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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGI1cqXU9h4
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
Master boot vinyl record: It just gives DOS on my IBM PC a warmer, more authentic tone
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 28 November 2020 10:57 (three years ago) link
this look intertsing.....
http://abx.digitalfeed.net/list.html
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
yeah will have to try that when i have more time
a little disappointing the first track was a killers song that was absolutely butchered with brickwall mastering, not the easiest example
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
"Lordy Be!You can almost certainlyhear the difference between the lossy and lossless samples"
It was just the test tone :) Which I preferred to the Eagles.
(I started the proper tests and was really just guessing, so I gave up. Lossless streaming is probably wasted on me. Also I don't really want to hear any of these samples again :/ )
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
i cackled at the stupidity of it all upon hearing the killers, so i just alternated "x is a, submit, x is b, submit" and got 60% accuracy.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
Does mat material honestly matter at all? I’m trying to reduce the amount of time I spend fretting about static and/or tracking and it seems like a cork mat might be a decent, cheap upgrade...if that actually does anything, to say nothing of psycho shit like deerskin mats, which I genuinely thought were some kind of gag at first
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 4 March 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
what white nonsense is this pic.twitter.com/n2gtkegt4K— Air”Bud”Melman (@nakedfoul) March 25, 2021
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 25 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
About a week too early with that kind of stuff.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 25 March 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ME9zBmm.jpg
looks like hes thinking "yeah, this is a dumb idea for obvious reasons."
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 25 March 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
yeah, certainly been done before with 7" slot-in players. there's one in a Leningrad cowboys film.
― koogs, Friday, 26 March 2021 07:29 (three years ago) link
i swear i've seen old ones that weren't slot loading too
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 March 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
Here’s (part of) a detailed history: https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/obsolete-car-audio-part-2/
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Friday, 26 March 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jtjo3UtL7E
― beard papa, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
It really is
#OnThisDay 1959: Monitor made a short film called Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum, about a burgeoning phenomenon; the audiophile. This is absolutely wonderful. pic.twitter.com/AA7BPUHS1j— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) April 12, 2021
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 08:08 (three years ago) link
Oh, it’s John Schlesinger. I’m disappointed it’s not directed by some unheralded genius, really.
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 08:32 (three years ago) link
finally watched that, what a charmer. the "stereo" scene feels like it's channeling Tati.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
Lol brilliant. A soft spot for a tweeter that holds these faces in thrall.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
Tried to identify some of the kit in that film. Only thing I’m sure of is the Tannoy Canterbury speakers which go for silly money https://auction.gorringes.co.uk/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=LJUNE15++139+&refno=10339460
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
Here's a version not cropped to square, in case you can spy any at the edges:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=363622534242894
― Alba, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
> Estimate £200-300
seems reasonable
> Sold for £4,800
oof
― koogs, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link