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njsykora posted:I love the complaining about an "unsolicited review". How DARE you review this product without my consent.. I have to give consent it says here in blacks law dictionary you can't just buy a product and tell people how you feel about it especially if it's related to commerce. I also enjoy how the person keeps using the word "Concept"
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This is peak small business owner brain, he could have just said "I tune by ear" like nearly every other boutique high end company that makes stuff that measures badly but this guy just can not take the L and now it's definitely harming his company's reputation like someone who owns a coffee shop going viral for stalking a customer who complained about a stale croissant.
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qirex posted:Erin published new measurements, found the same thing, Tekton guy seems to be taking it well Reeeaaal big Derek Smart energy from this guy
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njsykora posted:I love the complaining about an "unsolicited review". I'm going to make the wild guess that most reviews in the audiophile space are solicited
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Apr 16, 2024 18:27
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Depends on the outlet, I wager.
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ASR really shook a lot of manufacturers when people started sending Amir genuinely high end stuff to test. A company like PS Audio has probably never had a negative review get any traction before because all their coverage is either from pros they send review samples to [and probably know personally in the industry] or owners who are eager to defend their purchase. I don't love Amir's vibe [the DAC tiers are a joke, the whole "ESS hump" thing] but he's consistent and he knows what he's talking about.
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guy mad about 2 others guys dared to use bleeding edge speaker testers and followed precise testing instructions directly from klippel
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The Absolute Sound published a video on Synergistic Research's fuses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ5rvipm9YM Michael Fremer himself decided to hop into the comments section to fight back against people refuting the claims that fuses can really have an impact on sound quality, in a very Trumpian voice: quote:have you ever sat down and compared fuses to hear if there might possibly be a sonic difference that your knowledge base does not account for but that you are sure you heard? That perhaps could be "blind tested"? That's usually how things are discovered--by observations- closed minds aren't interested...
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"there seemed to be sort of more meat on the bones" "voice and the piano gained a liquid-like quality" "drums had more of a feeling of being one with the acoustic space" the list of stupid buzzwords is evergrowing it would be kinda fun (but too much effort) to buy few boxes of 3 cent fuses from ali express, slap stickers on them that say like "euphonic elite" or some garbage, make a basic website with some typical audiophile branding, and send this idiot the $100 version of each and watch him foam about it
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Hey, I have to regretfully eat my words of mockery on one product: The stupid metal puck that you put on a speaker to reduce who knows what, it made a huge difference. Once I get to the office I'll figure it the real names for this poo poo
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Apr 19, 2024 13:14
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dc3k posted:"there seemed to be sort of more meat on the bones"
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spookygonk posted:"inky blackness" the hell does that even mean "My quantum-treated pearwood power switch really brought out the inky black silence when I turned it to the 'OFF' position"
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Apr 19, 2024 15:47
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What Hifi loves using "rhythm" and "organization" in their reviews like there's audio gear that can make the different instrument sounds come out at the wrong speed.
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qirex posted:What Hifi loves using "rhythm" and "organization" in their reviews like there's audio gear that can make the different instrument sounds come out at the wrong speed. They're just prepping their test suite for when they start reviewing all those "high end" cassette players that've come out lately.
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Cannon_Fodder posted:Hey, I have to regretfully eat my words of mockery on one product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOSaC9pYtk Here's the idea - also done with a solid metal puck. On small speakers, in a small room, that stupid lovely little weight changed the whole stage and I hate it for working.
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Wait, you put one ON the speaker? Because uhh that wouldn’t do poo poo, but putting the speaker on them could potentially make a difference. But also I doubt those IsoAcoustic ones are any better than a set of cheap rubber feet.
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The only thing I can think of that's remotely congruent with reality is that the cabinet of the speaker isn't braced sufficiently internally, and maybe the puck is dampening out some sympathetic vibrations or harmonics or something
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In the rare case that audiophile equipment actually makes a noticeable difference to you and not just your suite of test equipment, and doesn’t cost you a lot of money, then cool. These fuses though, that’s the ticket. Definitely not some old Bussman fuses with a new label on it. I look forward to the clear ones with the visible element inside to have goofy shapes and colors, saying it delays the electrons long enough to let your DAC line up properly or some poo poo.
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Godzilla07 posted:Michael Fremer himself decided to hop into the comments section to fight back against people refuting the claims that fuses can really have an impact on sound quality, in a very Trumpian voice: Dude's talking about an electrical component like he's a zoologist identifying a new species of deep sea fish. I wonder what he thinks goes on in an electrical engineering lab all day.
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Cannon_Fodder posted:Hey, I have to regretfully eat my words of mockery on one product: Search for sorbothane and you'll find a ton of these really cheap
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raccoon.bmp posted:Dude's talking about an electrical component like he's a zoologist identifying a new species of deep sea fish. I wonder what he thinks goes on in an electrical engineering lab all day.
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raccoon.bmp posted:Dude's talking about an electrical component like he's a zoologist identifying a new species of deep sea fish. I wonder what he thinks goes on in an electrical engineering lab all day. Sweetie, that's a cryptozoologist.
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dc3k posted:"there seemed to be sort of more meat on the bones" one of the funny audiophile things i heard was a chinese guy who went to a chinese audiophile show and sneakily played 128kbps MP3s and everybody there was still "wow this sounds awesome" Palladium fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Apr 20, 2024 |
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Zeos is still the only one I’ve ever seen go to an audio show and walk out of a room whispering “that sounded terrible.”
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Grab yourself a bargain guys, this 3 metre speaker cable normally retails at £38,000 but you can pick it up used for only £15,000! And just think, the electrons in the https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256207992689 Ahdinko fucked around with this message at 15:31 on May 18, 2024 |
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Love the lovely looking carbon fibre that looks like the £5 stuff you see on ebay. Gross in every way.
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Ahdinko posted:Grab yourself a bargain guys, this 3 metre speaker cable normally retails at £38,000 but you can pick it up used for only £15,000! And just think, the electrons in the Oh man I can't wait to snatch this up and drape it over my equally expensive cable lifts.
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GreatGreen posted:Oh man I can't wait to snatch this up and drape it over my equally expensive cable lifts. I can't wait to use this in series with the jumper cables on the drivers that costs 1 cent to make
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Ahdinko posted:Grab yourself a bargain guys, this 3 metre speaker cable normally retails at £38,000 but you can pick it up used for only £15,000! And just think, the electrons in the But what if I listen to atonal jazz nouveau? I'll have to de-harmonize them all over again 
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Palladium posted:I can't wait to use this in series with the jumper cables on the drivers that costs 1 cent to make Someone recently posted some insane speaker cables on twitter and people were all like "why?!" and noticing that the cabling into the speakers and out of the amp were piddly little connectors. Some people were asking "why not just put the amps in the speakers?" and I refrained from saying because it's purely a display of wealth rather than any actually benefit to the sound... Though some companies do active speakers audiophiles would throw up if they ever saw the internals with their weedy wiring. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 19:00 on May 24, 2024 |
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Some manufacturers have got wise to this and now brag about using magic Nordost pure silver cables inside and the like. It's like when clubs and studios had Monster Cable branding 20 years ago, they got the materials for free as an advertisement so there's no reason not to use them. Hell, AudioQuest outright bought Goldenear speakers [which are pretty much just upmarket DefTech] so now you get this:quote:GoldenEar’s most sophisticated crossover ensures flat, +9-octave frequency response. Bypass-caps subjected to AudioQuest’s proprietary PMO (Permanent Molecular Optimization) process bring unprecedented clarity.
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AudioQuest has been one of the worst audiophile bullshit peddlers for more than 4 decades, they didn't need to buy another company for that.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Someone recently posted some insane speaker cables on twitter and people were all like "why?!" and noticing that the cabling into the speakers and out of the amp were piddly little connectors. Some people were asking "why not just put the amps in the speakers?" and I refrained from saying because it's purely a display of wealth rather than any actually benefit to the sound... i work with RF equipment in my job. Even tiny-rear end RF coax like RG58 is rated at 35dB per 100 meters @ 450MHz. The loss would be next to nothing by the time it goes down to speaker cable lengths at 20KHz audio signal, because unlike RF frequencies skin effect is a not a thing to even worry about in audio. i also never seen any electrical connector that doesn't electrically performs worse than the bulk cable it joins to solder and component leads on PCBs are especially egregious at resistance where they are some 10x higher versus pure copper also iirc genelec has a passive version of their highest-end monitors...and it costs 3x of the actives to drive the point home just how loving gullible they think audiophiles are Palladium fucked around with this message at 01:37 on May 25, 2024 |
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Palladium posted:i work with RF equipment in my job. Even tiny-rear end RF coax like RG58 is rated at 35dB per 100 meters @ 450MHz. The loss would be next to nothing by the time it goes down to speaker cable lengths at 20KHz audio signal, because unlike RF frequencies skin effect is a not a thing to even worry about in audio. If you want good RCA cables at a normal price, buy car audio cables! Cars have a lot of electrical noise and vibrations, so the cables have a good amount of shielding, plus they're often coaxial as well. The connectors are often snug to make a good connection. https://www.focal.com/products/er-1
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Palladium posted:also iirc genelec has a passive version of their highest-end monitors...and it costs 3x of the actives to drive the point home just how loving gullible they think audiophiles are wow that sucks. I like buying passive speakers over actives wherever I can because inbuilt amplification isn’t as durable, is subjected to more heat and vibration than outboard gear, and simply increases the complexity and relative rarity/“bespokeness” of the gear, making it harder to repair and find replacements for if something fails in the future vs “oh your integrated amp/receiver died? Well just plug another one in”. Also I like being able to see the amp, IDK.
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