Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil

my Rega P1 has been a champ

as far as I can tell, pro-ject sits at a really good price/performance spot right now and is the easy recommendation for someone who wants a good turntable

My pro-ject has motor hum. Personally wouldn’t go with them again.

well i need a new deck and was all set to just get a Pro-Ject but now i don't know what to do!

I like my debut carbon, it sounds very clear, no motor hum. There are a couple nitpicky things I could mention. The queue lever sticks a bit, and I've had a small amount of skips/skating on a couple specific records. It would be nice if the anti-skate control could be more finely tweaked.

have enjoyed my pro-ject for a long time, though a stylus change is long overdue i think - any recommendations in the under £100 range?

(snake oil trolling answer welcomed since i'm rudely hijacking the thread)

Since I keep opening this thread and being disappointed by the lack of new snakery, allow me to point out that this other fine thread exists: Turntable recommendation required herein

Maybe not snakeoil, but certainly outside of my current budget:

https://www.facebook.com/Psychedelic.Baby.Magazine/photos/a.903280983024886.1073741825.132214110131581/1935360743150233/?type=3&theater

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32332162_1935360753150232_5534370458192838656_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=f0138e25dc77740354dfc7a0d6718cc3&oe=5B92C7EB

3rd time maybe?

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32332162_1935360753150232_5534370458192838656_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=f0138e25dc77740354dfc7a0d6718cc3&oe=5B92C7EB

That's got a highly optimized plinth-to-platter ratio.

Spoiler: reviewer thinks it's bobbins.

― 2018 has to be better (snoball)

oh, that's techmoan! i like techmoan's channel.

Techmoan is pretty great. Going to have to watch that video even if its just to find out if bobbins is good or bad

x's and p's the Absolute Sound audiophile mag loves that Clearaudio Statement table, it's hella expensive ($150,000)

i know there's a burgeoning movement in favor of Luxury Leftism and i'm not opposed but i still feel like anybody who buys that should have all their money and possessions expropriated and redistributed

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8i77j-highend-novum-pmr-premium-mk-ii-room-acoustic-resonator-extraordinaire-room-treatments

"...I tried it on my wife, Marina, who, after 20 years with me, has heard it all. Without prompting, she said that she noticed more clarity, greater focus, more vidid sound, superior definition, and tighter, more extended bass."

I'm really starting to just hate these people

https://ucarecdn.com/e2bc9d0d-b40b-41df-a995-1e5067e93955/-/autorotate/yes/

I love how in that photo (and in another setup), there's a PMR and Hallographs!

can't these people hire a fucking string quartet to entertain them or something

http://www.shakti-innovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hoffman-pic-1.jpg

laughing so hard at those two pics, thanks silby

it's all naus' doing I'm just curating

I'm so confused.

I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

With the thumb held erect and the fist angled in this way, the system immediately gains even more spaciousness and realistic detail

I bet these guys don’t jack off

I bet they have TRS insulation bands tattooed on their dicks

I am scared of seeing the reverse angle of that sound system/keith richards pic

is it empty, a single chair, or maybe the j/o couch

I'm intrigued by the type of person who would want a poster of "Old Keith," not to mention a system that is all gigantic horns, and puts their lightbulbs on the carpet.

Possibly it’s an elaborate setup for committing insurance fraud.

Act now: this is an incredible deal on a barely used USB cable for $6,000. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8jbi0-siltech-cables-golden-universal-crown-usb-cable-type-b-digital

greatest bargain since $500 danceable ethernet cables

http://www.soundstage.com/ssupdate/pics/2009-3_shakti.jpg

Recently, I was talking with Ben Piazza, the founder of Shakti Innovations, the company that makes the Stones and On-Lines. He advised me of a very effective new application for them: placing a single stone directly over the circuitry the inside your breaker box, particularly the breakers that control the circuits that are used for your audio system. It works. I experienced more of the same types of improvements that I had initially heard with the Stones and On-Lines on or near my electronics and speakers. While I used Velcro to secure the Stone to my breaker box, others (as pictured above) have used a bent coat hanger to suspend the Stone over the front panel. If you go this route, be careful how and where you affix the coat hanger. High voltages are present, of course.

pure psychosis

well that looks like a potentially self-correcting problem right there

build a moat around your fuse box

You have not heard music until you've listened with a Shakti Stone strapped right onto the front of your face (using our FaceStone woven silk strap system hand-designed for improved energy transfer, $6999/pair)

If you go this route, be careful how and where you affix the coat hanger. High voltages are present, of course.

Of course! Insert a metal object into an outlet of pure electricity, but be careful as you do so.

I wonder if audiophilia is more like gambling addition or hoarding.

Has anyone cut a shakti stone in half yet

picture of half a shakti tied to each headphone with shoelaces forthcoming

this is one of my favourite threads

rare footage of a shakti stone being cut in half

https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbestanimations.com%2FMilitary%2FExplosions%2Fnuclear-atom-bomg-explosion-animated-gif-5.gif&f=1

observers up to six miles away reported the detonation had bell-like highs with rich, creamy mids and a nuanced bass response

I hate to be pedantic on this of all threads but that gif is actually of two shakti stones being pressed together with such force that they become one

Here’s a shakti stone being cut in half, underwater

https://giphy.com/gifs/black-and-white-explosion-uSHMDTUL7lKso

Ah fuck it

looks more like they nipped the lower right corner

What are audiophiles referencing specifically when they say, for example, this white TT belt produced much more accurate 'timing' and 'musicality' in the music. This is something that was said to me when I upgraded the belt on my TT. I was buying it anyway, so the 'timing' comment didnt sell it to me, but I have no way of confirming what he said was true, or even what the fuck it means. surely if the turntable is running at a consistent speed, then there is no issue with timing. I would be shocked if other belts fluctuated in timing per revolution.