Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles

Post by lmz » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:46 PM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #70

bayindirh wrote: post #59

I don't understand this type of audiophiles. I also have a fairly high end, vintage audio system at home, but I'd never do anything like that in the name of audio quality. There's a quote I love about these people: A normal person uses the audio system to listen music, while an audiophile uses music to listen to his audio system.

One of the things I truly will never understand about "Audiophiles" is their willingness to spend money on products that are, from a technical basis, indisputably categorized as snake oil. For instance: https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-feet-Braided-Cable... It's an HDMI cable! The video signal has CRC in it and is packetized, it's either going to make it or it isn't. The quality of video delivered at, for in…

Post by pas » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:47 PM UTC

mrob wrote: post #74

pas wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the dynamic range of vinyl? Usually 70 dB, whereas 16bit PCM is around 90 dB. That's what OP was probably referring to. Since the master was done for the CD then compressed for the vinyl it sounds softer/cleaner.

CDs do have superior dynamic range, but when modern mastering squashes everything within a few dB of full scale it hardly matters. But I disagree that vinyl releases[0] typically have lower dynamic range than CD releases (most often it's the same, sometimes it's higher, and only very rarely it's lower), and I disagree that lower dynamic range sounds better on good equipment. [0] Talking about popular music only. I do…

Post by bb88 » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:53 PM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #70

bayindirh wrote: post #59

I don't understand this type of audiophiles. I also have a fairly high end, vintage audio system at home, but I'd never do anything like that in the name of audio quality. There's a quote I love about these people: A normal person uses the audio system to listen music, while an audiophile uses music to listen to his audio system.

One of the things I truly will never understand about "Audiophiles" is their willingness to spend money on products that are, from a technical basis, indisputably categorized as snake oil. For instance: https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-feet-Braided-Cable... It's an HDMI cable! The video signal has CRC in it and is packetized, it's either going to make it or it isn't. The quality of video delivered at, for in…

Post by aaaaaaaaaab » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:55 PM UTC

bb88 wrote: post #85

walrus01 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the things I truly will never understand about "Audiophiles" is their willingness to spend money on products that are, from a technical basis, indisputably categorized as snake oil. For instance: https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-feet-Braided-Cable... It's an HDMI cable! The video signal has CRC in it and is packetized, it's either going to make it or it isn't. The quality of video delivered at, for in…

Technically there is jitter in the digital domain, and it's possible to see problems at high bandwidth signals, but in low bandwidth transmissions like Flac, you're absolutely right. If you have nanosecond timing requirements, then those might be useful, but for audio they are overkill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter

Post by Yetanfou » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:59 PM UTC

kazinator wrote: post #33

The thing is, that power upgrade is likely much more meaningful than the $60K amplifier or the stupid gold cables. Clean power + $399.99 amplifier > dirty power + $60K amp.