order of stuff I think matters from most to least:speakersampcartridgeturntableDACCD player/disc spinner (currently using a $10 off Craigslist optical out into onboard DAC in my amp).....................all the other bullshit accessories
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
what a weird, writing-free piece. The no-nonsense phono is the best thing about it (I use that one with my tiny class T speaker amp)... but do not buy one for your vinyl loving friend, unless they can't actually listen to vinyl and lack of a photo stage is the specific reason why.
― maffew12, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't be mad if someone got me some outer sleeves
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
also isolation is an issue if you, like, can't dance near the table. but that's when you make a little shelf on the wall
― maffew12, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
yeah, the plastic sleeves are good (and seem to keep my cat from attempting to claw records)
― mh, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
ha, they have the opposite effect on my cat - he loves to chew the plastic, i cant ever leave a record out
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
I dislike those sleeves for aesthetic reasons. Then I worry that I'm neglecting my LPs. But no, I can't bring myself to use them
― Duke, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
sleeve city outer sleevs are my favorite but i have yet to find a satisfying solution for doubles/gatefolds
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
for every possible way to protect your possessions, there is a cat who has figured out how to counter it
― mh, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poEu9uBwyM
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La3U41b0WSU
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 28 November 2019 05:03 (four years ago) link
xpost to mh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7dcSr04G8s
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 November 2019 05:41 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tHOUV_bJn8
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 November 2019 05:45 (four years ago) link
Kind of a bummer/guilt-trip final selection on that Pfork list.
― Soy Bean False Chicken (morrisp), Thursday, 28 November 2019 06:48 (four years ago) link
No one said loving vinyl was easy. Between caring for old records and getting the best sound out of your gear, being a turntable devotee is as rewarding as it is intensive*sigh* speak for yourself re this whole vinyl is hard nonsense
― brimstead, Thursday, 28 November 2019 07:02 (four years ago) link
ok how do you pronounce ‘phono’?
does it rhyme with slo-mo or Bono?
(or Pono)
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 17 April 2020 02:03 (four years ago) link
Pono
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 April 2020 02:14 (four years ago) link
like phonograph
― mh, Friday, 17 April 2020 02:18 (four years ago) link
Thanks
I said it in conversation last night and realised that it’s a term I’ve never actually spoken aloud and someone said “is that how you say it?” and I freaked out
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 17 April 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
RIP Stereophile's Art Dudley
enjoyed his writing
https://www.stereophile.com/content/art-dudley-rest-peace
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 April 2020 02:36 (four years ago) link
oh man I have read a lot of art dudley columns over the years... RIP Art.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 17 April 2020 03:01 (four years ago) link
yeah he was one of the good ones
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 April 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
damn, Listener was a great little magazine.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 17 April 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
https://jcat.eu/featured/m12-switch-gold/
― Dan I., Monday, 29 June 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
What a shame they have to sully it with an RJ45 connector at the other end of the wire, albeit one from the space station where “air” and “fine grained ambience” are a must for all data
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 29 June 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
amazing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 June 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
thank god that the audiophiles have finally invented a 5 port unmanaged ethernet switch you can spend 4000+ euro on
NB I checked eBay you can get a Juniper EX4200 for like less than $100
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
an acquaintance observes that the M12 connector, having only two twisted pairs, is insufficient to actually deliver gigabit ethernet, so this dumb thing doesn't even work
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 04:21 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eaa92jl.jpg
psych - this is a real ad
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 August 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
That seems...reasonable? Analogue TV tech remains amazing to me!
― Michael Jones, Monday, 10 August 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
Who knew? "Snivets are thin parallel vertical lines which may appear at one or more positions of the reproduced image. It has been suggested that the production of such thin vertical lines is due to Barkhausen oscillations developed in the horizontal output tube."
― Soz (Not Soz) (Vast Halo), Monday, 10 August 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
the history of analog TV tech is fascinating, even more than the history of radio
― Brad C., Monday, 10 August 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
How does this ... possibly work
https://www.stereogum.com/2101286/oda-speakers-jessica-pratt-madlib-arca-microphones-standing-on-the-corner/news/
― Thoia Thoing, Maryland (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Two wireless speakers vibrating across your wooden floor connected by wireless internet... I'm sure this sounds just like being at a concert
― Thoia Thoing, Maryland (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
The idea is to sit a drink on one of them, and then at some point the speaker treads on your foot and spills the drink on you.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
huh...weird
honestly half of it is they are going to put in the instructions that people need properly space the speakers and everyone will be impressed by the stereo field
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
should probably be in mono to sound live
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
I've been using a product called a 'record butler' which is just a felt oven glove/circular disc grabber for records ( not even that cool).
it seems to work, or at least enough that its part of my listening at home ritual.
Off topic for this thread as I got it free with a purchase and it probably does the thing its supposed to.
but I can confirm it has stopped the 'holding records so delicately that you drop them and cause more damage than if you had been holding them properly' issue.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 10:18 (three years ago) link
Those speakers just look like surface speakers. They've been popular recently with lots of people don't things like this:
https://www.yankodesign.com/2019/07/27/place-this-puck-sized-gadget-on-any-surface-to-transform-it-into-a-vibrating-speaker/
Those look like the vibrating surface, the wood at the front, is built in. Not that different from the paper or plastic cone in normal speakers. I'm unconvinced by the puck things tbh, think you'd need the surface to be relatively free to move, which maybe those speakers improve upon.
― koogs, Saturday, 10 October 2020 09:48 (three years ago) link
Selling speakers as part of a gig subscription service is a bit weird. In fact, a gig subscription service is also weird.
― koogs, Saturday, 10 October 2020 09:50 (three years ago) link
(although, thinking about it, cinema season tickets exist)
― koogs, Saturday, 10 October 2020 09:51 (three years ago) link
Pono type of business
― mh, Saturday, 10 October 2020 12:21 (three years ago) link
guys i just bought new speakers. they need stands. so i bought the stands. did i buy sand to go into the stands? reader, i did.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 10:48 (three years ago) link
Audiophile sand?
― Walter Draggedman (stevie), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
I'm offended you even have to ask
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:20 (three years ago) link
I take it you're aware of Atabites SMD-Z 7HD Inert Filler
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:21 (three years ago) link
Sand seems like a pretty obvious benefit if for no other reason than to make the stands heavier and more stable.
― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:30 (three years ago) link
Yes - with kids and a growing puppy it seems like a good idea
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:33 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHde39Lkxww
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
Tracer otm, i stan stand sand
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link