Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil

so it's either modifying a digital signal which would... or... wait what

In simple terms, iPurifier purifies and rebalances the USB signal. The iPurifier's specially designed circuit restores the signal waveform - in effect, putting the analog back into the signal. When run through the iPurifier, the signal is clean, balanced, and zero offset.

i mean, it's pretty clear, "purifies and rebalances the USB signal"...."restores the signal waveform"....also puts the analog back into the digital signal which is definitely a thing that's possible to do

it looks slightly more convincing than a magic crystal that you clip on to the cable

you could amplify that digital signal and send it directly to your speakers

do the DAC in your head. what could be better than your head DAC?

i want these guys' capacity for joy

you could amplify that digital signal and send it directly to your speakers

― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, May 5, 2016 11:55 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a un-purified and unbalanced digital signal? that could seriously damaged your speakers, don't get me started about the soundstage repercussions

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I could understand Gabriel’s plan only now – Levine’s voice is there to act as the substrate for Gabriel’s crisper vocal turns. These two vocals should sound together but not merged. Unity of 2 voices

this is amazing

buy an f-to-m USB plug for $99, get andrea bocelli partially materializing in your room.

sir i think you should be in a monastery or something

xp see what i mean???

God in two vocals. Blessed Unity.

if you buy the $200 version you will be visited by three andre bocellis before this night is through

wait we are now mixing up catholic doctrine and a christmas carol

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sant_Basil_The_Prayer.jpg/300px-Sant_Basil_The_Prayer.jpg

"There is one place in this cut where the singer checks in with angel voices. On a good system I always get the full set of goosebumps. On a great system the result can be better: those goosebumps can move from head to heels several time over! And those goosebumps can be like those of a horse! Ya feel?"

"purifies and rebalances the USB signal"

AAAGGHHHHHHH THAT'S NOT HOW DIGITAL WORKS YOU FUUUUUUUUUUU

^^ my internal monologue exactly

i imagine these people also think they can "purify" their body by drinking a lot mineral water

From a balanced, tuned wooden flask with a magnetic-neutral carbon fiber lining and gold-plated mouth-liquid interface.

xp oddly enough, you can do so if you drink mineral oil

common mistake

off topic but everytime i see tony levin now all i think about is how he was revealed to be philly boy roy's archenemy in the last episode of best show on wfmu

Does it electrically reprocess the signal for 5.1 or something?

No I think the argument being made is that the electrical power that flows through the cable to power a USB powered device somehow corrupts the digital sound being run through that same cable and that this device somehow shields or decorrupts that interference

It straightens the electricity

removes toxins from the USB cable iirc

orgones

morgellons

Joek fail. :/

On my part, that is.

I was never big on "vinyl sounds better", but inspired by the Back to the Future thread, I just put on "Pump Up the Volume" by M/A/R/R/S on my stereo - streaming 320 kbps Spotify Premium through USB cable to a Lyngdorf TDAI 2170 digital amplifier. I was surprised to find it didn't really rock, so I found my 12" 45rpm single and put that on instead (on a Technics SL-1200 and a cheap NAD RIAA, and into my digital amp, which has a v expensive AD-module but all the same should handle digital sources better than analogur) and there were a few pops and crackles but then the beat kicked in and OMG it fucking ROCKED!!!!

Quite surprised by this, maybe the mp3 Spotify has is just poor quality - this is certainly not something I regularly experience. Maybe the CD reissue it's sourced from is a cheap remaster.

Anyway, pretty cool! Vinyl rulz ok!

come to think of it, made me
PUMP UP THE VOLUME

If I were djing though this would really mean a world of difference

The vinyl ritual prepared you spiritually to PUMP UP THE VOLUME

Haha totally

but then I went back and pumpep up the Spotify volume bit it just wasn't any fun

My new audiophile product is a literal pump you use to manually pump up the volume.

a rube goldberg machine for pumping that volume up

there was a decent article in the last tape op (not the current issue) about cutting vinyl. there's a lot happening in that process.

marty would probably say it's 'heavy'

Looks like "Pump up the Volume" was first released on CD in 1987, I'm not sure if it's ever been remastered since then? If that's the case, and that CD master is the source for all subsequent digital releases, including the Spotify one, I wouldn't be surprised if it sounds inferior to the vinyl version. Back in the '80s many mastering engineers hadn't yet learned how to make CDs sound as good as possible, since obviously most of their experience was with vinyl mastering, which is way different from its CD counterpart. It was only in the '90s (when CD mastering was perfected but before the loudness wars) that CDs really became the medium with the best sound. That's why Prince fans have been asking for remastered versions of his '80s albums for so long, because the CD and digital versions currently available are still based on the '80s masters.

that sounds like a reasonable explanation - I'm glad I have the good version of PUMP UP THE VOLUME on vinyl but they should do a proper digitla remix/remaster so new generations will know the greatness of this track

http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-gift-for-music-lovers-who-have-it-all-a-personal-utility-pole-1471189463

He met a utility-company engineer who disputed the notion that a pole would make any difference. “He was so adamant,” he says, “and that actually made me want to install it more.”

A Japanese magazine, “Power Sources & Accessories,” specializes in power sourcing for audio equipment, including the deployment of private poles.

Electricity is like blood. If it is tainted, the whole body will get sick,” says Mr. Morita. “No matter how expensive the audio equipment is, it will be no good if the blood is bad.”

Otm

fuck the world I bought an external power source for my TT and I'm gonna put that shit in line this week and confirmation bias my way to audio bliss

i have a shire horse on a treadmill powering my customised phonograph and i can't believe how much fuller and deeper the sound of my wax cylinders is now - it's like the imperial minstrels are right there in the barn with you

I honestly think electrical interference esp with a tube amp is one of the least bizarre audiophile things

xp its like there really IS a turkey in the straw

lol

http://reallifemag.com/pet-sounds/

This description of an excessive information giver evokes another figure: the mansplainer, a person who speaks without purpose, pause, or perspective, offering unsolicited explanations that overwhelm bystanders. If women are conventionally represented as patient listeners who accommodate such insensitivity, men are positioned as those compelled to inform, evaluate, and explain. Of this character type, the audiophile is the most intriguing iteration because he is the most ironic: a person who loves sound yet doesn’t listen.

That essay is excellent. Thanks!

It's well written and addresses relevant issues, but I can't help but find the generalizations on audiophiles a bit offensive

There are a lot of non-mansplaining audiophiles out there