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― Rockin’, and rollin’, and whatnot (morrisp), Saturday, 22 January 2022 21:51 (two years ago) link
Henry Kaiser is big part of Herzog's Antarctica movie - Encounters At The End Of The World
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 22 January 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
He was trying to sell his amps and he was very successful, though? He poured epoxy over everything so you couldn't see his magical tweaks.
Exclusivity is just another kind of marketing and that's very much in keeping with audiophile snake oildom - hunting for that one whale who'll pay $25k for diamond-encrusted RCA cables.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, January 22, 2022
"very successful" is relative. basically the audio engineering equivalent of a working musician is how I break it down to an extent.
he got by in LA building amps, and got to hang out with some great musicians. that's a win in itself, but it doesn't seem that lived especially high on the hog and I don't expect his estate's worth much. there are dopes with lawn care business a lot more successful than HAD.
yes of course he worked to build a mystique that let him get by building a small number of amps at his own pace. I don't see the crime there. at worst he's the Bill Finnegan of amps. a weird craftsman who most comfortable woking with customers and building with his own hands and was ultimately eclipsed by imitators who were better at business than he was (hi dere Two Rock)
shrug
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Sunday, 23 January 2022 05:22 (two years ago) link
someone on twitter shared this classical review and it probably belongs here
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKAFOQuXsAIhJEd?format=jpg&name=medium
― andrew m., Wednesday, 26 January 2022 15:56 (two years ago) link
sometimes time is the best snake oil
that last sentence is so beautiful
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
"the download has settled into my wifi"
yeah man, gotta break that shit in!
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
beautiful
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 16:59 (two years ago) link
it's like those dudes who sincerely put in a white noise CD and run their stereo for 24 hours to "break in" speakers
Let it marinate overnight
― jmm, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
totally
it's like a lot of these audiophile things where there's a tiny shred of truth (that new speakers may be a little "tight" and loosen up after a bit) taken to to pathological extremes
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link
Oh shit I just thought of my own audio snakeoil product to sell: “Speaker Wash” a CD of sine tones you play to ”unclog” the sound coming out of the speakers or to “cleanse” the speakers when you switch from one (gold MFSL of course) CD to another.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:41 (two years ago) link
i would invest.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:04 (two years ago) link
It should be a gadget, though, for maximum snake-oil upcharge potential. I want to see a blog post where someone cracks open the bespoke Speaker Wash unit to reveal a discman with the sine-tone CD permanently sealed inside. Not sure if it should be a wood-grained module resembling a high-end turntable, or have more of an amateur-radio look.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
Not sure if it should be a wood-grained module resembling a high-end turntable, or have more of an amateur-radio look.
The woodgrain version is the one you sell on your website; the one that looks like you built it in your basement is the "prototype" model which you sell for 50% more, exclusively to members of your email list.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
This business is going places.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:31 (two years ago) link
Obviously the audiophile snake oil community's interest and credulousness is directly proportional to exorbitant cost. but check this shit out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayQfMq9Rlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRhtzUvyuDQ
snake oil?
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
Amateurs, they shouldn’t be putting that on YouTube for free!
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:00 (two years ago) link
“I never was satisfied with the sound of my CD collection on my high-end system, but a helpful Speaker Wash (r) technician came to my home and after examining my system, explained to me that what I was hearing was years of accumulated musical residue. My Mozart was mixed up with my Manowar! But after a professional flush (not cheap but worth every penny) I now cleanse my system weekly with the proprietary Speaker Wash(r) cabinet and my system sounds great! Much higher highs and lower lows and presence! The only drawback is that for the cabinet (yes, it’s six feet tall and you will definitely need to make room for it) to work I need an annual subscription (again, not cheap but worth every penny) to keep the software up to date to deal with the latest sounds. Thanks!!!
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
Close quotes
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
If on not getting an improvement in the 'soundstage' I wont buy it.
― ringworm, Thursday, 27 January 2022 08:27 (two years ago) link
This whole "dry out your ruined phone" craze sounds like an opportunity for Alva Noto, Ryoji Ikeda and pals.
Nice to be reminded to do a frequency sweep once in a while (not the one above, which looks like it recorded off someone's telly, complete with background noises)... 13.5-13.8kHz at best with these 53yo ears. Hold the hi-res!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:17 (two years ago) link
the apple watch does use a sound to blast water out of the speaker when you deactivate swim mode
it does not sound like the above examples
― mh, Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:40 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/aVC96UeW5m— Shoegaze Dad 🇵🇭 (@yeoldedad) February 28, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 February 2022 18:39 (two years ago) link
yes, but now i want healing crystal-encrusted gold plated cables.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 28 February 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
Abbey Rd are yet again selling cardboard boxes with Pink Floyd written in biro for £200, who in the world would want to own such a hollow item?
https://shop.abbeyroad.com/*/*/Pink-Floyd-i-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-i-EMI-Tape-Box-Folio-Side-One/6VJM0000000
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
The tape contained within this box was exclusively manufactured by EMI. Between the mid ‘50s and 1981, EMI produced both blank and pre-recorded magnetic tapes in many formats, including type H60 and type H65
What weird phrasing. "The tape contained within this box (well not this box... this box is empty)"
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
This box once contained bars of pure gold! It's empty now, but doesn't that make it feel more valuable just knowing that?
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
Selling a purely fetishistic item like that takes real ballz... at least throw in a "special edition" CD, or something?
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
I mean, for an extra, idk...£15 in manufacturing costs? They could throw in a tape reel and stick the quad version of DSotM on it, surely?
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
It’s a replica of the empty box!
― john shopkins (naus), Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:09 (two years ago) link
And here I thought Funko Pops were the peak of ephemera. This is on another level and an extremely hokey pitch. At least put a picture of the original tape inside the box or something.
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:34 (two years ago) link
The correct price point for this item is one tenth of that figure (and even then for suckers only)
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:43 (two years ago) link
thought i was in the NFT thread for a sec
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:55 (two years ago) link
Selling a purely fetishistic item like that takes real ballz... at least throw in a "special edition" CD, or something?― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:09 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkI mean, for an extra, idk...£15 in manufacturing costs? They could throw in a tape reel and stick the quad version of DSotM on it, surely?― Maresn3st, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:09 PM
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:09 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:09 PM
Missed this exchange earlier. I'm as confused as you all. Maybe they don't have the rights to the music? But wait, they're using the EMI logo???
Sidebar: people sell empty boxes for other collectables, don't they? Is Abbey Road just trying to cash in on that scene? Also didn't those other collectable empty boxes have something in them at one point? Or???
Whatever the case, this is fantastically stupid.
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 04:42 (two years ago) link
Just browsed through the wonderful Abbey Road web store and this can't be life. Who buys this stuff?
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 04:47 (two years ago) link
I once came across a TEAC A-3340 or something at a pawn shop a few years ago, and don’t regret not picking it up. Idk if that’s a good model, but just the thought of it needing service and the cost of open-reel recordings was too much of a minefield to try to do frugally. I’m sure there’s a scene for that (perhaps some folks here collect them), but it seems like if there would have been a heyday for getting into it, it would have been in the late 90s-00s when ppl were just figuring out the internet and just offloading shit they thought was outdated.
― john shopkins (naus), Thursday, 3 March 2022 04:50 (two years ago) link
thought i was in the NFT thread for a sec― scanner darkly
― scanner darkly
Yes omg this is NFTs for boomers!
― john shopkins (naus), Thursday, 3 March 2022 04:54 (two years ago) link
No Floyd Tapes
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Thursday, 3 March 2022 05:48 (two years ago) link
Oh wait, these are litho prints of the front and back of the tape box, mounted in little photo-corners? I thought it was the actual box at least!
I'd happy pay a tenner for a photographic reproduction of the master tape box (of something I actually love, like, I dunno, Brilliant Trees or House Tornado or something) on something useful, like a ring binder or a mouse mat or a pencil case, but obviously that's far too trashy gift shop / Paperchase for Abbey Road. Chuck in a certificate and it's £200.
I used to like those '90s CD re-issues with images of hand-written stereo master labels in the liner notes. Never occurred to me you could charge big bucks for those images!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 3 March 2022 10:38 (two years ago) link
I take it back, Abbey Road shop is full of this kind of "useful" tat. You can never have enough tote bags.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 3 March 2022 10:51 (two years ago) link
TEAC A-3340
Pretty sure we had one of these when I worked in a university archive - we had the congressional papers from a long serving speaker of the house and some other state things and the archivist was required by law to keep them in their original format and have the hardware necessary to make reproductions as needed. So we had an 8 track player, reel-to-reel, Zip drives, ancient giant floppy drives, and multiples of a weird film projecter from the 80s that happened to have a composite video output - he bought a few on ebay to keep around as backups.
― joygoat, Thursday, 3 March 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
tbh i can totally see myself splurging £200 on the original master tape box for some album i really love as a cool collectible & now i'm kinda mad that the idea is in my head but its not a thing being offered
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 3 March 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
Maybe they don't have the rights to the music? But wait, they're using the EMI logo???Maybe they have a deal with EMI were they can use the trademark on reproductions of old stuff (from when that was the studio name), and EMI gets a cut
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Thursday, 3 March 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
if this ain't the way you listen to yer vinyls than yer doin it wrong. pic.twitter.com/1Lj2oE9Yhx— QueenCityJamz (@QueenCityJamz) March 3, 2022
i'm getting some unpleasant resonances. what fillings do you recommend for soundstage accuracy and clarity?
― andrew m., Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
it helps to swallow a handful of shakti stones first
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
Hey look! Side two is now for sale.
https://shop.abbeyroad.com/*/*/Pink-Floyd-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-EMI-Tape-Box-Folio-Side-Two/7BHJ0000000
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 3 March 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
Okay, it stopped being funny.
>:|
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link