And what does floor do to affect the sound carried by the already insulated wires?
>>53717066
It shakes it up. Everyone knows you need to stur.
>>53716985
>2015
>being mentally ill
>>53716985
>foam supports
Be poor somewhere else
>>53717204
those cables are thick
>>53717204
>go to a live concert
>Oh thank god, they are hanging the musicians
>if they hadn't It wouldn't sound right
>>53717248
this is my gf hehe
>>53717204
>foam
Haha. I beg your pardon, good sir. You must not know of the excellent sound quality you get by using granite/marble composite supports for your cables!
>>53717248
hang the musicians in a line array, throw speakers in the crowd
>>53717276
>that hair
into the trash she goes.
>>53717312
can it, BITCH
>>53717295
>Not using vibration dampning foam risers
Excuse me sir, you seem to be in the wrong thread. This is for patricians only. Plebians can go elsewhere.
Audiophiles are the laughing stock of the technology world, right?
>>53717348
Next to muh games
>>53717325
>NC
>Smoking
>hemp necklace
>Flipping the bird into the camera
>bb gun
Let me show you if you continue the way you are today, you're going to be making less throughout your life than your parents.
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/newsroom/pdf/2016_APS_Persistent-cannabis-dependence.pdf
>>53717325
>Capture4.png
yeah, ok. got me there
>>53717276
>>53717325
A mod has been cleaning house just now, yet this shit stays?
>>53717987
>all that excess weight on the outputs
this actually triggers me.
>>53717987
This can't be real.
>>53718224
sadly it is
http://stereo.ru/up/hifishow2014/tech/
>>53717987
My Anaconda don't...
>>53718271
Look at that smug cunt punisher enjoying his respite on the left, exhausted from his previous experiences regarding grossly overprived audio solutions.
>>53718271
Military equipment doesn't even have this much protection...
>>53717066
Depends on what's beneath the floor. I had an interference issue in a room with underfloor heating (so a large, primarily metallic, layer directly beneath very thin boards), however that was a fairly niche case, so probably absolutely nothing.
>>53717987
Look at all those cute sneks feeding.
>>53717987
wtf how stupid can this shit get?
Is this any good?
http://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/accessory-ipurifier/
>>53718729
>all these devices claiming to 'de noise' a digital signal
hue
>>53718123
>>53718138
desu they're pretty enough by themselves anyway. If I was a rich guy with a big house I'd get 'em
>>53718845
The only noise created by a digital signal is its bit depth
That and noise from the actual recording and the noise of the dac/amp
>>53718954
jesus my dad would love these
>>53718271
what in the fuck are these dillbags listening to?>>53718123
>>53717987
>>53719020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5r0kXAEX_A
>>53718954
Audio for every.... MOOd.
>>53718944
The little girls or the speakers?
How do they audiophile the wall sockets and wiring inside the walls?
Do they do the same with the cable from the transformer that goes into the house as well?
>>53719049
almost none of that was music
>>53719114
lol
the little princesses of course
Someone post the rocks.
>>53718138
Makes me think of the horn 'amplifiers' on old gramophones and radios.
>>53719049
>listening session
>>53719145
>>53719168
Meant these.
>>53717987
HIGH
TEST
>>53719020
Posting the classic
>>53719131
>not battery
pleb
>>53718729
>>53718845
Actually, "cleaning up" the power rails for USB powered DACs isn't a bad idea. The problem with that audiophoolish piece of crap is that it doesn't actually isolate the device from the PC PSU, it either just re-regulates the power rail (which would be a really dumb thing to do because you'd have to boost the voltage to 7-8V and then linearly regulate it down again to get 5V) or does nothing at all - with advertisement copy speaking of "34dB of noise instead of 39dB" like they don't know what decibels are, that wouldn't surprise me too much.
I actually have a little USB isolator in front of my USB DAC that actually works - it's got its own linear power supply that it feeds to the DAC while galvanically isolating the data signal. Probably does nothing for sound quality, but I got to design a PCB for it so that's something.
>>53717987
>carpet touching the cables
>drapes covering the cables
FUCKING SHIT IS RUINED GTFO PLEBS REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>53717987
wew lad
>>53719192
>>53719208
That autism is so pure you could summon an 8-tounged horned lolcow with it.
>>53717987
>all those unshielded components
>cables as thick as my leg just to fucking carry the signal to the speakers
>>53719273
>trust the government electricity
>>53719226
Chill pepe, that's not just any carpet, it's got stainless steel microfibers woven in to it filter out any magnetic or electric disturbances generated in the molten layers of the Earth's inner core.
>>53719343
Those better be charging from an audiophone-grade solar panel in the middle of nowhere.
>>53719199
Is he cumming it's so good or shitting himself it's so bad?
>>53719463
shtting himself it's so bad
>>53717311
underrated post
also nice dubs
>>53719483
what the fuck
Someone post that one webm of a guy listening to those over expensive Orpheus headphones and shedding tears at the end
That equipment makes more sense than all the other bullshit posted here
>>53719463
They're nearly $2k headphones that sound worse than some of the $200 ones he has on his wall.
>>53719483
Everytime the record player comes on screen I lose my fucking shit.
>>53719483
that has a lot of potential
>>53719483
holy fuck i'm dying
>>53717987
wouldnt using very large, long cables like this with the positive and negative so close to eachother result in some sort of capacitance added? Wouldn't that fuck with the sound?
>>53719463
Hes shitting himself because of the sadness caused by the audiophile 2k headphones he is wearing that sound worse to him than his 200$ ones.
>>53719483
>open cans in a room full of people making noise
No wonder he is crying.
>>53719779
>1 of 1
My setup consists of a few things...
- Musical Fidelity V90-DAC
- Custom Preamp (Plans based off http://sound.westhost.com/project88.htm)
- Rotel RB-9808BX Power Amp
- Bozak CS-501A Loudspeakers
- Analysis Plus Crystal Oval Interconnects
>>53719912
>cant wake up
>>53719483
I had a chance to listen to them.
They are fucking awesome, but not £20k awesome.
pic related, the amp
>>53717424
>>53717348
You both realize that the only people that make it an obligation to shame these groups are on this board, right? Not trying to defend them, but I'm sure a normal person would laugh at an audiophile and be done with it.
Where do audiophiles get all this money? They all seem to have too much autism to manage a decent job.
>>53716985
>all that expensive BS
>hardwood floors
Poor guy...
>>53719553
>>53719579
>>53719603
>>53719643
>>53719658
>>53719851
>>53720030
The good one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTRKFkE32XE
>>53720130
So fucking glad Hulk is taking these idiots down
>>53720176
HULKMANIA RUNNIN' WILD BROTHER!
>>53717204
>Literally re-branded porcelain distribution insulators.
>For $159
>hellsing_jesus_christ.jpeg
>>53720130
LMAO
>>53719259
>macbook
>windows VLC
wew lad
>>53720111
Instead of raising kids, they buy this shit. It's like /g/ autism buying a new $2000 PC every 3 years, but worse.
>>53718845
>>53718968
>i don't know what fourier series are
>>53719483
>perfect 5/9 Hz angular frequency
>motor runs with tiny as fuck non-toothed timing belt
keksimus maximus
>>53720030
christ, it's so tasteless
I like good audio, but goddamn audiophiles are retarded
>>53719999
Kill yourself.
>>53717987
>>53717276
It looks like her pussy stinks
>>53720327
better, 7/10
>>53720320
Awh. Why?
I'm feeling sad now.
>>53719049
don't you find it funny when whites thing nignogs "art" is any good.
They put it up so they can boast to their liberal buddies how "cultured" they are
>>53720361
>Analysis Plus Crystal Oval Interconnects
The rest is correct
>>53720327
>people think shit like this actually improves the audio quality
>not just getting a UPS that will feed the system off a battery so the power is consistent all the time
>>53720427
Plenty of power conditioners in these "circles" too.
>>53719199
Controlled by an iPhone. Fucking genious
>>53717204
>$20/piece
>8-for-$159
>saving $1
>>53720423
I got them for a heavily discounted price, they even threw in some "gold plated" audiophile usb cable that reportedly costs $75 a half meter.
I should probably upgrade, but eh.
>>53719131
They sell special "noise reducing" power supplies which clean the electricity or some shit to reduce interference with audio equipment. Very placebo.
>>53720448
But that's just a fucking cable.
>>53720453
Sensitive headphones and iPhones generally have a really good output with low output impedance, low noise and low distortion even to low impedance loads.
>>53720501
Yeah. I was mostly referring to how they are common thing to see.
>>53720504
>5.1 system
>the 2 rear speakers in the front
Does anyone remember that website of the guy who handmade obviously fake audiophile equipment? It was hilarious.
>>53720575
Coconut audio?
>>53720593
Yeah, lol. thanks.
>>53720553
That's 9.1 by the looks of thins.
>>53720575
coconut audio?
The guy is notorious for scamming people back in the day, and made coconut audio as a joke.
http://www.coconut-audio.com/
I've heard that he actually occasionally does sell some of this to retards.
>>53720504
How can you even concentrate on the screen with this much shit in front of and behind it?
>>53717204
>>53717987
>>53718271
>>53719199
>>53719483
>>53720327
fuck I cant breathe
>>53719199
Tyll's not great, and he does fall for some stuff, but he's one of the only major people who tries to be objective. He measures every heardphone and his graphs are useful.
This was him cringing, not jizzing.
>>53719160
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjTQsY8rhaM
>>53720658
oh...
>>53716985
>>53717066
>he's never worked with analog audio
>he never spent hours troubleshooting ground loops
Analog interference IS a thing, by the way.
>>53720747
Ground or floor is not a source of interference.
>>53720747
>Audio world = 10GHz telecom
>>53716985
All of this audiophile placebo, and then there's the woofer for those shitty Harmon Kardon computer speakers
That's like a videophile using $1000 diamond hdmi cords and 8k OLED displays for his den and a cheap, washed out color 720p chink brand TV from a thrift store streaming cable TV out of a coaxial cable from the wall in his bedroom.
>>53717485
> you're going to be making less throughout your life than your parents.
Well that much is obvious, she's from NC
>>53719259
i found this amusing.
>>53720327
It looks like a seal butt-fucked a dachshund and had a retarded child that now uses every last bit of energy it has crawling around and trying to kill itself with the wall outlet
>>53720734
This video is very good, although we have reached the point where pure digital audio can have higher resolution and less jitter than tape recordings.
This is not consumer audio, but a 32-bit 128KHz recording and playback on the best audio equipment you can get, will be better than vinyl in every possible objective measurement.
>>53721189
>but a 32-bit 128KHz recording and playback on the best audio equipment you can get
But with 44.1/16 = all the human sound
>>53720466
But those actually work if you have electrostatic interference.
>>53720734
>>53721308
vinyls are the definition of placebo
get with the times, grandpa
I had an issue with my car where there would be a whining noise coming out the speakers, and would be louder at higher RPMs. I got noise cancelling devices for $50 installed and it fixed it completely.
Only time I ever bought something an audiophile would buy.
>>53720504
>some old cunt with chrome dome who probably can't even hear high pitch child's voice dropping $200K on audiophile snake oil
Every fucking time
>>53722108
That's alternator whine, replace the battery first and the alternator if that doesn't fix the problem. It's common among idiots who overstress stock charging system with high wattage audio equipment.
IOW that's not audiophile gear, it's a "fix the symptom no the problem" device for retards.
>feeding your equipment from a standard outlet
Goddamn, Buy a pure sine generator before goofy cables, at least.
>>53718340
Underated post
>>53721127
I mean, I was going to go with a snake that had recently eaten but YEAH, lets go with that.
>cable risers
>no house risers
If you aren't floating your house off on earthquake isolation pads then you're going to get interference from the earth
this thread catapulted my sides into the matterhorn
>>53717987
>>53718271
>>53718954
>>53719181
>>53719199
>>53719483
>>53720327
>>53719483
I've heard the Orpheus irl, there good but not this good.
>>53716985
>>53717204
That's a new level of cringe. I get that you have to pay good money for analog cables of good quality, but this ? Seriously ?
>>53719199
Looks like they're too loud and his ears hurt.
>>53719007
small chuckle
>>53719483
Apparently this wacky setup is considered the best headphones in the world ever forever. Runner up is the Stax 009 for a cool 17k less.
>>53717276
I'd fuck her nice and stinky
>>53721384
m8 your own voltage will cause EMI don't kid yourself
>>53725502
>being this poor
>>53719259
>Dvorak
My black friend
>>53720130
This is so fucking funny
Is that the opening theme for GTA Chinatown Wars?
Absolutely nobody criticising the expensive hardware in this thread has tried any of them. Just a complete waste of a thread.
>>53726059
>I got these new coated cables that stops EMI on my digital output
>DIGITAL OUTPUT
>somehow affected by EMI
>>53726079
MUH FLIPPED BITS
MUH COSMIC RAYS
>>53718011
You can just feel the traces being torn off the PBC
>>53726079
Digital can be affected by EMI but it is more robust than analog.
I don't even think that heavy machinery in factories is enough to really hamper digital links. It may be an issue in the LHC though.
>>53726180
>Digital can be affected by EMI but it is more robust than analog.
>can be affected
sure, Digital signal can be affected by EMI but unless the digital signal is SO fucking distorted that your computer or the receiver starts error checking, the signal is 100% unaffected. The likelyhood that your specific digital signal receives so much destructive interference from a high voltage source is so fucking unlikely its ridiculous
you have a better chance at losing Wifi signal because you turned on a microwave right next to your wireless router.
All of these home setups are never affected by EMI with digital output
>>53726221
There are also cases where a digital link is one directional, like digital TV, where error checking can't actually request resends of corrupt or lost packets.
>>53726266
>where error checking can't actually request resends of corrupt or lost packets.
and the moment a TV misses one bit? oh yea a pixel turns color or the frame stutters for a fraction of a second you can't even notice
but then again the likelyhood of your coaxial losing signal all the way to your set top box to interference is unlikely as shit
Does this count?
somewhere there are people cringing about autistic faggots on 4chan who think their opinions matter. this whole world works because 99.999% of people don't give any fucks whatsoever when they see idiots doing idiotic things.
>>53718271
that caligraphy is beautiful.
>>53726307
>oh yea a pixel turns color or the frame stutters for a fraction of a second you can't even notice
For a single bit maybe, but more likely you get blocking over half the screen because either more than a single bit is fucked or the single bit is part of the packet header and so the packet as a whole is discarded.
>>53726375
this never happens
>>53726375
>wow mom, one WHOLE packet?
>>53726394
I've seen it happen quite a bit, but that's mostly because around here we transmit digital TV over UHF.
>>53726486
>my anecdotes are representative of shit
>>53726536
More representative than your greentexting.
We've gone from "digital can't be affected by EMI" to "oh no not a single bit" to "wow a whole packet".
Continue making concessions.
>>53726555
>More representative than your greentexting.
>my anecdotes are more significant than your greentexting saying that my experiences are purely anecdotal
>>53719259
>hd800
>128kbps
FUCK
>>53726584
Yes. Continue with your green text.
It's not like you haven't already displayed your lack of understanding on the subject by the assumption that a single bit difference in a digital video packet would result in the change in color of a single pixel in the image. That's just not how codecs work.
And it's not like EMI on digital links isn't a known issue, especially on high bandwidth links because the clock rates are much higher.
Who actually buys this shit? I bought a cheapish amp and a pair of mid-end headphones and I'm pretty happy.
>not getting rich by scamming audiophiles into buying your junk
I sold the radiator from a crashed thunderbird with a 3.5mm jack extender running through for $2k
>>53720302
>a new $2000 PC every 3 years
That's actually pretty reasonable
>>53718271
Chinese Muslim audiophiles, that's some nxtlvl stuff.
>>53726335
Well it's a cool ghetto fix without having to pay $$$.
I did a similar thing while connecting sound from PS3 to my Creative S750 back in 2009.
>>53720130
underrated post
>>53719199
>>53720327
It'd look sick though if he painted it to look like snake way from dragon ball z
>>53719020
https://youtu.be/4v2hj0mDd7E
what kinda music do you think audiophiles listen to the most? i can't help but think it's mostly dadrock
>>53727887
Classical seems popular given the vast range of instruments in it, I guess they expect some part or another to sound notably different if they swap brands of copper connecting devices.
>>53719192
I like how with all that overpriced placebo equipment he goes and buys a shit mic.
>>53719483
As much as I find this fucking hilarious, I can relate to the guy. For some reason, live orchestrated music gives me a lump on my throat and makes me cry sometimes (I hate how pretentious this sounds). If these headphones are tight shit as they make it out to be, even I would be crying like a little bitch.
>>53720327
for fucks sake this has to be a joke
>>53727887
>$500 headphones
>only listen to anime music
>>53717485
>rating how bad cannabis is in relation to social status of you and your parents
You fell for the meme mate.
Like really,they even "sage"d that shit to avoid being flamed for shitposting
>>53728035
Stop hurting lolies
>>53719071
kek
>>53717987
WTF is this shit?
Why would any sane person use a boa as a cable?
>>53717987
>no cable supports
>no pebbles
This nigga dumb.
>>53718729
>[34dB]
>[39db___________________]
Hilarious.
>>53717311
So... was there a difference?
>>53717204
>I recommend them strongly, especially given their price!
>especially given their price!
WEW
>>53717325
>trigger discipline
>>53719192
truly, the tooliest of all tools
>>53727910
I think I'd fuck her
>>53726335
>mfw it's Philips FW m390 - Platronics "source switcher" thingy - Asus Xonar U1 for me
It werks!
>>53717348
I class myself as an audiophile. However... there is a limit to the stupid lengths i would go to. And foam cable risers are fucking stupid.
>>53719779
Is that my nigga Gordon ramsay?
>>53728592
Yes.
>>53727887
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPjGCIZM9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDnE7nZYK9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEuEXhlZU4
What is the point in buying all this crap when the music you listen doesn't get recorded by using this equipment and "insulation". Also I don't understand why shit like 50000$ "hi-fi" speakers exist, when you would get the most fidelity out of a pair of popular 1500$ studio monitors and room treatment.
Damn, they are actually used for mixing and mastering, so you would listen to music the same way an audio engineer wants.
So we can say that room treatment and studio monitors are literally the best way to objectively enjoy audio the way it's meant to, if you like the faked sound made by vinyl, a shitty tube amp and overpriced speaker/headphone, you may as well fuck it up by putting some DSPs until you achieve a listening experience that pleasures you the most
>>53728966
It's quite obvious that these people aren't after accurate sound but instead they are after whatever they subjectively happen to enjoy the most at a given time and musical content. It's a cycle of endless tweaks and upgrades and many of them are completely unrelated to the sound reproduction.
With the money they spend on this garbage they could have a world class sound system with flush wall mounted monitors, room specifically designed and treated for their setup and DSP correction on every loudspeaker.
>>53729073
No, the real problem with most of these fags is especially that they believe they get the most accurate and "pure" (just to adapt to their buzzwords) sound by buying this crap
>audiophile
>older male in his 50s
>probably can't hear above 14khz
They're delusional, right?
>>53729165
b-b-but muh golden ears
>>53729218
>Allowing your body to get static while touching the high precision devices
>unbalanced at that, only from the left leg
I think I'm going to puke.
>>53723304
>not raising your audio equipment with helium balloons for maximum isolation
>>53717325
Do you live in Durham?
>>53729515
>unbalanced at that, only from the left leg
kek
>>53717987
jesus
>>53719049
I'm quite well off and never engaged in criminal acts, yet I have an overwhelming urge to rob this guy.
why are audiophiles always so ugly?
I put my wires in the walls, but I guess that makes everything sound like garbage according to audiophiles?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqTP6nxaOuE
How about a book about audio products?
Now THIS is shilling.
>>53731565
I want to see those Magicos measured.
>>53726340
>>53726059
found the faggot who spent $600 on a cable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIYV8biyQQM
Listen to this, 1.50 onward.
>>53717311
10/10
>>53731547
Gotta get pure silver chains and tie your chords to helium balloons (placed in a vacuum, of course; you can't have any electrical interference with the rubber colliding with air) and tie them to your wires to get good sound.
>mfw I'm perfectly content with with $60 headphones, $20 computer sound card, and a library of pirated 256kbps MP3s
I guess it's pretty nice not having any mental illnesses.
>>53731687
That is a $38,000 turntable.....
>>53718123
Those horns dont look to bad to me, seems to be a strange transmission line/exponential horn hybrid which CAN be designed to produce a flat output with better phase response at 3x the efficiency of sealed or infinite baffle. They are expensive because developing one that does not sound honkey is tricky.
>>53729750
did the right guy loose his heart water?
>>53734743
Do audiophiles normally lactate at their conventions? because nobody else there is looking like it's the slightest bit out of place.
>>53733603
>dedicated sound card
you're part of the problem
>>53717276
Does she have a nice penis?
>>53728252
he used summon cables but failed his roll
>>53734743
moob sweat is a real thing
>>53729708
shes white. Probably Angier
We can't forget this gem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L34S4Tt1EuQ
>>53731565
Will the ebook be on vinyl?
>>53738069
>When he realized he was being memed
>>53738069
>>53719157
Sauce kun?
>>53735059
For $20 it probably sounds worse than most on-board from a decent ($100+) motherboard.
>>53719208
That could just be a bunch of speakers stored next to a UPS.
>>53728896
Woah, I can totally tell the difference in tonal clarity through this shit m4a audio compressed YouTube video.
>>53719483
This thread is some slaneesh tier shit.
>>53717987
THICC
>>53720327
It's kind of ironic that it looks just like a leech
I bet there are literally no audiophiles who dare to blind test their shit $30,000 equipments, cables and stuff
this tells quite a lot
>>53719160
>>53720734
>>53740204
is that a crazy nazi scientist doctor?
>>53740232
I always thought it looked like Dr. Robotnik wearing a goofy klan mask myself.
Are these just people without a life and too much money?
Do they even care about music, or just about showing their superior patrician setup to other mid-life-crisis neckbeards?
>>53738331
No clue. The image I tried to post was not that, and when i viewed it on my computer it gave me 'no permission' for a while then eventually displayed correctly. I think my browser just fucked up somewhere, sorry, no recollection where I got it from. It was supposed to be a vintage radio with the horn speakers.
>>53740384
Imagine you have money, around 10k each month to spend on whatever
You're also 35 and divorced, and The Wall is the only thing that gets your mind off it.
Well, going full audiophile helps both. You distract yourself from the problems you have in real life with obsessing over tech, and The Wall is maybe 1-5% better to listen to.
Lots of people can't justify spending more than 800$ on a laptop, yet some of us watercool ours and set up 2x 980ti for 3 grand. It hardly makes the game better.
What's the difference, really?
>>53740692
The difference is that audiophile tech just is not actual technology beyond a certain price point. When you start buying fucking cables for several hundred, even thousands of bucks, you simply can't pretend it's still about sound quality. At that point you have no idea what you are doing and are just happy there's yet another thing to waste money on. Just listen to the "explanations" by some of those nutjobs. They have no idea what they are talking about, it's just words that sound meaningful enough to convince themselves to trigger the long awaited placebo effect.
Buying some high end PC on the other hand actually gives you quantifiable benefits, as trivial they may be.
>>53716985
How much of an audiophile a person is INVERSELY proportional to the amount of signal processing knowledge said person has. FACT.
