Everything sounds the same

[pkane2001]

17 minutes ago, mansr said:

And "size of crystals" is sample rate.

 

Yes! It's all starting to make sense...

 

[Jud]

1 hour ago, marce said:

Being an Audiophile is no laughing matter, one cannot joke, the road to audio nirvana is a hard and unforgiving road, not only do you have to fret at the horrendous sound your system produces, but constantly be upgrading to get the next day and night improvement, you have to turn your back on conventional physics and be solid in your beliefs, especially in cables, whilst those clever sods use their measurements, knowledge and physics to pull you down...

Oh how hard is the path I have chosen.

 

I think this is kind of a key thing.  Folks get the impression "the other side" must not have any fun, because their experience is that the folks on "that side" are always cross and arguing.  But it really isn't that way at all for 99.9% of the folks who come here.

 

How to keep on having fun and not let the .1% who can't live without arguing set the tone is something we ought to be conscious of when commenting.  

 

In my experience people love learning, but do not enjoy being mocked or told they're ignorant.  So if you intend to enlighten or to learn, your effectiveness does depend on your tone.  Maybe sarcasm or acerbity is easy, but I think making an effort to engage at the level of friends sharing a hobby is well worthwhile.

[mansr]

1 minute ago, Jud said:

Maybe sarcasm or acerbity is easy

More importantly, it's fun.

[Jud]

Just now, mansr said:

More importantly, it's fun.

 

For 50% of those engaged in those conversations.  I like to aim higher.

[MikeyFresh]

59 minutes ago, Jud said:

I think making an effort to engage at the level of friends sharing a hobby is well worthwhile.

 

A novel way to massively improve the thread quality of CA.

[look&listen]

37 minutes ago, mansr said:

More importantly, it's fun.

Fun for bullies, not for most of CA members!  

Please grow up.

[lucretius]

20 hours ago, esldude said:

I just taped a $20 bill to my DAC.  However, I used multi-modal mapping to determine the exact place to tape.  It resulted in a $400 improvement in sound.  The music now has a visceral quality that was completely missing.

 

Was this the $20 bill?

 

 

[lucretius]

1 hour ago, Jud said:

 

For 50% of those engaged in those conversations.  I like to aim higher.

 

At least you won't shoot your foot off.

[kumakuma]

6 hours ago, mansr said:

That isn't an argument. That's just contradiction.

 

No, it's not.

[mansr]

2 minutes ago, kumakuma said:

No, it's not.

Yes, it is.

[gmgraves]

5 hours ago, PeterSt said:

 

Wrong. The spread in the food is very different for the larger grains vs the smaller, no matter the total weight is equal.

Indeed you are no cook. Nobody cares. But of course you are telling the cook that you know better.

Good thread.

Now, we're arguing about SALT????!!!!

[gmgraves]

34 minutes ago, lucretius said:

 

At least you won't shoot your foot off.

No, he'll shoot his eye out!*

 

*With apologies to Jean Shephard

[mansr]

40 minutes ago, lucretius said:

At least you won't shoot your foot off.

As opposed to shooting his mouth off?

[Superdad]

Speaking of--I take what is said in these forums with a grain of salt.  Sometimes a boulder. 

[audiobomber]

I've done some research and narrowed my choices to either Fleur de Sel de Guérande or Hawaiian Alaea Red Sea Salt. I can't try these before I buy and they're pretty high end, so I'm looking for your expertise in deciding. Please don't respond unless you've actually tried both at home. I don't care to hear any uninformed opinions. TIA.

[audiobomber]

12 minutes ago, audiobomber said:

I've done some research and narrowed my choices to either Fleur de Sel de Guérande or Hawaiian Alaea Red Sea Salt. I can't try these before I buy and they're pretty high end, so I'm looking for your expertise in deciding. Please don't respond unless you've actually tried both at home. I don't care to hear any uninformed opinions. TIA.

What,  no one replied to my query? This website is shit. I'm going over to Super Best Audio Jerks. Those guys know everything.

[Richard Dale]

12 minutes ago, audiobomber said:

What,  no one replied to my query? This website is shit. I'm going over to Super Best Audio Jerks. Those guys know everything.

I can't say that I've tried either salt, but the French one is reassuringly expensive at $20 for 125g. I suspect they serve different purposes, and if you have a Hawaiian pig to roast, there will be no substitute for the red salt.

 

There doesn't seem to have been any discussion of suitable grinders yet. I use classic Peugeot 18cm Paris U Selects. Some say the salt can be directed with less angular error using the longer Paris models,  but I have yet to try the 25cm.

 

One pair of lovely salt and pepper grinders that might appeal to audiophiles are the Vipp ones. The sound of the grind is "Inspired by the significant sound of a Franz Jaeger safe" and I would love to hear it: 

 

https://vipp.com/en/products/salt-and-pepper

[Rt66indierock]

24 minutes ago, audiobomber said:

What,  no one replied to my query? This website is shit. I'm going over to Super Best Audio Jerks. Those guys know everything.

 

I didn't respond until now because I have a natural bias. I went to a high school with Hawaiian traditions other things Hawaiian in college and later and have used the Hawaiian Alaea Red Sea Salt regularly.

 

As for Fleur de Sel de Guérande I prefer the stuff from Vancouver Island sorry.

[Rt66indierock]

1 minute ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

I didn't respond until now because I have a natural bias. I went to a high school with Hawaiian traditions, other things Hawaiian in college and later and have used the Hawaiian Alaea Red Sea Salt regularly.

 

As for Fleur de Sel de Guérande I prefer the stuff from Vancouver Island sorry.

 

[mansr]

36 minutes ago, Richard Dale said:

the red salt

That stuff obviously contains a lot of something other than salt. It is to table salt what those MIT "cables" with boxes and knobs are to a plain interconnect.

[Nordkapp]

My wife came home with real Himalayan salt a few weeks ago. Try to guess my reaction. 

[mansr]

4 minutes ago, Nordkapp said:

Himalayan salt

That strikes me as an inefficient place to collect salt.

[Richard Dale]

1 minute ago, mansr said:

That strikes me as an inefficient place to collect salt.

As an audiophile I'm always prepared to pay extra for the 'highest'.

[esldude]

3 hours ago, Jud said:

 

For 50% of those engaged in those conversations.  I like to aim higher.

Abraham Lincoln Quotes. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

[esldude]

9 minutes ago, mansr said:

That strikes me as an inefficient place to collect salt.

You wait for it to wash down to the coast and collect it there.