Why the world needs people like us!!

[LFF]

Cool little article on Gizmodo:

Gizmodo - Why We Need Audiophiles - Audiophiles

 

[Jewmeister]

hip hip huzzah hip hip huzzah !!

 

[uberburger101]

Ah. I just read it yesterday, quite an interesting write-up from a layman's point of view. And yes, I'm jealous of that guy's gear.

 

[melomaniac]

and I though it's simply because audiologists need to make a living

 

[Uncle Erik]

Nice writeup - I caught it earlier today and knew instantly that it would be linked here when I checked in.

If you click the "audiophile" tag at Gizmodo, they occasionally cover audio stuff, including the release of the HD-800.

Any chance Gizmodo might show up at CanJam? I'd love to see them cover us like they covered Fremer.

 

[chadbang]

I wonder what he really paid for his system. When I was an audio salesman I got a 60% discount. That would put his $350,000 system at $140,000. I bet there are headfiers who've hit that mark. My favorite piece of equipment is that "Cobra" arm on his turntable. Tres retro!

 

[demoNMaCHiN3]

"but going from 98.6 to 99.1 by swapping out a $2,600 AC power cable for a $4,000 one becomes a justifiable end. We did exactly that, and I strained to hear any difference at all (more impressions of our test will follow later in the week), but to Fremer, the difference was abundantly clear—not necessarily better with the more expensive cable, but different, a warmer, fuller sound, as Fremer described it."

i'm sorry but it's stuff like this that gives audiophiles a bad name.

 

[Meliboeus]

Huge record stack, and i thought my hundred or so of records took up quite a bit of space...interesting article

 

[mattcalf]

Very interesting article... there was a comment that got my attention too:
Quote:

sn't this still a matter of preference? Since Fremer grew up with records, his mind was trained to disregard the popping and hissing of vinyl. Someone who grew up listening to digital-only music might be likely to prefer the "flatness" of CD's or lossless encoding over the quirks of vinyl. Let me put it this way, a few weeks ago Giz posted the results of a study that concluded that young listeners actually prefer shoddy mp3 recordings. Fast-forward 60 years from now...what sound will the audiophiles prefer at that point in time?

I guess because it applies to me, that it makes it an interesting point.
I'm not saying I'm an audiophile, I think I will be one day... will I (and young-uns like me) bother with vinyl?

Im surely interested in vinyl, but not sure if will be justifiable.

 

[CDBacklash]

tl;dr cos we damn cool

 

[TheMarchingMule]

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Originally Posted by demoNMaCHiN3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif "but going from 98.6 to 99.1 by swapping out a $2,600 AC power cable for a $4,000 one becomes a justifiable end. We did exactly that, and I strained to hear any difference at all (more impressions of our test will follow later in the week), but to Fremer, the difference was abundantly clear—not necessarily better with the more expensive cable, but different, a warmer, fuller sound, as Fremer described it." i'm sorry but it's stuff like this that gives audiophiles a bad name.

Agreed. I first saw this article reported on OCN, and this was my reply:

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I'm glad hi-fi is being shown in the news, but I absolutely hate it when the journalist states the price point as if to go "zomg look, these are so expensive; they HAVE to be good!" That's how BOSE works, and look how many sucker they get a day.

 

[Nocturnal310]

Being an Audiophile is a hobby where you pursue the perfection..but you never reach it and thats where the fun lies.


i have started realizing no matter whatever i upgrade..with my digital music..the 44.1 Khz sampling rate will always be a bottleneck.

damn ..i need to head in the vinyl direction now.

 

[xnothingpoetic]

He has a very messy room for an audiophile-- or for anyone for that matter.

Being OCD about the sound usually transfers into being OCD about cleaning your system!

I mean he even knew he was going to have a guest over to interview him and take pictures for thousands of people to see online...

 

[Currawong]

What's grossly ironic is that even a slightly different position when you're sitting can change one's perception of the sound from a system and his room will have a constantly changing mess of CDs and other gear floating around. Yet he can hear a tiny difference between top-end power cords? I admit being a cable believer but I have trouble with it going that far.

Interesting comments about vinyl. I wish I could justify a huge vinyl investment, but I can't. I would love to have the kind of 3D listening they experienced.

 

[Nocturnal310]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Currawong /img/forum/go_quote.gif What's grossly ironic is that even a slightly different position when you're sitting can change one's perception of the sound from a system and his room will have a constantly changing mess of CDs and other gear floating around. Yet he can hear a tiny difference between top-end power cords? I admit being a cable believer but I have trouble with it going that far. Interesting comments about vinyl. I wish I could justify a huge vinyl investment, but I can't. I would love to have the kind of 3D listening they experienced.

today i raised my speakers height by few centimeters..and what a difference i noticed.

another reason i love headphones.