Do you consider yourself an audiophile?
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Mid/side is a specific way of recording a signal into a stereo format (using a cardioid mic and a figure 8), the primary advantage of which is the ability to alter the stereo width at the mixing stage.Is all that not relevant if you run from one amp as the music should be mastered with proper mid/side business? A genuine question. I understand most (some) of this stuff
Anything you’re playing back on a normal hifi is just a stereo file, one channel for left, one for right.
BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
Insufficient Bass. 
danski
"vibey"
That is actually a legit concernInsufficient Bass.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Bass frequency direction in the wild (not on headphones) is not easy for the human ears to detect. For a pleasing and realistic experience there is no real need to have bass in stereo.
Correct.
One good thing about getting old is that high resolution TVs and HiFi stuff become a complete waste of money as one can no longer see or hear the difference.
Music should be great on whatever it's played. It was always like that in the developing world and the same back in the day here in the West. Some of the greatest singles ever made were generally heard on cheap transistor radios even AM ones back then.
Music should be great on whatever it's played. It was always like that in the developing world and the same back in the day here in the West. Some of the greatest singles ever made were generally heard on cheap transistor radios even AM ones back then.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
I am impressed at the level of bollx involved in this one. Did you know that you need a separate, stand-alone server just to stream music? Not from your NAS, no that would be silly. But dual Xeon 10-core processors!
www.techpowerup.com
$30,000 Music Streaming Server is the Next Audiophile Dream Device
Taiko Audio, a Dutch high-end audio manufacturer, has unveiled what might be the most over-engineered music server ever created—the Extreme Server. With a starting price of €28,000 (US$29,600), this meticulously crafted device embodies either the pinnacle of audio engineering or the epitome of...
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Fucks sake 
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I signed up on a few websites to comment on that very thing, but I have a feeling most of the comments won't make it past the moderation stageI am impressed at the level of bollx involved in this one. Did you know that you need a separate, stand-alone server just to stream music? Not from your NAS, no that would be silly. But dual Xeon 10-core processors!
$30,000 Music Streaming Server is the Next Audiophile Dream Device
Taiko Audio, a Dutch high-end audio manufacturer, has unveiled what might be the most over-engineered music server ever created—the Extreme Server. With a starting price of €28,000 (US$29,600), this meticulously crafted device embodies either the pinnacle of audio engineering or the epitome of...
I posted this on the techpowerup site...
It doesn't matter how much you ridicule these deluded audiophools, they're still going to buy into this snake oil nonsense.
I don't think it's necessarily because they believe it sounds better, I think it's because their lives are so meaningless and empty that the only way they can feel better about themselves is to throw lots of money at ridiculous things. They can't spend it having fun with friends, because they most likely don't have any friends, and any family they have won't speak to them, so they convince themselves they have "Golden ears", and if that's all they have left, some deluded measure of self worth, maybe they should be left to their own devices, and let them continue to espouse the benefits of paying to have your directional speaker cables run in for you, while you peruse a selection of $25k kettle leads.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Very much not for this thread. What they’re doing there is based on proper physics/maths/clever shit.Apparently this could change home audio as we know it (for those with £320K to spare
L’Acoustics are one of the leading PA companies. If you’ve been to a gig recently at any sort of decent venue, there’s a high chance you’ve heard their speakers.
Understood, but is it going to change home audio for the masses? Perhaps the article title wasn't best worded, I'm sure the gear will sound amazing.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Stuff like this will eventually work its way down. 5.1 was exotic when it first appeared, now you can get setups for a couple of hundred quid.
Immersive/Spatial Audio will become more and more of a thing as VR takes off.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
d&b Soundscape – Experience is Everything
d&b Soundscape is the world’s most sophisticated sound system. Immerse your audience deeper than ever with object-based Audio and virtual acoustics.
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This is the system I’m most familiar with, hearing Spatial Audio on an arena scale is mind blowing.
Björk is one of the artists out there currently really exploring what’s possible with it
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I had a 5.1 Sony receiver bought around 1997 - but very seldom used it apart from as a stereo radio, also connected to the Tv before soundbars were invented.
Thing is this Sony wonder machine went into permanent "protection" just before Christmas, various YouTube videos describe potential solutions
However, unless "one" is confident wading through manuals with pages like this
It's a dead loss attempting a repair I thought.
I was an electronic engineer pre 1990 - and the idea of desoldering multi-pin ICs strikes me with dread.
This Sony receiver came from South London Hi-Fi at 344 Coldharbour Lane, which closed down years ago.
They had a very good engineer - Alf - who then operated out of a shop on Brixton Hill and has by now proably retired to Jamaica.
Anyway as nick (maybe more) upthread commented I thought of Richer Sounds and and ordered up a simple Yamaha stereo replacement (no way can you get a receiver on its own from Currys or Argos, or even Temu!).
I've got it - and it works - though it seems to me that the digital level control is by no means comparable to Sony's high quality motorized volume control.
Apart from which these modern receivers come with F connector aerial socket - totally incompatible with the old co-ax plug.
WORST OF ALL - having bought this bloody thing and picked it up from London Bridge, they then send me an email yesterday saying it's gone on sale and I could have saved £50!
The Richer Sounds show room looked like a very up your ass place by the way - £700 for a pair of small bookshelf speakers caught my eye.
Wonder if they do electrostatics?
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ska invita
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I couldnt find a better thread to post this on that wasnt 25 years old so.....
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
danski ska invita Good advice chaps - or chapesses! I sent a detailed email, they phoned me back and did a £40 refund with effusive good wishes.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
That's a nice ornament.
ska invita
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dont you want a 10K£ tape player?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
No... I have an old Tandberg sound on sound reel to reel here somewhere. I also don't want that.
These things are beyond useless now... But they do make nice ornaments.
ska invita
back on the other side
amps and eqs ID have. Two EQs better than one
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
As a bit of hifi r2r decks are kinda useless now.
As a toy to mangle audio in a studio however…
As a toy to mangle audio in a studio however…
ska invita
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rereading my post i think my sarcasm wasnt obvious enough
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I realised it was sarcasm but felt the need to remind myself in writing that this stuff is shit and I need to sell my reel to reel
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