Do you consider yourself an audiophile?

[Nylock]

Air suspension turntable/tonearm/TT base...? LOL The hissing of the air compressor alone would drive me nuts As for the rest of it... That's some high-end bullshit you've discovered there -I commend you sir!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Good grief

 

[teuchter]

Good to see his cables elevated off the ground on little pylons to avoid the risk of carpet interference getting into the signals.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Good to see his cables elevated off the ground on little pylons to avoid the risk of carpet interference getting into the signals.

I want to know what the little silver disks are on top of pretty much every bit of kit

 

[Citizen66]

I didn't watch to the end. How much is he hawking all that crap for or is he just showing off?

 

[ringo]

Record flattener

"It's an executive home!"

 

[Nylock]

I didn't watch to the end. How much is he hawking all that crap for or is he just showing off?

He's a reviewer for an audiophile mag apparently. IIRC the amps etc that the camera guy was getting all short of breath over are on loan for review and the speakers, another load of hifi clobber and all the esoteric crap (like record flatteners and demagnetisers) is his to show off with.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Ooooh, I think I caught a glimpse of my favourite ever bit of hifi twattery towards the end, looks like he has several Hallograph Soundfield Optimisers

 

[joustmaster]

Ooooh, I think I caught a glimpse of my favourite ever bit of hifi twattery towards the end, looks like he has several Hallograph Soundfield Optimisers

seems legit

 

[8ball]

Every day I don't get into selling this kind of shit is a day wasted.

I'm thinking of basically a big plastic toblerone with chevrons painted on it.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Every day I don't get into selling this kind of shit is a day wasted.

I'm thinking of basically a big plastic toblerone with chevrons painted on it.

Needs to be mounted on a suitably rare piece of wood for full effect.

 

[teuchter]

It was interesting that he mentioned towards the end some kind of work in progress where he is ripping his LPs into digital format. Maybe he's getting fed up with all the messing around?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Maybe he's getting fed up with all the messing around?

You must be kidding. Imagine the kind of crap people like that will do to the innards of their PC's

 

[joustmaster]

time to start gold plating some sound cards.

 

[BigTom]

You must be kidding. Imagine the kind of crap people like that will do to the innards of their PC's

A whole new market opens! Super clean hard drives! Gold SATA cables! Gold USB cards and USB sticks! Fan, Filter and Temperature control systems to ensure that your hard drive doesn't expand and go out of shape causing the music to be changed! Filters to keep the air in your computer dust free to prevent interference!

We're in the money on this one

edit: damn you joustmaster! I typed too much.

 

[8ball]

You must be kidding. Imagine the kind of crap people like that will do to the innards of their PC's

I wouldn't be ripping my vinyl with an air-cooled PC, I can tell you that for nothing.

 

[joustmaster]

you could easily replace the psu in a pc with one similar to the veloso-magic-hyper-supplies that he had in the video. 10 grand.

and just imagine all the cable stands you could cramp in to a pc, to keep their electromagnetic fields properly unentangled and aligned.

 

[alsoknownas]

He forgot this:

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

You'll need some sort of anti vibration stand for the PC as well, don't forget. Vibrations might cause all the 1's and 0's to get jumbled up.

 

[BigTom]

oh, and you need some kind of demagnitiser because magnets wipe hard drives and you might lose some of the 1s and 0s to background magnetism, not many, just enough to make your soundscape not quite so warm as you might like it, you know like when it gets cold and it all gets a little tight.

 

[Citizen66]

seems legit

Available from your local parish.

 

[snadge]

I've just spent £130 on 3 BNC cables from the states for the audio clock on my audio interfaces.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I've just spent £130 on 3 BNC cables from the states for the audio clock on my audio interfaces.

You daft twat

 

[xenon]

The Hallograph Soundfield Optimisers.

They were great live way back... etc.

 

[electroplated]

I've just spent £130 on 3 BNC cables from the states for the audio clock on my audio interfaces.

I hope you got the directional ones otherwise you'll have terrible word muddiness and possibly distorted pulse jitter.

 

[Nylock]

I love this thread

 

[snadge]

I hope you got the directional ones otherwise you'll have terrible word muddiness and possibly distorted pulse jitter.

Actually just for the record it's 3 BNC and 3 S/Pdif cables and that price includes PnP and customs duty from the states, they come from the company that makes my audio clock/audio interfaces ( Black Lion Audio) and I'm getting them because the BNC cables that I got from RS ( £4.50 each) introduced jitter, after discussions with the company they assured me that their cables would cure it or they would refund the cost, supposedly it is a common problem with cheaper BNC cables and after the electrical engineer from work showed me proof that sometimes 75ohm BNC cables aren't actually 75 ohm at all ( all 3 of the RS cables were reading different resistances).

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Actually just for the record it's 3 BNC and 3 S/Pdif cables and that price includes PnP and customs duty from the states, they come from the company that makes my audio clock/audio interfaces ( Black Lion Audio) and I'm getting them because the BNC cables that I got from RS ( £4.50 each) introduced jitter, after discussions with the company they assured me that their cables would cure it or they would refund the cost, supposedly it is a common problem with cheaper BNC cables and after the electrical engineer from work showed me proof that sometimes 75ohm BNC cables aren't actually 75 ohm at all ( all 3 of the RS cables were reading different resistances).

:/
I'm about to go to RS buy some bits to make my own, thanks for cheering me up

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Actually just for the record it's 3 BNC and 3 S/Pdif cables and that price includes PnP and customs duty from the states, they come from the company that makes my audio clock/audio interfaces ( Black Lion Audio) and I'm getting them because the BNC cables that I got from RS ( £4.50 each) introduced jitter, after discussions with the company they assured me that their cables would cure it or they would refund the cost, supposedly it is a common problem with cheaper BNC cables and after the electrical engineer from work showed me proof that sometimes 75ohm BNC cables aren't actually 75 ohm at all ( all 3 of the RS cables were reading different resistances).

OK, I'll bite. Why are you using external clocks?

 

[keybored]

What on earth is this? A $230 stone! But wait... it doesn't just make your A/V stuff sound better! IT MAKES YOUR CAR FASTER TOO!

This increases horsepower and speeds up 0 to 60 times in automotive engines

FUCK YES!