Does anyone have that image of the audiophile old man with a very overkill sound setup connected to his Macbook?
It got posted a lot before.
Audiophool cringe Thread?
>>54965324
What is he trying to achieve with that shielding(Or whatever it is) around the AC? Just curious here.
>>54965360
>>54965376
I don't understand audiophiles
>>54965376
EMI
reminds me of this: http://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger
>>54965383
>EMI
aka Electromagnetic Interference
>>54965381
It is all magic anon. You just got to believe! :^)
Dont have the original, unfortunately
>>54965381
>>54965405
Trust your ears :^)
>>54965426
It's sad that the joke mp3 file would probably sound great to him since he's 60 something years old and probably can't hear over 14khz.
This one?
>>54965426
>>54965473
That's the one I was looking for, thanks lads.
>>54965403
Wont that enter through the mains anyway? I dont really know how "jerk off" end audio equipment is set up.
>>54965473
Memelord
He is /g/s Lord and Savior.
>>54965489
is he ok?
>>54965726
He can no longer anything below 320 kbps.
>>54965752
*hear
>>54965470
mp3(or any lossy compression) artifacts start way lower than that. The quantizer fails even before reaching those extremely high frequencies which are mostly masked away during listening even with good hearing. mp3 files can sound great even with those bitrates but it depends heavily on the content and encoder used.
>>54965324
Wait for the ending.
https://youtu.be/ipZY0qGrA9Y
Will never understand audio autists desu
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WZHjRe-hm_s
who has the magic rocks ?
>>54965473
Is it actually connected to the Macbook? I don't see any obvious connections.
>>54965360
Those fucking audio advisor magazines that come in every day
>>54965381
They are the people that got locked in metal asylums in the middle ages. We are a more humanistic society now and as long as they do not harm other people they can be free.
>>54966002
Holy fuck, he even has:
>>54965360
>>54965489
>>54965888
You guys realize he's joking, right?
If they all admitted thats all about looks (because those audiomeme devices do look sexy AF, no argue here) I would look at them differently. as for now they are just retards.
>>54966226
>those audiomeme devices do look sexy AF
No they don't.
>>54965360
thats actually quite cheap compared to other audiophile snake oil
>>54965489
> this shit gets posted
> newfags get outraged
this happens 1-3 times every week
how many fucking times are we going to have this shit
>>54966513
Mad audiophool detected!
rate muh cables
![Brilliant_Pebbles_All[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ylP5S0O.jpg "Brilliant_Pebbles_All[1].jpg")
http://www.machinadynamica.com/Brilliant_Pebbles_All.jpg
>>54967175
http://www.machinadynamica.com/
>>54967136
EXPLAIN THIS NIGGER SHIT
>>54965888
Reddit as fuck.
>>54967085
>>54967136
what the fuck
>>54966513
I don't get it, those headphones suck ass and cost over a thousand what's the outrage about?
>>54965426
>converted with youtube-mp3.com
kekked
>>54966008
honestly this is fucking amazing to me
how much does all that shit cost, I don't even want to know
>>54967005
Rated: Kill Yourself / Faggot
>there are plebeian fucktards who in the year of our lord two thousand and sixteen muddle the quality of their DAC by interfacing it with inferior on-board USB controllers
get educated https://www.quietpc.com/sotm-tx-usbexp
>>54967005
Meme/10
>>54965497
That's Dan Lavry, who is actually an audiophool skeptic. Setup wasn't his. He's at a conference.
>no ps1
>>54969511
i dont get it
>>54969566
Something something about someone said he heard sony used high quality driver on it.
>>54969566
The DAC and laser of the SCPH-1001 and SCPH-1002 was overkill in the 90s. Idiotphiles love it
>>54969511
>all those murdered PS1s
fucking audiophaggots
I don't really give a fuck about sound quality, but I'd go and get a full audiophile setup in a heartbeat if I had the extra money.
Just because of the looks.
>>54965324
im an audiophile i bought a 500$ power conditioner it changed the sound a little bit is it a life changer i dont think so but the mail reason i bought it is because it has super good surge protection and i got 3 gold plated cables because they care cool
>>54966473
These are my favorite.
>>54966348
And you get a set of 8. which is about $20 a piece, which given the materials, is more than fair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTRKFkE32XE
>>54965489
Camwhore vibrator?
>>54967005
2/10, enjoy your shitty sound faggot
>>54965473
Wow, did he bring that to a hotel room? Good lord.
>>54969566
For when you wanna have god like CD Playback and play MGS and Crash Bandicoot.
(nice dubs senpai)
>>54969655
Also the RCA ports were gold plated or something and the ports were on the machine direct to the board instead of passing through a proprietary shit tier cable. (doubly so compared to my $700 snake oil AV cables)
>>54969657
None of them are even remotely as a e s t h e t i c
>>54970425
>MGS and Crash Bandicoot.
my childhood desu
>>54966082
So what if it is?
>>54970344
>that fucking tear
My sides have become one with the universe
>>54965403
thats still gonna come from the grid idiots
it's at 50-60hz why the fuck are you shielding mains! no skin effect at all
>>54967005
I would short them out with 12 car batteries in series
>>54970409
all jokes aside why the fat cables? how much current do you fucking need
>>54965324
>black seal
>>54970409
>anaconda
>>54970740
I fucking don't know, old white rich people are stupid
>>54970344
>dat music
Takes me back to the good ole days at my favorite chinese buffet.
Are gamers the new audiofools?
>>54971004
>>54971015
mwtb;dltr
>>54971004
>BAN ASSAULT MOTHERBOARD
>>54970944
Ling ding ching chong chang
>>54970409
looks like sausage links
>>54970485
What do those big white ones cost?
>>54970409
BUT WHERE ARE HIS CABLE ELEVATORS? WHAT A FUCKING PLEB.
>>54966158
What do you mean "even?"
He fucking built a house around a listening room. He'd probably buy different colored cable supports just because they match his carpet better.
I find it really weird though he went with solid state amps when he uses vinyl. I mean, if you're going super oldschool, the kool kids use vacuum tubes with nothing digital.
>>54971015
>unleash the extreme performance
>>54971100
he doesn't need em with those meatsacks
>>54971004
>>54971015
>>54971026
That was a (cringe-tastic) thing for maybe a year with X79 boards. Go ahead and find me a current chipset board that does that. It's okay, I'll wait.
>>54970485
Those huge white speakers look cool as hell.
>>54971120
YOU'RE JUST AS PLEB AS HE IS!
>>54970492
Nothing, really, unless he uses an analog output from it.
>>54970409
>>54969777
You and me both. If I won the lottery or some shit, I'd love to get a pair of >>54970485 these white ones, just for shits and giggles. And also to scare the fuck out of my cat when he inevitably tries to crawl inside, but that might fall under the literal "shits and giggles" category.
>>54971147
I konw
>>54971090
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/arcadianaudio/1.html
€20.000/pr
>>54965324
>this is snek
>>54969777
It's your dream to look like a faggot?
>>54971120
pleb
>>54968620
The pic with the macbook guy is supposed to be like a $30k setup.
>>54971139
>>54971090
Those are probably the most efficient speakers ever.
Horn designs were used way back when before power amplifiers were invented.
It'd be pretty cool to play around with.
>>54965489
He was taking the piss out of audiophiles.
Such a shame this is lost on everyone.
>>54968321
>that webm
>>54968321
Well music can bring you to tears
>>54971225
Not quite sure how he spend all that money. That tube amp isn't even going to cost that much. Most of the money in a real tube amp goes to exotic output transformers. Some have their windings made from pure silver, for instance, and the good ones are huge.
But you can clearly see his shit is a hybrid tube amp since there are no transformers visible (it uses solid state output stage, which means the tubes are there pretty much for show).
>>54971311
IIRC, those cables are like 2-3 grand each or something retarded.
>>54971004
>look at image
>"wow that's fucking stupid, I bet that's an MSI product"
>look at filename
>
>>54970485
Holy shit, ive tried these white ones (or basically the same) out at a home audio shop. They cost over $13,000 and you could horn / bell thing rattle when they tried to reproduce bass
>>54971355
>ive tried these white ones
Lucky
>>54971422
wouldn't those be very useful for filling a large room with sound? Plus they look dope.
>>54965473
Why has nobody shooped in Tim Cuck's face?
>>54971437
Yeah, but most audiofools are addicts who can't afford a large room. I know someone who is like that with camera shit. He's used it for less time than he's spent in the shop buying it. The buying is what gives him the high. And then he's pretty much done with it after that. It's sad.
>>54971473
The same could be said of the average poster in a /g/uts thread.
>>54971422
So should I buy a brand new sports car or those? How the fuck would I power them?
all of this so they can get tinnitus
lel
>>54971257
That's not even what he's doing, how ironic that it's lost on you.
>>54971501
Speakers, always
>>54970344
>That tear
>That expression
My sides are traveling at 24Kektillion miles per second
Stay mad, poorfags.
>>54971004
i was debating doing a build around this solely because 1) skylake 6850K and 2) motherboard ASIO support
>>54969296
Are those heatsinks?
desu if I was filthy rich I would spend money like this
I frequently use volume normalization >:3
>>54965473
The best bit is the large diaphragm condenser microphone and popshield. He obviously needs high fidelity for Skype.
>>54971553
good goy
>>54971596
>prolapsed rectums
>>54971596
prolapsed anus
>>54971422
not really, my yamaha hs8's sound better honestly.
>>54971484
only the weirdos who do the complex liquid cooling. The rest of us only channel our autism once every few months.
>>54971596
>proxy paige
She is the best
>>54971632
Oh...
Why not spend the money hiring live musicians?
>>54968321
Listening to Yasashii Ryoute with that setup would make me cry like a little bitch though.
>>54970344
That expression is priceless holy kek
>>54966002
WOW
not even classic car restoration snobs have anything on audio autistics. well, maybe the British car resto snobs, but WOW.
if he didn't want any interference on his wires, why didn't he run everything in shielded sleeves through a Faraday cage?
and a belt driven turntable is pleb to the max. i bet i could cause them to get strokes claiming that the diamond stylus on the tonearm isnt as good as a el cheapo stanton because it doesnt give enough flex to properly transmit the warmth of the recordings tones. just for giggles
>>54969777
it does look fucking dope as hell, like some shit from a 1960's version of the future.
>>54971632
i wish i had the money and space to get stuff like my dad had when i was a kid. he had all those Panasonic and JVC, and Mitsubishi and Yamaha stereo components that sounded so good from the 70's and 80's.
are there any non-snakeoil full of shit autist sites you would recommend for research on the older gear?
>>54972074
well with gear its best to learn the fundamentals of physics imo, and learn the origin of snake oil products so you can form your own opinion. Then just go on the usual websites and filter out snake oil. Its always best to listen for yourself though, like I dont just blindly order my stuff, i go in to stores, garages, listening parties, etc.
This shit doesn't make ANY sense.
Why waste ridiculous amount of money on shitty analog cables that "suffer less interference" or some shit? Make the whole thing digital, and convert to analog within each speaker, immediately before driving them. Now, only the small circuit that drives the speaker needs to be shielded.
We're not in the 60s anymore
>>54972228
uggghhhh
This stuff is bullshit, but you really don't get it.
>>54972228
you cant make a cable digital
>>54970344
/g/ I think we just found our new meme
>>54972228
Audiophiles would still buy expensive digital cables. You can't buy a TOSLINK optical cable that doesn't have gold on its plastic connector.
>>54971510
>>54971257
He's listening to headphones with really harsh highs. it's physically painful.
I tried ie80 recently and I had the same reaction, I had to take them off, because it was literally painful.
>>54969511
>laser lens with no tray cover
That's going to fuck it up right?
>>54972382
It'll just get dusty faster, really.
>>54965376
the floor of your room has AC leakage current going through it. audiophiles claim they can hear it
>>54971004
msi used milspec VRM, which is important if you need to run your motherboard in a 125C oven or -40C blast freezer. the marketing team went nuts with the gun theme.
>>54972332
But the IE80 dont have harsh highs.I have them and they sound comfy. Unless you mean something not done by Sennheiser.
>>54972282
You can make the whole system digital
>>54965360
>open up the top octaves
Because the cables are higher up!
>>54972282
>you cant make a cable digital
>>54971311
>hybrid tube amp
not necessarily, It could be a Morgan Jones Mini output-transformerless amp driving high impedence headphones
http://www.original-ton.net/amplifiers/morgan-jones-otl/
>>54972602
"digital sound waves"
lmao
>>54972632
fibre optic isnt cable, it transfers light, not electricity
>>54972632
Fun fact: lasers can also be used for analog signals.
>>54965324
Ever since I saw the audio store scene in Infernal Affairs I've wanted to become an audiophile ;_;
>>54972705
electricity is electromagnetic waves.
light is electromagnetic waves.
>>54972808
>electricity is electromagnetic waves
Isn't it just the flow of electrons? Electromagnetic waves are photons.
>>54969511
Faggotry aside, some of these look pretty nice.
>>54972941
we used to think it was just the flow of electrons until we discovered the quantum tunneling transistor; now we're pretty certain its particle-wave duality
>>54972981
Hmm, neat. That must be a really recent development, I'm graduating with a degree in electrical engineering in 4 days and that's never come up. It could also just not matter for us, though.
>>54965324
>Your power point displeases the lizard god
Why would anybody ever do this?
#LateStageCapitalism
>>54971278
yeah, if you're A PRETENTIOUS FAGGOT
>>54969296
I have one of these for my printer, the colours are a lot more vibrant, and the sharpness too!
>>54973163
People with a lot of money looking for meaning in life.
>>54972228
Welcome to high end studio monitors. That's what they do. They also run per channel DSP to alter response and delay.
>>54965376
He is trying to reduce electromagnetic interference that could be picked up by the audio equipment. Seems like overkill though.
>>54968321
>fucking belt driven
>literally the most likely drive mechanism to suffer non 1:1 failure
>no teeth on the belt
Are these people retarded?
>>54972228
Of course it makes no sense. There are people literally crying over the illusion of acoustic perfection. Those people are batshit crazy, you wouldn't understand. The things you can hear when you just expect to hear them, it's amazing.
>>54971864
I need this in 1080p as my wallpaper.
>>54973567
>>54971535
>beryllium copper banana
>>54971173
i lold
>>54973678
Jizzmodo
Guys, is this speaker worth buying? http://audioengineusa.com/Store/HD6-WAL-Powered-Speakers
I only want to play music from my phone via bluetooth.
>>54966473
>>54967175
LOL how long until retards are going to be waving chicken bones and shit over their stereo before each song?
>>54973826
The pebbles were a joke at first.
Suffice to say it's not anymore.
>>54966002
>room isnt even acoustically treated
what a fucking waste. Would still sound like ass even with all that snake oil in there.
>search tumblr for "audiophile"
>lots of porn
Neckbeards only hate that site because they haven't browsed it. Or they have, while searching specifically for stuff that offends them.
>>54966513
As many is needed
>>54965489
>tfw you nutted while listening to harmonics
>tfw your gf still sucking under the table
>>54967085
>>54967136
>>54967175
>>54969296
>>54969511
can it run crysis ?
>>54974192
That's how fetishes/paraphilias happen.
http://www.soundandvision.com/content/rise-and-fall-stereo-part-two
:-(
Why do most people not understand they're allowed to connect any audio system to their PC? I see people with $1,000 monitors but terrible *computer speakers*. Why?
>>54970409
dat girth
>>54970485
>mfw is the same room, and probably cancel each other
>>54974399
>tfw no daddario gf
>>54974399
Wisspl?
>>54966082
he has something connected to his DAC via Toslink.
The large box in the foreground is a power conditioner which is absolute audiophile bullshit
>>54966473
I've heard a story about this shit. The guy selling them started it as a joke but when everybody started to buy it he went serious happy merchant.
I wish I was him.
>>54970344
That actually made me cry with laughter
Has anyone tried to market audiofool gear that requires consumables?
>>54965360
I had a father in law that was into this shit. Caused him 2 divorces! I'm just glad I have Tinnitus from actually GOING to concerts.
>>54975479
it'd be a money machine
>>54971537
Never get MSI.
Go with Gigabyte. And please for the love of fuck dont waste 300 bucks on a "hurr durr ultimate Gaymur" mobo.
>>54975007
That's the story of coconut audio. A dumb satire site that sold magic audiophile pebbles and super thick cables and idiots bought them up so much he started a business
>>54973304
No actually just when it's good music
>>54975862
Concerts are actually really shit for hearing the music, unless it's like an orchestra hall or such. Nothing beats a live musical. The last one I saw is Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play.
>>54965376
He's insulating his pet boa from EMI
>>54975479
>typing million dollar ideas onto /g/
Don't be a fool, son, take it and run
>>54976198
What if I stored audio as a fluid like in Metalocalypse?
>>54975479
how about a humidifier that uses special ionized vapor to dissipate sympathetic resonance
make it with that faux wood and some pseudo-art-deco design and sell the special fluid bottles
>>54976096
ok, first of all, youre a faggot.
live music is not for listening to the original audio. if you wanted to do that, you can do that in your bed at home with some headphones.
live music is about
>crowd
>atmoshpere
>performance
yes, ok, you can listen to music in a hall, and yes, you can get really good audio in certain environments...
but youre a fuckign dummy if youre going to a concert for that.
more likely than not, if youre actually an appreciator of live music, youre going to...
>rally with friends and listen to music that you all like, and boogy your ass off, and maybe dance with some nice ladies, or a stuffed animal
>to soak up the vibe, ie, a new experience, like going to a show youve heard is cool, or to hang out with people you know. from there, youre either going to mosh, or to dance, or groove, or just stand there bobbing your head and pestering the sound guy
>youre going to hear some songs you like performed live. live audio isnt meant to be verbatim what it soudns liek on the cd. musicians amost always play parts different, change the mix up a bit, or experiment with sounds. plus, if you really know the music, you can pick out where they mess up.
but going to live music to hear what you heard on the cd is dumb as fuck.
even when it comes ot hearing the music, because sometimes, you can pick out sounds live, that you never heard on the cd track. i cant tell you how many times ive relaized there was a synth backing the entirety of a song that i never heard on the cd, but definitely heard live.
im buttmad. live music is supreme.
>>54976510
i dont see how this wouldnt work
I love being able to enjoy my music on children's cassette recorders, ripped from YouTube and distributed as 128 kb mp3s
There is an essence in good music that's very hard to distort with low sound quality.
>tfw you just listen to lo-fi music that sounds intentionally bad
saved me $10,000
>>54976584
I know I'm coming off as autistic, and there certainly is something wrong with me, but I'm pretty sure it's not autism.
Anyway, I really hate live concerts (and I'm excluding all acoustic stuff from this). It's usually WAY too loud, the acoustics are complete shit, I never know what to do there as I feel absolutely no urge to move my body to music. Honestly never understood why people pay money for that bullshit. On the other hand, I've been to classical concerts, operas, ballets even and that is truly enjoyable.
>>54970344
Should have been xiao meimei
>>54976902
ill accept your repsonse and opinion.
ive been to a lot of venues where the shit is just way too loud. generally these are run by shitty engineers who dont take criticism, so i might chalk it up to you just having been to bad venues. my second audio job was for a bar, and the dude who ran it was top-teir. never once felt too loud, and the dude could pull sounds out that youd think would be impossible in a live environment.
the mixer certainly helped.
>behringer x32
>tfw sitting here laughing at dumb audiophiles
>i own and use a pair of HD598's, had them for several years
God damnit, i suffered a mild case of autism and didnt get the 558's
>>54966473
>poorfag's audio setup
>still costs 1000s of dollars
>>54976510
I'm laughing my ass off
>>54965426
>Input bitrate:126Kb/s
kek
>>54966473
For good luck?
>>54972705
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/PDIF
>>54972228
an analogue signal that has just been converted from digital won't really drive that much
well aside from me being a picky dick here, it doesn't really matter anyways
sure you can go to Vovox levels and that surprisingly actually does it's little wonders sometimes....
anyways a certain amount of analogue distortion is preferred by everybody
>>54973396
you state that so matter of factly,I know some sure but you say it like all higher up monitors are driven digitally- you know what the fuck I mean
>>54971596
>horns look like prolapsed rectums
"I'm an audiophile" wears monster headphones.
>>54970344
Im dead
>Can't post in headphone threads because I don't use headphones
>Can't post in high end audio threads because I don't buy $10000000000 cables and magic rocks
I just want to talk to /g/ about speakers and amps.
Hey. At least they aren't spending that money on car stereos.
I've seen lots of people spend thousands and thousands on car stereos. I've still never heard a car stereo that didn't sound like a car stereo.
>>54971551
Yes they are
I have similar looking ones installed on my 950 pro
>>54965426
Wtf? I have those same hoses coming out the back of my washing machine.
>>54965489
i think the volume was too high, maybe he should lower it a bit
>>54979091
A car is the most inadequate place for hifi anyway. The acoustics are utter shit (prone to sharp resonances, almost no reverberation, lots of background noise). So it's really weird that people are bothering with this anyway.
>>54966115
lmfao
But what do audiophiles say if you tell them that top of line studios all over the world don't use any of this dumb bullshit?
>>54979354
you never drove in an utterly overfeatured car
what you say is right though no criticism
>>54979572
"sound is subjective"
>>54979572
I should make like an audiophile meetup at my place and show them and then watch their reactions
though them reactions would probably tick me the fuck out
>>54979159
well how does it sound ?
maybe if you drive your washing machine digitally all the clothes will already come out as neatly prefolded squares
>>54979035
Amps are boring shit, barely any innovation there and it's not a domain where you could expect to see any meaningful improvements at anything else than efficiency compared to what's on the market now. Loudspeaker designs are another thing but I'd rather we give up on the old school passive designs and embrace DSP, active crossovers and focus on the cabinet designs. We have the knowledge but nobody seems concerned at making good consumer products. Probably because the audiophile market doesn't care and/or is wanking to classics and flavor of the month magic and rest of the consumers don't understand.
>>54969511
is it bad that this image gives me boners?
>>54972228
>We're not in the 60s anymore
this is applied to guitars and amplifiers too
fuck, i don't want dozens of pedals that cost hundreds of dollars, just make that shit miniature and digital
>>54979846
you can buy all that faggot
analougewerks will always stay in that bussines
analouge synths on your desk, various effects and the rest of this fucking endless list
https://youtu.be/TwrNhZHNkFI?list=LLrTdH8E3MYfA4SyKqoos01A&t=193
Audiophiles nightmare...
>>54970344
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB3-zTsw6GM
>>54976902
I was with you until you mentioned opera. There's one application where you could use a little amplification to get the voice above an orchestra without that horrid warble scream.
http://www.harbeth.co.uk/library/mp3files/Alan_Shaw_Derek_HughesV2BBCJune07_%28C%29_HarbethUK.mp3
Audiofoolery or straight talk?
>>54982611
Nice hookahs.
>>54965569
I just reverse searched the other guy's image
>>54982611
That rug really ties le room together! xD
>>54982653
>xD
>>54982611
And to think he could have has substantially better sound by spending less than what the linear tonearm for the record player cost on some sound paneling. There are some very simple wood ones that look like an art piece, so they can at least not be obviously audio gear.
>>54971026
niggabyte
>>54982611
he must be blind
>>54982611
What are those speakers?
>>54965888
Top kek
>>54969511
Fucking hell, I'd better buy one before allof them are raped by those fags.
>>54983048
MBL multidirectional speakers
>>54983767
How can you not realize your hobby is a lie when most of those pretty boxes consist of empty space?
How did the middle class get fleeced prior to recorded audio?
>>54983767
somehow it reminds me of stainless coffee makers
>>54965376
induction
>>54968620
More than you can ever afford
>>54970485
too bad those PS1s are gutted and they cant produce a video signal anymore...seriously, its sad how many have been destroyed for audiofucks to jerk off to.
>>54965324
Cute snek
>>54965489
in that video he's saying how horrible the headphones are. the expressions are his discomfort not enjoyment idiot
