggesting that people listen and decide on what to buy for themselves rather than go on charts and graphs. That and for suggesting that many high end products would ALL sound good!
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Nov 25, 2012 17:49
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Somehow I got on the physical mailing like for Mapleshade. The only thing I figure is that Headfi sold my name and address, which is extra strange since they don't have my address. But nevertheless I received a catalog, addressed to me, at my correct address.  Come, gather round and let's go on a little trip, since said catalog is *gasp* in handy internet form for our mocking and horror. The catalog starts of well enough, with things like 'CDs that sound better than SACD' (all by artists you have never heard of, and then gets into CD and LP cleaners, and Deoxit stuff for cleaning contacts, and then all of the specialty tube cleaners. Then things go straight for the audiophile wacky. Fifty kinds of brass feet to put under your poo poo. $70 cyrogenically treated wall socket (may or may not burn down your house) check $700+ 'Time Corrected' wood speaker stand WTF Power strips that I swear were from the dollar store with the cable cut off and replaced with cellophane. Talk about profit margin. I hope you have good fire insurance. Wait, if you have a home theater you have to get one of the power strips glued down to a wood cutting board. Cable lifters? Sure, but what about cable spreaders? Yes, they want you to uwrap your power cords and separate the individual wires with motherfucking chopsticks. Okay, I'm done. I used fourteen gauge goddamned lamp cord to wire my first speakers. Maybe I still have some laying around.
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May 29, 2013 17:02
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At least they stuck it in the freezer to "cryogenically" treat the CD player. Maybe I should put all my electronics in the freezer? What's with the power cables with the blocks of wood with connectors on them? This stuff just makes me 
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May 29, 2013 21:19
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Wasabi the J posted:I was just talking about regular copper piping, then This is brilliant. You could set a new high watermark in what can be charged for 'cables.' Just make sure to use the thinnest possible copper pipe so it can kind of flex. That or offer a line of treated copper pipe junctions so people can plumb up their runs!
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May 30, 2013 17:06
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e: f; b but still worth it grack posted:WTF is going on here? : http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EDRIC Umm it, er, um , eliminates jitter. Somehow It involves four hours of some kind of treatment with crystals. I think they like put them near special rocks that do stuff. And things. Its like I understand each word on the page, but I don't understand what they mean together. gently caress it heres the text: quote:Digital Interconnects can ruin or transform the sound of any DAC. Our radically different cable design greatly reduces the main cause of digital harshness, jitter-standard hi-end digital cables increase jitter. At $43, our Ultrathins routinely outperform famous audiophile brand digital wires and optical cables costing $1000 and up. The Double Helix Digital version offers better-defined and sweeter treble, more warmth and about a half octave deeper bass than the Ultrathin.
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May 31, 2013 00:26
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grack posted:I didn't even read that part. Is it bad that I'm now imagining a bunch of audiophiles crawling around on the floor trying to give their AV cables blowjobs? 'Cause the more text you read, the worse it gets. Wouldn't you want to fill the plastic bag with like Nitrogen or something? I mean, with all the audiophile stuff about oxygen free cables, exhaling air with both oxygen and moisture from your breath seems like the most anti-audiophile thing to do ever.
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May 31, 2013 04:50
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Blistex posted:I know one of them is stage placement! The best part of the stage placement test is switching from mono to stereo and back when you change cables (don't really change cables, just switch mono/stereo).
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Jun 3, 2013 15:44
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Jerry Cotton posted:Audiophiles > Oenophiles > Beer nerds > IPA nerds > Pepper nerds. This is how I see it, so it's the absolute truth. People who pay 40000€ for some cables are down right crazy but people who have ever used the term scoville outside of academic conversation are deplorable scum. Now I want to find a picture of someone wearing an Orpheus, drinking a '62 Chateau Latour, hops drying on a rack overhead and a hydroponic hybrid pepper plant under special lights. Picture must be taken from either a vintage Leica or some kind of scanning back Hassleblad, whist wearing not a fedora but a porkpie cap.
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(I don't know where camera geeks fit in because I've happily not been subjected to camera geekery.)
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No, you guys are missing the point. The speakers they used in the test were total crap and were the problem. More expensive speakers would totally sound better with the higher end setup.
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