the stuff "audiophiles" believes in sometimes is mindboggling. 3k dollar powercables, wood volume knobs to enhance the sound... etc.. here's some real world points from Ethan Winer.
"This is a video version of my Audio Myths workshop from the October 2009 AES show in New York City. For copyright and other reasons, Part 1 of this video includes only a portion of the live event that also featured James Johnston and Poppy Crum. Parts 2 and 3 present a more focused recreation of my presentation, including many topics we didn't have time for at the live show.
In this video you will hear what phase shift sounds like, compare high- and low-end converters, learn about proper test methods, understand why hearing is not as reliable as test gear, and much more. So set aside an hour when you won't be disturbed, and enjoy."
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siftbotsays...Moving this video to lavoll's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
sillmasays...I love good gear when listening to music, but I do have friends that believe in the superstitious crap like that they can detect insanely low amounts of jitter or phase shift, or that expensive power or usb cables make a difference. I'm afraid things like these won't set them straight, but ah well, that's the way it goes with believers most of the time.
lavollsays...crap like this?
http://locus-design.com/cynosure_usb.html
http://www.lessloss.com/blackbody-p-200.html
and the winner:
a cryogenically frozen power multiplier that costs 18000 euro!!!
http://www.hifi4all.dk/content/templates/nyheder.asp?articleid=2288&zoneid=1
it promises a calmer, more focused listening experience....
i also read a norwegian distributor of placebaudio equipment like this in a forum claiming that moving his mp3 collection to a ssd disks made his music collection "calmer, with greater focus and more dynamic mids"
sillmasays...>> ^lavoll:
crap like this?
http://locus-design.com/cynosure_usb.html
http://www.lessloss.com/blackbody-p-200.html
and the winner:
a cryogenically frozen power multiplier that costs 18000 euro!!!
http://www.hifi4all.dk/content/templates/nyheder.asp?articleid
=2288&zoneid=1
it promises a calmer, more focused listening experience....
i also read a norwegian distributor of placebaudio equipment like this in a forum claiming that moving his mp3 collection to a ssd disks made his music collection "calmer, with greater focus and more dynamic mids"
hehe yeah. Ah well, I guess it's not the fool who sells...
Duckman33says...@58 minutes, this is rather *long
siftbotsays...This video has been flagged as being at least 10 minutes in length - declared long by Duckman33.
Duckman33says...>> ^sillma:
>> ^lavoll:
crap like this?
http://locus-design.com/cynosure_usb.html
http://www.lessloss.com/blackbody-p-200.html
and the winner:
a cryogenically frozen power multiplier that costs 18000 euro!!!
http://www.hifi4all.dk/content/templates/nyheder.asp?articleid
=2288&zoneid=1
it promises a calmer, more focused listening experience....
i also read a norwegian distributor of placebaudio equipment like this in a forum claiming that moving his mp3 collection to a ssd disks made his music collection "calmer, with greater focus and more dynamic mids"
hehe yeah. Ah well, I guess it's not the fool who sells...
LOL. I bought a full set of Polk Audio's for my surround sound system and you should see some of the moronic posts in their forums. One guy even posted a link to an article written by a professional sound engineer that used equipment to verify his findings that basically said they are all full of shit if they say they can hear the difference between using high end audio cables and regular speaker wire from Radio shack for instance. They STILL flamed the guy to death. They are as delusional as fundie Christians as far as I'm concerned.
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