Do you consider yourself an audiophile?

[beesonthewhatnow]

Don't bother with the mermaid's breath then, noob?

Only if it’s quantum mermaids breath.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

£250 headphones have no place on this thread.

That's the starting price for a cable around here.

cable?
your bar is low

 

[8ball]

cable?
your bar is low

Per inch, though obv.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

cable?
your bar is low

If you are not spending at least £250 per cable lift then that's just a half arsed job.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

If you are not spending at least £250 per cable lift then that's just a half arsed job.

I keep mine floating in a directionnal magnetic field which helps the signal in the correct direction increasing the staging

 

[platinumsage]

I know it's the bottom end of the market but I'm laughing at TOSlink optical cables on Amazon with 24k gold-plated connectors, which seem to be a quid or two more than the usual plastic-ended cables, the connector conductivity of course being entirely irrelevant as the core is 1mm plastic which conducts light.

 

[8ball]

I know it's the bottom end of the market but I'm laughing at TOSlink optical cables on Amazon with 24k gold-plated connectors, which seem to be a quid or two more than the usual plastic-ended cables, the connector conductivity of course being entirely irrelevant as the core is 1mm plastic which conducts light.

Yeah, but gold is a very inert metal and you’ll be avoiding oxidative signal backwash at the surface interface point.

 

[pogofish]

The other side of this is that we have just had a client moaning about the cost of a room upgrade following building work.

One particularly contentious point was that we had included a mic, amp and speakers in the system - WHY..?

Err, the room is twice the length it used to be. Do you want the people at the back to hear you..?

 

[8ball]

Err, the room is twice the length it used to be. Do you want the people at the back to hear you..?

Maybe they have been reading Bullshit Jobs and know it doesn't matter.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Got to be worth a few k

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

What material are the screws?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

What material are the screws?

unobtainium

 

[Idaho]

Got to be worth a few k

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Custom volume optimisation service - £3000 including materials.

 

[skyscraper101]

Blimey! I'm very impressed with the noise-cancelling as well. My early morning doze in bed was being ruined by the noise of rat-running cars. With these things on I can listen to the radio in peace! - No traffic noise at all..

These are the headphones:

Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling​

There's a newer model out there..

I've got the WH-1000XM3s and they're great. Especially on a plane/train. They're a bit bulky to carry and wear while walking around so they don't get a lot of use outside of this, but if you need maximum silence, the Sony's have a very good rep.

 

[nick]

Custom volume optimisation service - £3000 including materials.

But how do you get it up to 11? This is the level at which the hyper-torsional sonic clarity is maximised across the entire soundscape

 

[pesh]

it's ok, it starts at 10

 

[Ming]

Yeah, but gold is a very inert metal and you’ll be avoiding oxidative signal backwash at the surface interface point.

That’s easy for you to say.

 

[existentialist]

Audiophile "badge engineered" D-Link switch


Includes blind tests.

 

[spitfire]

Why can't Americans say solder properly.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

And aluminium.

 

[petee]

And aluminium.

 

[existentialist]

And aluminium.

Back in the day, it was touch and go whether we might have adopted the American spelling/pronunciation for aluminium. 'Aluminum' or 'Aluminium'?

I used to be extremely snobby about American spellings and pronunciation, but as I've learned more, I have realised that all that has happened is that they pursued a different linguistic path, not a "wrong" one. In many cases - "color", "neighbor" - their spellings are arguably closer to the common root than ours are.

I do draw the line at "nukular", though . It makes me think of the British "pacifically" instead of "specifically".

Anyway, back to audio loons...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Back in the day, it was touch and go whether we might have adopted the American spelling/pronunciation for aluminium. 'Aluminum' or 'Aluminium'?

I used to be extremely snobby about American spellings and pronunciation, but as I've learned more, I have realised that all that has happened is that they pursued a different linguistic path, not a "wrong" one. In many cases - "color", "neighbor" - their spellings are arguably closer to the common root than ours are.

I do draw the line at "nukular", though . It makes me think of the British "pacifically" instead of "specifically".

Anyway, back to audio loons...

Broadly agree, but then Realtor...

 

[Supine]

If your speakers don’t weigh five tonnes each you’re not doing it properly.

 

[teuchter]

Audiophile "badge engineered" D-Link switch


Includes blind tests.

I recently watched this



I was disappointed that he didn't plug the headphones into a bog standard amp & dac, instead of the ridiculous $30k one, to see if anything sounded different.

 

[existentialist]

If your speakers don’t weigh five tonnes each you’re not doing it properly.

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TBF, I bought a pair of Gale 4s (or whas it 5s) off a mate, and when I went to pick them up to put them in the car, they weighed a TON. Turns out he'd put a load of sand in the bottoms of each one. 30 years on, and it's still there

 

[moody]

any recommendation for someone local to sheffield to look at a ribbon tweeter (within a speaker) that is distorting on certain frequencies, might need replacing, it defo needs a look at anyhow.

 

[Cid]

any recommendation for someone local to sheffield to look at a ribbon tweeter (within a speaker) that is distorting on certain frequencies, might need replacing, it defo needs a look at anyhow.

I'll ask around if I remember, know some audio types. blairsh might know someone.

 

[moody]

I got bored today and put together this little system using passive crossovers so now the floorstanders for the subs and polks for the tops.

surprisingly nice sounding

 

[spitfire]

I can see audiophiles having conniptions at the cups and saucers!

Looks great.