https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jtjo3UtL7E
― beard papa, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:19 (two 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 (two 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 (two 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
heh, I met Bruce at a friend's house once a long time ago and he was friendly and funny
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
yeah, I read it as a goof and not really a spiteful joke that stands on its own
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.whathifi.com/us/news/chord-company-launches-groundaray-noise-reduction-family-for-your-hi-fi-separates
― john shopkins (naus), Thursday, 15 July 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
The really embarrassing thing for me is that I gave this company quite a bit of cash back in the '90s. My old stereo was all Chord Co interconnects. I think I've still got a pair of Chord Chrysalis in use now, between the MiniDisc deck and the Marantz amp/streamer. I guess companies selling wildly over-designed bits of wire need to find something new to flog in an increasingly wireless future.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 15 July 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
don't bump this thread unless u got more of those dope Duplex covers
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
I think Chord's streamers and DACs are well respected (if ugly). These things are nonsense.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Friday, 16 July 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
weirdly was looking into this and they might be two different companies? but yeah that Chord Mojo is on every list of DACs to buy, I kinda dig the goofy orb things but I believe when I was researching that it doesn't have a power supply, you have to charge it, which took it out of the running for me (using on my stereo not computer)ended up getting a Schiit Modi I've been happy with
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 July 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
Nice. I have a Schiit pre-amp that I was using for a while.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Friday, 16 July 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
is it sad that I recently moved to an Apple phone with no headphone jack and began a search for a lightning-connected headphone DAC, and then felt disappointed when the $10 Apple one turned out to be awesome?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 16 July 2021 02:07 (two years ago) link
Big black yoga blocks under my JBL studio monitors on these speaker stands I made with spare wood we had sitting around with my Dad years back are the shit.
― earlnash, Friday, 16 July 2021 03:01 (two years ago) link
Yeah, Chord Co and Chord are different companies. Chord make massively overengineered slabs of hardware (amp, DAC, etc) and Chord Co make wires and accessories.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 16 July 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
my friend shipped his tube amp to some guy to have all the capacitors replaced and a new tube installed and apparently the guy orders some ridiculous artisanal capacitors from somewhere in europe and, uses, like, soviet era tubes
I look forward to hearing it when it returns
― mh, Friday, 16 July 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
nice
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 16 July 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
I wouldn't expect too much unless there was a problem before, which is very possible if it is 30 years old.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Saturday, 17 July 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
probably closer to 50 - 60
― mh, Monday, 19 July 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
I checked in, it’s a Sherwood S-5000 from 1959
― mh, Monday, 19 July 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
Cool amp!
I've never heard of them, but apparently they are pretty well-regarded and popular renovation projects.
If the capacitors have never been replaced, I would anticipate it's gonna sound better or at least prevent any issues from developing. Old capacitors can go bad and leak, causing damage to other electrical parts.
I had to replace them in my 30 yo Audio Research tube pre-amp because it developed a pretty noticeable buzz.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
HOT STAMPERS!
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/extreme_record_collecting_part_ii_theres_only_one_way_to_find_better_record
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 August 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link