Are you an audiophile?

>>59323312
I consider myself as a normal, functional human beign. So the answer is no.

>>59323312
mods

>>59323312
I love audiocringe, they are so funny desu

I used to be. But then I took multiple ABX tests and found out I LITERALLY couldn't tell the difference between 192 vbr Opus vs 32-bit FLAC both ripped directly from CDs. In fact I could barely tell 128 vbr Opus vs 32-bit FLAC again both ripped directly from CDs.

I kinda feel sorry for the fucking retards that spend $1000 on DACs and $10000000 on headphones.

>>59323393
>32-bit FLAC ripped from a CD
Stop reading there

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>>59323393
Audio file bitrate <> """audiophile""" cuck.
>32-bit FLAC from CD

Nice meme friendo

HD650 + schiit stack is literally end game for 99.99% of the population

anything more is just for pseudoaudiophiles and tryhards

nicer 2k+ headphones are nice, don't get me wrong, and so are nice expensive amps, but they are not even close to being worth the price they are sold for

get as close as you can to the point of diminishing returns and call it a day

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>>59323312
I am listening to le spoken word
using bluetooth
to a SANWU chipamp
driving a couple CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS satellites

audiophile qutoient nil

>>59323312
Yes, I am

>>59323490
Do you need special help for you autism?

>>59323466
LSR305 for nearfield listening @ desk will be much better than HD650 unless you can't use speakers due to noise or like inferior soundstage and imaging.

>>59323514
No, thanks

>>59323540
>Comparing headphones and speakers

>>59323312
pedo

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>>59323553
>Suggesting headphones over speakers

>>59323553
headphones are speakers tho

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>>59323584
don't be so pedantic anon.

>>59323312
No, I like music.

>>59323621
:3

>>59323578

for people that live in flats and can't just blast speakers all day/night, headphones are the obvious choice

but yes high end speakers > high end headphones any day of the week, nobody with a brain would debate that

>>59323737

Oh yeah, for sure.

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>>59323422
>>59323432
Sorry but that was as audiofool as most music ripping software would go back in ~2010 else I would have used 1024-bit 1526Khz WAV or whatever exceeds that.

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What is your type?

>>59323312
No, I'm not a completely fucking faggot. Why do you ask?

Not sure, does fiio e10 -> fiio e09k -> dt880 count?

>>59323312
positive, as every/g user, I wear my BEATS everywhere

seeya, niggas

>>59325928

beats are good for getting girls

>>59325874
III
More than that, it's just autism.

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>>59325874
I listen to 1950s commercial instrumentals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HEpyK27YLc
how many levels am I on?

yes
but in the actual form, I like the highest possible quality, as in actual scientific results and not bullshit and heresay

>>59323312
I'm an audiophile in the sense I listen to vinyl I pick up from flea markets on a turntable that's better than a crosley cruiser, but I've invested less than $100 on my entire setup, which automatically kicks me out of the super special elite club.

My speakers don't even have a brand and they cost me something like 5$

>>59323393
I just spend like $80 on a DAC, $120 on an amp, $100 on speakers

Sounds way better than default crap

Doesn't take a lot to improve your audio, just don't fall for the ridiculously expensive placebo shit

>tfw only ever got Silver in the Philips Golden Ear Challenge

How can I ever enjoy music again, knowing that I can't enjoy it to its fullest extent?

>>59327939
you can't
stop listening to things by filling your ear channels with hot wax

I mean I would love to listen to such 'clarity', but the entire principle of selling consumer-shit HIGHEST QUALITY SPEAKERS MADE FROM TITANIUM CUM on placebo connotation is fucking absurd
It just doesn't make sense at all

No.
No I am not.
I bought some random-ass pair of headphones off of Amazon earlier and barely took any time to research if they were good or not.

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Almost, but not quite.
I frankly don't have the $$$.
I'd say, more practical enthusiast.
I also enjoy designing and building cabinets, and repairing 2nd hand stuff

>>59323393
ohmygod you are such a faggot. everything you post here is so much faggot in the context of your tripshit

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More 2nd hand stuff.
Rega Rp1
Sony ES receiver
Pioneer 22LR speakers
D-Box sub
Barely $500 worth of stuff, and it sounds more than good enough.

>>59329202
This isn't entirely true, there's a noticable difference between for example Apple Earbuds and a pair of Shure SE215s.

Neither will crackle or relieve interference but the Shures sound way fucking better. Spend a reasonable amount on headphones but don't go past $200ish and don't buy shitty brands.

>>59329261
I want your sub

>>59323312
I like music, but I'm not a fucking autist about it

>inb4 some shithead starts screeching about actually hearing a difference between 320kbps and FLAC

>>59329318
It's 2nd hand from a pawn shop. You can probably pick one up for under $100. The one pictured was $80, not bad for 12" and 300 watts.

>>59329161
Building speaker cabinets is the way to go.

The quality you can get at prices compared to store bought is crazy.

>>59325874
I listen to filed recordings of pre-1895 houses settling in, exclusively.

>>59325874
>listening to music
>not reading directly from music sheet
pleb

>>59327856
>Sounds way better than default crap
You keep telling yourself that, anon.

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I use a £15 chink shit amp paired with a pair of Sony bookshelf speakers from the 1970s I copped for a fiver. I connect all that to my PC with a RCA to 3.5mm cable. I don't really need much more than that, it sounds great to me.

>>59323312

I would be if I had the money for it. I'm more like a poordiophile.

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>>59323312

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>>59323312
>baboon but

>>59323737
>>59323466
>headphones
for teenagers desu

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>>59332370

>>59323329
kek

>>59332370
T H I C C
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C
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Found Polk Audio Silicon Graphics branded speakers in a skip years ago. Kept them for hoarding-type reasons. Rediscovered recently and finally tried them out.

Turns out they are really good. Would definitely scavenge again.

Should I buy a pair of ELAC Uni-Fi UF5s or Klipsch RP-280Fs?

The room I'm going to put them in isn't really big at all, so I'm worried about the horn tweeters on the 280Fs making my ears bleed.

Since it's a smaller room, I was thinking of getting something like a 10" 300 watt subwoofer, but I have no idea how powerful 300 watts is compared to say a 150 or 200 watt sub.

>>59332370
audiophileism is a mentall illness

>>59326505
I'm pretty sure I have a song that's heavily based on this. This exact piece.

>>59323312
>Are you an audiophile?
Yeah, I like CD quality as much as the next guy.

>>59332327
Why did he put Windows on a Macbook?

>>59339241
>Why did he put Windows on a Macbook?
Because objects that only hold value because branding and being new devalue very fast.

>>59323312
Yes.

>>59323393
Maybe not be a retard and learn how headphones and especially DA-converters are not related in any meaningful way to lossy audio compression.

You know, to actually understand how things of your interest work?

No I am hebephile

>>59323312
>my brother is a pedophile, he has so many headphones

>>59332342
brrrrrrraaaaaaappppp

>>59325874
I'm Type 5 civilization.

>>59340351
Abra Kadabra Brother.

>>59327977
Odysseus pls

>>59332370
nice SNEK

>>59325874
1-5
The pyramid is obviously bullshit. Surf rock belongs into 1.

>>59325874
>a quadrillion types of the same minimalistic electronic garbage, only one trance
>two names of literally the same genre several tiers apart
This is bullshit.

Audiophiles are such faggots.

>>59339668
Great taste anon.

No since I fucked up my hearing at a young age.

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>>59323312
No, I use a VSX-456 and Kenwoods from the '80's. PIc related.

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I wm an audiophile, but I don't believe that placebo most do

digital is far superior to vinyl in every single way

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>not blasting weeb music with your super open planar magnetics in the university library

get on my level, audiophools

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>>59323312
Hell yeah dude

>>59341099
but you're vintage audiophile

>>59341380
I prefer the term broke.

>>59323312
I'm glad that I am a pedophile and not a dirty audiophile nigger

>>59323312
Audiophile? Yes, I do appreciate quality audio and higher end gear.

Audiophool? No, I know snakeoil when I hear it. Having said that, I have listed to flagship headphone hardware like the Sennheiser HD-800 and Denon D7200, and they really are well above what you have on the regular consumer market, but such gear is priced well above the market as well.

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>>59341484
It's a shame that the term "audiophile" has taken on the connotation of spending tons of money on placebo products.

I love music and audio gear but I at least have a basic understanding of what does and does not have a significant impact on sound quality.

I only spent a couple hundred bucks for my speakers, and I'm still using an un-restored Marantz receiver from 1978 that I got for free from my uncle. Sounds good to me.

>>59323312
Not an audiophile cause I'm not a fucking sperg. I do like high quality audio but not to the point of audiophile autism lords.

>>59341368
nice chinkshits

>>59341562
Good engineering is still going to sound like good engineering regardless of age. Nakamichi Dragon tape decks still go for $2k used because of how amazing they are at playing a shitty format like cassettes.

OTOH, modern day hifi in general is kind of dead with AV being a goodnuff thing for most users.

>>59323312
I do my best within my means to ensure I listen to the highest quality available for a track, but I don't go out and torrent the 4MBps, ripped-straight-from-youtube-128KBps discographies of artists.

>>59341768
Well I've heard many people claim that un-restored old amps will sound like shit because of degraded capacitors, but I don't hear any issues with my Marantz.

>>59323312
God forbid. In fact i enjoy how plebeian i am.
I don't give a fuck about the kbps and avoid high volumes and i have a collection of mp3s and mostly use cheap headphones and my laptop speakers. In fact a few (You)s saying how idiotic i'm will make cum in my sheets.

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>>59342005
(you) are like my gf

I'd like a really good pair of headphones. If FLAC is available for the music I'm downloading I'll usually get it. MP3 is fine too though. That's pretty much it.

>>59342005
Same.
Did one of those bitrate tests and i legit can't tell the difference so i just download whatever.

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>>59323312

I stepped up for a pair of 623s so yea ima legit audio connoisseur.

>>59337649
I'm going to assume you meant this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QbtaqxdexU

>>59342123
Because there is no different. Even the guy who made flac says this but autists think they have a golden ear.

https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html#toc_lf

>>59323312
Yes. I am a WAV file.

I'm the direct opposite with 4x12 bandpass in the living area driven off a denon amp for that nigger bass.

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Listening to these now.

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heres my set up

>>59341562
is that your pic? cause if it is i know you! i remember you from years ago

mind posting your whole setup with the CRTs and shit?

>>59323466
hd600+schiitstack here.

Anon, why do you think something colored like hd650 is endgame?

i wouldnt call my self an "audiophile"
i would call my self quality-conscious

Grado SR225e
Schiit stack

its breddy good, might get some closed headphones for when i want bassier sounding music eventually but this stuff is perfect price/performance for what i enjoy.

>>59325913
hd558 knockoff + chink dac/amp?

lol no

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>>59345776
not the alarm clock again!

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I like music and high quality audio but not an audiophile. Prob have 1.5k in it all up. Across two systems. here's my desk one

>>59345847
british and best!
got a pair delta 30's meselve

>>59333545
That seems fine

>>59323466
>the point of diminishing returns
50$ headphones

>>59332327
Every time

>>59336158
Lost

>>59342145
Nice lousytechs

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>>59345872
funnily enough I have only bought british speakers.
Wharfedale Diamond 3 (1980s)
Wharfedale Diamond 121s As pictured
JPW Ruby 2 (I believe they are from the 90s)

No reason why they are all british, just coincidence.

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kind of, usually listen on the go

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>>59345711
nice folder binders bruvv

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>>59346691
>one of /those/ turntables

geeeeet the fuck out.

Yeah mean, I totally listen to vinyls on my ion profile lp turn table hooked up to my xbox 5.1 sound system.

>>59345765
still sounds like shit

>>59346962

>sour grapes
>i listen to my music on my phone in mp3 format from youtube rips

so cute!

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>>59323312
audiophiles setting up their EQ and lot of equipment for 2hour for just listening one single track of FLAC's so

no

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Accelerometerspeaker master race.

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>>59345776
Haven't had any CRTs other than my little Trinitron TV since I started posting on 4chan.

>>59345846
I just unplugged it a few days ago because it started making a terrible noise. Pretty sure the motor bearing is shot, but once I get around to it, I'll take it apart to confirm.

I doubt it's viable to repair it. RIP in peace old friend. No idea what to get as a replacement clock. Don't really want another flipper.

>>59348006
do you live with mum or have autism.

>>59348157
I live with both parents. 27 and never had a job.

I was never diagnosed with autism, but certainly have a lot of Asperger-like symptoms.

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>>59348006
what drivers are in those fullrangers? Are they fostex?

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>>59348006
do you against all odds remember a tripfag named centosmasterrace, claimed to live in finnland, frequently posted in battle station threads, setup was pic

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>>59348479
I remember Isac

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>>59348439
>Are they fostex?
Yes. FF125WK

Got the cabinets from some company called Audioprodukt in Moldova. They gave me the wrong dimensions on them and they were really specced for the older FF125K drivers, but I made them work pretty well by just shoving in longer ports to tune them lower.

>>59348479
Sorry, the only Finnish guy I remember is Furryfag. My memory is very selective and I basically forget the overwhelming majority of my life. Also haven't been on /g/ much in the last couple years or so.

>>59348532
Do you live in dcf77 range? You can get a radio controlled alarm clock: the ultimate precision.

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>>59348573
Seems to be a European thing and I'm in the US.

I don't really care about extreme precision. My main issue with most clocks is that displays are too bright at night, although the problem with LED displays is that if they're extremely dim at night, they're not readable at all in a lit environment.

The old Digimatic has the least polluting night light system ever with its gentle blacklight glow. And of course it's perfectly visible in bright light as well because the numbers reflect normal light also.

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>>59348633
Is the brightness a problem if the display is red?

>>59348964
Not sure. Red is probably the best option. Worst case scenario I can put some sort of film on it to dim it a bit, I guess.

Is there a bluetooth solution for headphones/earbuds which doesn't introduce massive latency? I want to use earbuds to watch TV but bluetooth seems to add 500 ms delay...

>>59340816
>only one trance
do you really think your pleb shit subgenres matter in any way

anyone got that webm of the audiophile listening to msuic and spazzing out

>>59325874
sheet i don't know. i like inuit throat singing really.

>>59341562
>It's a shame that the term "audiophile" has taken on the connotation of spending tons of money on placebo products.
I don't see this outside of /g/.

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I bought a turntable like this for me mum.

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>>59350650
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnPh3GGykaI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnPh3GGykaI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnPh3GGykaI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnPh3GGykaI

I work for a audiophile company. We make high end amplifiers and preamplifiers, we have a listening room with a pair of Magico Q7 MII speakers and a ton of vinyl records.

Our turntable is a Clearaudio Concept worth around 2k.

It's fucking awesome, we also use Vovox cables.

Maybe this is the thread to ask if audio interfaces are a meme? I need to record on my pc

>>59323312
I'm using a 20$ sony headphones and listen to 192kbps youtube videos

>>59341368

>spends money on 'audiophile' IEM's
>doesn't get custom moulds

>>59351859
>Vovox cables
useless

>>59323312

>claim to be an audiophile
>listens with background and white noise

No.
Marantz PM94 with B&W 603S3's and 602S3's and AKG 7xx cans.
I don't use monster cables, I don't use spikes or sound treat my walls. I draw a line somewhere, so I'm happy with the above and SA stereo tool plugins and have borrowed my mates REW setup a couple times.

That said, I do have a filthy great Cerwin vega stroker 18D as a subwoofer, often listen to youtube for music and frankly don't care if the bitrate is padded so long as I can't hear artifacting. Ignorance is bliss.

>>59323393
Will you fucking stop being a tripfag

>>59352126
You have no idea what you are talking about.

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>>59352912
We found the idiot

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>>59352865
If it massively triggers you that much why not just filter me/make me anonymous? It's not like I'm forcing you to read my tripcode.

You're more annoying that tripfags themselves with your fucking pointless complaining.

>>59352936
No seriously lads, please tell me those body bags aren't just full of cables

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>>59353084
but anon, le cosmic noise and le magnetic shield will blow the sound quality of our vinyls

>>59353084
Nope,
Giant mutated fucking leeches are trying to eat the stereo

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Need your help friends. Looking into buying two of these speakers for my PC. I currently have a Fiio e17 that's connected to my headphones which are also for the same PC.

What would I need to run these two speakers on my PC?

All the cables touching the floor ITT are making me sick...

>>59354565
audio interface

>>59336158
jesus

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i bought myself a Naim Mu-So QB today. I fucking love it. It sounds great for it's size and looks the absolute mutts nuts

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i'll probably buy some burnt orange grills for it soon

>>59352992
This is an anonymous website, newfag
if you want to have your own cute little name then go back to funnyjunk and fuck off

I don't think so
what makes you an audiophile?

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>>59357889
autism

>>59357936
Looks like I'm in the clear then

>>59352992
if you want your stupid fucking posts following you everywhere you go then go ahead because you already have a massive list

>>59357996
>red_1337_star762 !eMRS5YxXBA
seriously
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/g/image/ztl1nwfQwi780ZFb-gSb3g
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/g/image/mKPrXCFiEOM1zlZu6sfOmg
https://boards.4tan.org/g/thread/59044244/
https://boards.fireden.net/vg/thread/168467627
https://archived.moe/g/thread/59162988/

>>59329261
>hifi on the cheap
>Everything except the bricks is expensive
Yeah, nah.

>>59357517
why they ssuck

>>59358576
jeez you are poor. 500 bux really is not a lot of money for Hifi and decades of enjoyment

>>59358674
I'm not saying your setup is bad or anything, that's just a run of the mill price. My headphones cost me more than my entire setup (reciever, turntable, cassette deck).

>>59358709
>not even sure what your point is anymore, also I am not the original poster. 500 really is not much when it comes to hifi. What headphones do you have?

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>>59358046
Do you jerk off to all of my posts? I mean I'm glad I'm a great role model for you but this might be too much anon-kun.

>>59359037
AKG Q701s. Bought them for $160 back in 2015.

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>>59323312
i used to be a Bassophile
(all sold now tho)

>>59346337
jelly?

yeauare

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>>59359651
1x Crown XTI 4000 (alot... w rms)
2x Behringer EP 4000 (about 2x1100w rms)
1x alto mac 2.4 (cant remember)
1x alto mac 2.2 (260 w rms? used for tweeters)

http://www.mp3ornot.com/
If you can't pass this audio quality test with your fancy sound shit, you are fucking retarded and wasting money.
I can identify the correct tracks on my terrible laptop speakers or with apple earbuds, so please tell me you fags can too

>>59359651
>>59359691
the party guy

I never understood why they call themselves audiophiles. They should be called audiophobes. They literally have an irrational hatred of audio distortion to the point where they hear distortion where none exists.

>>59359691
>Behringer EP4000
>XTI4
Are you me? That is, before the Behringers shit the bed 3 times so I gave up, flicked the refurb and got the crown.
Few perks of having a flat in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with navy roomies that were away 1+ months at a time.

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I'm not at all deluded enough to believe I can tell what music is "supposed" to sound like. Every set of speakers I own sounds noticeably different if I'm paying close attention, but I couldn't tell you which ones I even prefer, let alone which are most accurate. So long as it doesn't sound like complete shit I'm happy.

I am, however, autistically obsessed with vintage audio stuff. I just like the way it looks and feels and works. Pic related has really chunky switches and super clickly detents on the volume knob. The volume knob itself is such a thick piece of machined aluminium it makes a loud ding noise when flicked.
It doesn't make the music super special, it's just neat to use and look at. Plus if you know how to fix them you can get them super cheap. This one had all kinds of balancing and fading issues so it was only $30. A little contact cleaner later and it's good as new.

>>59359775
behringers never died on me, strongest fucking beasts out there, i loved them.
but that fucking crown... holyshit, endless power. i pulled all those 8 red 15" maxed out to the point of blowing. and it didn't even fucking clip. it just took the fuze for that room
>ran it in parallel with the woofers

>>59360042
>vid related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_G_uOeGaFA

>>59360070
your vids private fool

> fucking cables
Here's my figure, upgrading from $5 ching dong RCA cables to $20 - $50 (insert brand here) connectors will in most cases make a difference, and at that price, is worth it.
That said, making an effort to not run signal and speakers wires parallel to AC power will make as much or more difference.
I'm sure, using measuring equipment, there would be some difference between mid level and the over the top stuff in the 4 and 5 digit price range, but I would like to see a blindfolded comparison to see if there's a tangible difference..

>>59360914
No my son. if your cables are not broken/very oxidized, no.

>>59323466
HD 800S + chord mojo. The soundstage cannot be reproduced by any other headphone. Thus, the $1000+ headphones have their legitimate merits. Also electrostatics are at least 3k for the ones undoubtedly better than dynamic drivers. I've only heard the HiFi Man HE-6's as far as planar drivers go, but in those the texture is noticeably different compared to dynamics. I personally have the setup I mentioned initially and I have never heard anything close in terms of soundstage and defined spaces for each individual track. For 2k+, of course

>>59323312
>waste all that money on "audiophile" equipment
>can't afford the best audiophile CD player - the PS one

What a cuck

>>59360986
That's the point, cheap connectors fatigue, oxidize and fail. Moving up just one step from the cheapest on the shelf will pretty much guarantee that you can install it and never worry about it.
Moving up one step also means you'll be getting shielded wire.

>>59359702
I can't tell that well. i think i have to focus super super super super hard. 128 is not bad though

I try to only listen to 320kbps/VBR0/FLAC but it's not a big deal as long as it doesnt go under 192kbps. I have high quality speakers for my computer and in my car.

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I will admit, those 128's were recorded very well, but there is a subtle difference, and it took a few listens to hear the difference.

>>59361269
>>59361445
>>59359702

On my 30 USD Sony earbuds, the bass consistently sounds more full with the 320. Thats been my flag t b h

>>59361499
I wasnt paying attention too hard for giveaways but what sounded better and really.. they were mostly identical or very hard to distinguish that you'd forget which was which. Maybe its all my mind playing games on me. Anyway in the end I don't think I could reliably tell unless you had some consistent tell tale sign

This is all very embarrassing as I have at least a grand in audio related purchases. But the thing is speakers and high end audio really do provide a pleasurable experience regardless of file format quality etc.

>>59352936
You are the idiot.

I'm the guy that handles 1 million USD equipment daily.

>>59361837

And I handle 500 million dollar equipment, Cletus.

>t. US Navy Fire Control

>>59323312
I used to be. Then i sold my expensive shit and started downgrading until i stopped essentially at >>59323466

except my highest end piece is now Hifiman HE-500, rest is under $200 mark.

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>>59342145
nice. but just wait till you man up and get a pair of Powerful Speakers

>>59323312
What? Like do I molest sound? Yes.

>>59361445
ATH M50's here.
After 2 listens I started to heard a difference.
128 seems to be compressing some of the air in her voice, and the ride cymbal driving the beat starts to sound blurred on the 128. Usually with 128 the high frequencies are the giveaway.

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>>59323312
>audiophile
What a shit meme, these so called "audiophiles" listen to shit "music" that isn't even made by real instruments.

My endgame was ATH-AD900 headphones and a $70 USB Sabre DAC. Living room setup is a $300 receiver and some speakers I built myself. No desire to spend any more because it all sounds perfect to me.

yes
so much that I don't can't even appreciate recorded and reproduced sounds. only plebs listen to music through speakers or headphones

true patricians listen to music as it resonates off the instrument of origin

>all music stored music is stored in lossless
>all music i listens to is encoded into opus
>i buy cds, rip with eac & scan the artwork

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>>59323312
You molest audio?

>relevant to this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfWwCfN8TO0

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>>59323312
wut?

>>59336158
>cringe - the product

>>59323312
> 2014
> office dries me mad
> buy meme phones all the time for isolation, nothing works
> buy 200$ parrot zik when /hpg/ tells me it's shit
> 3 years in
> same headphones
10/10 will buy 10 pair when this one breaks.

>>59323422
>>59323432
>>59327856
>>59329170
>>59339446
>answering to a trip fag
dont you have no selfrespect left?

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>>59323393
>32 bit FLAC
>Ripped from a CD

Are you high?

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>>59363633
speak for yourself pleb, the only music I listen to is acoustic recordings of western and hindustani classical, I'll save you the effort and include the fedora as a complimentary bonus to my enlightened taste

just go to the concert if you care so much about the sound quality idiots, youll spend like 200 times less money

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>>59366735
t. never been to a concert hall

I do go to concerts but what you don't get is that the seats with the best acoustics are the expensive ones

the $40 tickets have garbage sound quality, they're right next to a pillar in some corner where the instruments are an unbalanced clusterfuck of sound

sometimes a guest in the expensive section leaves during intermission and you can sneak down and steal their seat but my $2800 system (not including room treatment) is like 15 concerts in the acoustically ideal spot, and on top of that at home I don't have to listen to old geezers hacking up phlegm during the quiet passages or unwrapping ricola drops, which they ALWAYS, ALWAYS do, the unbreakable law of concerts being the more sublime the piece and the more amazing the conductor and the orchestra, the more HACK HACK HACK COUGH COUGH there will be

so yeah I go to concerts but I also enjoy my infinite replay that I can do at home listening to any orchestra or ensemble I could ever want, it's like having the entire concert hall to yourself

>>59366922
That, and orchestras don't take requests from the audience.

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>>59367189
They do if "the audience" is scary enough, but yeah, it's cheaper just to buy a nice set of speakers