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There's a sucker born every minute! This is the refresh of the Ridicule Audiophiles thread, now with a less-mean title. Hobbies are fun, but collecting audio gear can mean that you mistake the journey for the destination, or the other way around I'm no philosophy major. Instead of accepting that audio tech has largely left the limits of human perception in the rear-view mirror, the hardcore audiophile sometimes finds a lack of peace in what they own. "Surely," they think "there must be something, some ridiculous amount of money I can throw at the perceived hole in my life where fulfillment should be. There must be something I can buy to squeeze an imperceptibly small amount of perfection out of my speakers/headphones!" There isn't. And don't call me Shirley. Seeing a business opportunity, those with... flexible... ethics have marketed snake oil in technologic form. These range from the "plausible-sounding frivolities" to "utter bullshit." This is the place for all of it. Post all of your kilobuck cables, your brilliant pebbles, and jewel-encrusted interconnects. Post all your MQA defenses and arguments about headphones that cost more than a car. This is the place to revel in foolishness! What to post in this thread: If you run across absolutely silly products that have no business costing more than a nickel, post it here for people to slap their knees at. If you see some swindler hawking snake oil and you'd like to understand HOW it's snake oil, post here too. This thread is for fun. What not to post in this thread: Honest questions about what products you should buy don't belong here. Anyone answering without linking them to the appropriate threads or OP also don't belong here. This is the Merde Menagerie, the Audiophoolery Auditorium, the Bullcrap Coliseum — we post here to laugh, not to be kind to people and validate their trust in us as unbiased community members hoping to steer people away from this! (For real, though, direct them to the right threads. It'll be infinitely more helpful to them and faster too. Also post in those threads too, it'll help keep this thread clean). The reasoning for this is that buying advice is off-topic, even if being kind and helpful is the Canadian Way™. Just redirect the wayward souls and help in the appropriate threads: Headphones Home audio Quick audio questions PC Speakers Turntables/Vinyl While it's okay to mock products and marketing copy, try to not let yourself get personal with it. General subforum rules apply, and that includes being a jerk to fellow goons! Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Sep 17, 2023 |
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Frequent Audiophile misconceptions: I need an amp! Not unless you're buying headphones with a ridiculous power requirement. These sound warmer than my old cables! Those cables have something wrong with them. Or you. Your equipment isn't supposed to color the signal from point A to point B. I need an expensive DAC and cables because jitter! That's been a solved problem for a long time. No you do not. [more to come, have errands to run] Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Sep 16, 2023 |
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I bought a cable last week.
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the urge to give a joke 6er is immense
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The old thread had blacker lows and way less jitter
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Sep 15, 2023 23:56
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I'm sorry but I can't read this thread until page 20. It needs to be burnt in
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Mr. Mercury posted:the urge to give a joke 6er is immense I bought it to replace a cable that broke if that helps.
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oh, I was just aimin' for giggles, that's all- I don't think I have it in me to jokeprobe just yet
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I'm sorry but I can't read this thread until page 20. It needs to be burnt in Personally I'm waiting for my new electrical outlet covers to arrive to make sure I get the best possible shitposting experience.
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You fool, you absolute fool, we cannot enjoy this thread until it's been run in for 200 hours and everyone knows the best way to do that is to put the new thread facing the old thread, reverse polarity on one thread, and allow simultaneous shitposting for at least 200 hours. Enjoy your harsh sibilants and boomy
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I think transients are too harsh through my digital signal chain. I think I need a pair of 100 lb class A mono tube amps (sitting in a rats nest of cables and boxes on the floor on $300 spikes ofc) fed by a soviet tube-run preamp to modulate the sibilance
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Is anyone having issues with embeds sounding somewhat indistinct and lacking "shine"? Is there a way we could get Astral to install an SOTM SNH-10G audiophile-grade ethernet switch in the Something Awful Forums server room?
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New thread timed nicely with an updated version of Stereophile’s Recommended Components list, it comes complete with tier lists which for some reason audio nerds loving love.
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 the article posted:TechDAS Air Force Zero: $550,000 (as reviewed w/Tungsten platter); $500,000 w/Titanium platter
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OK but how about this $200 balloon you can put your gear on.quote:Ingenious, inexpensive, and effective air-bladder product that damps out floor and air-borne vibrations, MF said. WP agrees. Originally called Air Mass 1. (Vol.20 No.2) Or this $2000 stand for a specific turntable. quote:Simple, affordable, effective isolation system for the VPI TNT that combines a static pneumatic isolation mount with mass loading. WP noted that "high frequencies seemed clearer, less smeared—harmonics leapt off strings and floated independent of the fundamental...Bass sounded more deep and taut, especially sustained notes or anything in the bottom two octaves of the piano." BD agrees, finding that the Isolation System lowers the TNT's (already low) background noise, resulting in subtle but noticeable improvements in image dimensionality, ambience, and inner detail. (Vol.20 No.7) Or this summation of the whole hobby. quote:"In this one—and assuming every other sonic hiccough is attended to—they do help," though he refuses to speculate why.
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What power conditioning do I need for the fonts to pop in this thread? On Mobile if that matters. I already have a set of poo poo post crystala before you ask.
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As a joke, I scotch taped some gravel to this microphone that was buzzing in the conference room and it actually stopped buzzing. Y'all, I think were were wrong.
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Wrong kind of ground loop
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Whats the best shape of rock Dont come in giving me any of this composition poo poo either I just wanna know shapes
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:As a joke, I scotch taped some gravel to this microphone that was buzzing in the conference room and it actually stopped buzzing. Thanks but I'll wait until someone on ASR posts measurements of the gravel
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My wife is upset that I bought another audio system for the bedroom and is threatening to move out. Any advice?
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Grassy Knowles posted:Whats the best shape of rock One of those ones that's basically a scalene triangle from above but has a flat bottom, the kind you pick up randomly and keep on your desk because as humans we are naturally inclined to want to show people the cool rock we found.
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njsykora posted:One of those ones that's basically a scalene triangle from above but has a flat bottom, the kind you pick up randomly and keep on your desk because as humans we are naturally inclined to want to show people the cool rock we found. I gotta get me some more of those i just have these ugly ones that are flat on top but scalene triangles below
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Dick Bass posted:My wife is upset that I bought another audio system for the bedroom and is threatening to move out. Any advice? Have you tried charging her crystals?
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Dick Bass posted:My wife is upset that I bought another audio system for the bedroom and is threatening to move out. Any advice? How many audio systems will you fit in the space she takes up?
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qirex posted:New thread timed nicely with an updated version of Stereophile’s Recommended Components list, it comes complete with tier lists which for some reason audio nerds loving love. quote:AC Nexus Advanced Power Distribution & Ground Enhancement System: $20,000 fist sized capacitors
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:fist sized capacitors Probably this size: 
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:fist sized capacitors Gonna need a third one to filter out the bio-electrical noise of the human component. It will need to be relatively centrally located, but don't put it too close to your ears because that will result in over-smoothing of higher-order harmonics and rob the sound of "air" $69,000 capacitive buttplugs is what I'm getting at here
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I tried listening to Sultans of Swing in this thread and the previous one had much warmer high end and more colorful bass.
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I've gotten better results from this thread by using a power cleaner on my wireless router. Try that.
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Also seriously goldmine the last thread. I have read like the entire thing twice because audiophiles ftw.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I've gotten better results from this thread by using a power cleaner on my wireless router. Try that. Wireless? You gotta run platinum plated cat 8 cable if you want any spark to the burns
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Also seriously goldmine the last thread. I have read like the entire thing twice because audiophiles ftw. When I get back from the mountain, I'll poke about and see how this can happen when I get to civilization
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BonHair posted:Wireless? You gotta run platinum plated cat 8 cable if you want any spark to the burns Dont worry I have a whole litter of cat cable
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Sound files played from platter hard disks sound warmer than from SSDs.
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Mr. Smile Face Hat posted:Sound files played from platter hard disks sound warmer than from SSDs. Problem solved: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvme-ssd-for-audiophiles
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You can tell it's for audiophiles because it has completely unnecessary capacitors on it.
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qirex posted:New thread timed nicely with an updated version of Stereophile’s Recommended Components list, it comes complete with tier lists which for some reason audio nerds loving love. quote:not provided is an incoming AC cord, though the AC Nexus's distributor will bundle it with a 6' EinKlein David cord for a total of $28,000 eight thousand dollars for a six foot cord
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death cob for cutie posted:eight thousand dollars for a six foot cord Hey, some people just can't afford good sound. There's nothing *technically wrong* with listening to music through gear with its power routed to it through unoptimized power cables. Just don't come complaining to me when your $785,000 audio solution system sounds like a clock radio from wal-mart because you wanted to save a few pennies. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Sep 17, 2023 |
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qirex posted:New thread timed nicely with an updated version of Stereophile’s Recommended Components list, it comes complete with tier lists which for some reason audio nerds loving love. Why is the website formatted so weirdly? 
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