Comments on: Improve your soundstage, DVD convergence and car horsepower with Shakti stones

By: ARMed_Pirate

ARMed_Pirate — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:55:00 +0000

The first time I read this, I thought it read, “Also, your cat’s horsepower.”

I think my version is better.

By: Hal Greene

Hal Greene — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:05:00 +0000

Just once I want someone like you to read through ALL the comments before saying, “just once.”

By: teapot

teapot — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:39:00 +0000

To be fair, I’m sure BB got Funny Junk’s hopeless lawyer (what was that stupid fuck’s name again?) a whooooole bunch of hatemail.

Also, this screenshot is proof that reality is funnier than fiction:

By: teapot

teapot — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:30:00 +0000

Their complex ones are creepy too:
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By: teapot

teapot — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:09:00 +0000

Just once I want someone like you to come back and say “whoops… really missed the sarcasm there!”.

It’s not embarrassing to admit you missed something. I think it’s more embarrassing to pretend like you never made the comment.

By: UncaScrooge

UncaScrooge — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:22:00 +0000

I’ve found that simply being able to spot sarcasm and irony in print has led to a greater appreciation for quality audio from a properly produced recording.

By: doniphon

doniphon — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:48:00 +0000

This Just In – New Codec: MPi, which combines the superconductor transmission of MP0 with the root of the negative square wave function.

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:20:00 +0000

yes: Not Often Enough.

By: B. Peasant

B. Peasant — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:31:00 +0000

I used a USB sound card and optical connection to my amp (past tence because that computer died and I haven’t replaced it yet).

Anyway, I agree about getting a decent system. I’ve got an Onkyo receiver and KEF front speakers, and the sound really is amazing. It’s compromised mostly by my tiny, cluttered living room and my taste in music.

By: B. Peasant

B. Peasant — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:23:00 +0000

“No, those aren’t meat hooks, they’re acoustic stabilizers.”

By: HorseIsAHorse

HorseIsAHorse — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:33:00 +0000

I sell a $250 USB dongle that will co-opt and transitionalize the technobabble on your screen to levels that will amaze you – you simply have to see the results to believe. I know there are those people selling cheap $50 knockoffs of my product, but they simply don’t have my decades of experience with this technology – please do your eyes a favor and avoid their products! Stick with the tried and true product available only from me.

By: ROSSINDETROIT

ROSSINDETROIT — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:05:00 +0000

Yet another Gullible Audiophiles thread from Rob. There must be a schedule for this.

By: Shadowfire

Shadowfire — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:41:00 +0000

We’ve been promoted to “Science Fiction Fans”? Boss.

By: francoisroux

francoisroux — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 07:16:00 +0000

Maybe their farts will sound better when they shove it op their asses…

By: nathan foote

nathan foote — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:43:00 +0000

Daemon, I would like to buy your rock.

By: LionelAG

LionelAG — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:39:00 +0000

There’s room for a lot. Subcultures have big tents. “Science Fiction Fans” encompasses everyone from hard sf people who get pissed if the physics is incorrect, to people who like stuff that almost qualifies as fantasy because it’s so removed from possible reality (PKD and Ellison come to mind), to Scientologists who don’t care about any novel not written by L. Ron Hubbard, to people who are actually trying to live out Heinlein or the Gor books, to Steampunkers and Star Trek Fans, Anime enthusiasts and Furries, etc etc etc. They all have differing perspectives on the same subculture. Some may seem more ridiculous than others. It doesn’t mean that the Stanislaw Lem fans don’t get pissed when they get lumped in with the Bronies. It’s the reflexive hatred that bugs me. Some audiophilia is completely ridiculous (and sometimes you don’t know what to think because people get behind stuff that seems ludicrous and produce genius. Google Mapleshade Records for a good example– the recordings are astonishing– download some of the sample MP3s. Then look at the sometimes bizarre products he sells.). Some audiophiles are oddballs who sit in their rooms with $50,000 stereos and listen to recordings of train whistles. Most are music fans of a depth and breadth that’s atypical.

By: LionelAG

LionelAG — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:23:00 +0000

Didn’t forget them, just haven’t heard their <$1000 stuff in too long to have formed an opinion. And there are very few people who are neutral about horn drivers. You either love them or hate them.

PSB is amazing for the money. I really want to hear what he can do with an actual budget, because his $300 speakers are so damned good that his $2000 ones must be spectacular.

By: LionelAG

LionelAG — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:21:00 +0000

The Nuforce dacs have gotten good reviews, as has the Audioengine D1. I haven’t heard either yet. If you’re sticking with 16/44.1 audio, the Headroom Bithead sounds pretty damned good, and will power most non-esoteric headphones pretty well. People have been raving about the Dragonfly USB stick/DAC/headphone amplifier, but the measurements are fairly mediocre, because it powers itself entirely from the 5v USB socket and has a fairly crappy power supply as a result. For the price (which is stupid cheap– I think they start at $50), the Fiio stuff isn’t much of a gamble, and they’re using pretty good chips.

For computer audio, I’m currently using the headphone monitor section of a Focusrite USB recording interface. Some of the lower end USB recording interfaces (Tascam has a good rep) are pretty sweet for the money, and serve a double purpose if you want to play around with recording audio, rather than playing it.

By: sockdoll

sockdoll — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:36:00 +0000

Will they give me the sort of diamond-cutter hard-on that I had when I was a teenager and had no one to share it with?

Yes, but you have to insert a stack of them into your urethra.

By: C W

C W — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:15:00 +0000

“That contributes to the problem, unfortunately, because the nuts are the ones who appropriated the term.”

So call yourself an “enthusiast”, then?

By: Oli Newsham

Oli Newsham — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:04:00 +0000

No, but they will enable your teeth to be as white as they can be.

By: bo1n6bo1n6

bo1n6bo1n6 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:42:00 +0000

Fucking magnets how do they work?

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:22:00 +0000

True. Sadly.

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:22:00 +0000

Download the ShaktiFonts for an even smoother, crisper font experience!

By: Sam Ley

Sam Ley — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:17:00 +0000

Monster has a different target market – not these people, but the people who shop at Best Buy who idolize these people, but can’t quite afford their lifestyle. People who can be convinced that magic wire will improve their experience, but who still shop at Best Buy.

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:17:00 +0000

What? Why would you WANT an sonically-disturbing outsider inside of an auto-chamber?

Do you have an idea how long it would take to rebalance the spectrum?

Plus: crumbs. ::shudder::

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:59:00 +0000

Monster Cable and Shakti Stones customers?

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:58:00 +0000

Placing of Shakti Stones in close proximity to an open can of worms has been shown to have remarkable closing properties over time. For some cans even closer proximity to closing is realized.

By: Andrew Molloy

Andrew Molloy — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:40:00 +0000

I’ll get out my money as soon as I see quantum mentioned then I’ll know it’s definitely real science.

By: Jeremy Sweeney

Jeremy Sweeney — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:30:00 +0000

I use a NuForce uDAC-2 with my Macbook and a good pair of Sennheisers. I was shocked at the difference when I first started using it. Under $150, driverless. Totally worth it. Don’t know if Nuforce’s higher end DACs have better sound.