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 (two 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 (two 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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
> Estimate £200-300
seems reasonable
> Sold for £4,800
oof
― koogs, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
My new favourite instance of audio equipment companies seeing just how blatantly they can fuck with 'audiophiles' is this box that explicitly doesn't actually do anything and still costs $1500 pic.twitter.com/FFVRq9J4bp— Sandra O))) 🪑 (@wifemetal) May 21, 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 21 May 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
That rules
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 21 May 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that’s a riot
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 21 May 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Going out of the way to make it weigh 12lbs - like filling it with sand? - is the best part.
― joygoat, Friday, 21 May 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
They didn’t even get good LEDs it’s fuckin green
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 21 May 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
I’ve seen those listed in the past and afaict they were intended for displays in hi-fi shops
― john shopkins (naus), Friday, 21 May 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
It’s a good way to impress your most Patrick Bateman-like friend.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Friday, 21 May 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
Beautiful. I must have one.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 22 May 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0520/Synergistic_Research_Tweakfest_Review.htm
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
Yeah, you don't want to over-tighten the screws on your carbon fibre MAINS SOCKET COVER. Sucks the life out of the music. The state of this.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
i think i got vertigo just trying to make sense of that article
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
I'm probably way more audiophile (tube amps, pricey speakers, etc.) than the avg ilxor but that shit is just straight grift.
Also, sometimes I think the best audiophile upgrade I can make is taking another hit of weed.
― Vin Jawn (PBKR), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
that shit = that review
comedy gold: chasing down sources of imaginary mains noise, while the tuner sports a gas fluorescent display which would be raining out EM interference if the shielding wasn't absolutely fine at taking care of that and also any mains noise.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 3 June 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
This is extreme audiophile shit. This guy moved his family to a *new house* to make his hi-fi sound better. https://t.co/C7ZwxRootB— Bruce Levenstein (@BruceLevenstein) July 7, 2021
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 July 2021 04:56 (two years ago) link
uhh no he didnt?
― micah, Thursday, 8 July 2021 05:33 (two years ago) link
Now, what's the smallest number of edits needed to make that tweet factually correct?
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
feels like Bruce thought of a punchline here but the tweet didn’t quite fit
I like the idea, though
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
It's funny that Flanders & Swann did all these jokes in 1956, the year my mum was born.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:37 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I saw that last night and was kind of baffled. I mean, there are so many good chances to clown on dorky audiophiles but... that's not even close to what was implied in the original tweet.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
I do remember an article about a guy in Japan who had a separate house for his stereo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
I don’t know who Bruce is, but glancing through his timeline it seems like he’s goofing around with a guy he exchanges tweets with.
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
otm, it's clearly a joke
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
Yeah, digging in deeper it clearly is, but considering how much often people are actually dunking on weird audiophile shit, it's easy to see how this could be misread.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link