Sal1950 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Wizzer said: There is an in-depth article in Psychology Today about poofs like Sal1950 , just pay no attention to this angry childish ,.....man? I'm being childish, I'm not the one believing in Santa Claus, the Boogy Man, and Magic Dust Cables. LOL Of course your free too spend your money in any way you chose. I just can't let the whole world believe that all audiophiles follow ludicrous marketing spins into a religion that the scientific world is laughing at.. "The gullibility of audiophiles is what astonishes me the most, even after all these years. How is it possible, how did it ever happen, that they trust fairy-tale purveyors and mystic gurus more than reliable sources of scientific information?" Peter Aczel - The Audio Critic R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press. Link to comment
wgb113 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Monoprice Select series. Sal1950 1 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Mac Mini->Roon + Tidal->KEF LS50W Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hi Guys - Who knew this thread would bring out the best in us all :~) Please tone it down a bit on both sides. P.S. @Sal1950 I know you and I don't always agree, but man, how did you manage to accomplish that -95 reputation score! I like many of your posts that go against what I think. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
JS21 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Sal1950 said: ... I just can't let the whole world believe that all audiophiles follow ludicrous marketing spins into a religion that the scientific world is laughing at.. Wow. Thank you so much. It's a thankless job being The messiah. . Lyngdorf MP40..Aurender N200..Panasonic UB9000..SimAudio Titan MCH Amp..Emotiva BasX A4..KEF Ref 1 Meta..Dali Phantom IW..SVS Prime Elevation(4)..JL Audio F112..Shunyata Research Ztron Alpha HC/Wireworld Silver Electra PCs..IsoAcoustics Gaia I and II, Orea Bronze..Billy Bags rack. Link to comment
Popular Post Sal1950 Posted March 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2017 3 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Hi Guys - Who knew this thread would bring out the best in us all :~) Please tone it down a bit on both sides. P.S. @Sal1950 I know you and I don't always agree, but man, how did you manage to accomplish that -95 reputation score! I like many of your posts that go against what I think. It's not always popular to be right. LOL wgscott, alligatorman and The Computer Audiophile 3 "The gullibility of audiophiles is what astonishes me the most, even after all these years. How is it possible, how did it ever happen, that they trust fairy-tale purveyors and mystic gurus more than reliable sources of scientific information?" Peter Aczel - The Audio Critic R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press. Link to comment
Wizzer Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hahahahahahahaha,.........Hahahahahahahahaha Link to comment
alligatorman Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/17/2017 at 0:49 PM, plissken said: Same here with the Belkin Gold. Have you (or anyone) considered cutting the + wire or is that not a factor for audio quality? Link to comment
chauphuong Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 If your DAC does not need 5V power from PC, you can do that. Link to comment
alligatorman Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 0:43 AM, chauphuong said: If your DAC does not need 5V power from PC, you can do that. Well turns out it does need 5V so did I just sacrifice two cheap cables to the pixie dust cable God? Am I in the club? Link to comment
Andrei Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 On 7/12/2011 at 2:53 AM, agentsmith said: ... But I am never bothered to try to discern the differences between accessories. I treat each of these changes as baby steps, and made sure I at least have cabling and accessories that do not totally embarrass the matching equipment. To me all these attention to details add up to better enjoyment, albeit some may only be for peace of mind. But as long as I do not get overboard I am ok with a little placebos. I agree they are 'baby steps'. I myself did not hear a difference in USB cables - it may well be there objectively / measureably but I am not going to get hung up about it. I use two: (1) Oyaide Continental silver (between PC and W4S Recovery reclocker), and (2) Wyred4Sound USB between reclocker and DAC. Windows 10 - (Asus P8Z77-M PRO; Intel i7-3770S 3.1GHz; Kingston HyperX 16GB 1866Mhz; Crucial MX200 1TB SATA3 SSD) - Foobar 2000 - Oyaide Continetal USB - Wyred4Sound Recovery reclocker - Wyred4Sound DAC2se - Oyaide AZ-910 Interconnects - Ayon Eris Pre-amp - Pass Labs X150.8 Power Amp - Nordost Frey - Triangle Magellan Speakers. Link to comment
declaration Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Hi i use Audioquest Diamond and Analysis Plus Purple Plus Mike Link to comment
Starre Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I use Nordost Heimdall USB cable, this and Vertere Pulse R are the best I have tried. I wonder how the new Nordost Tyr USB sounds but it is very expensive. Link to comment
GeneZ Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I had been avoiding USB and stuck with high quality Toslink. But, no more. Pangea Audio Premier XL USB Cable...http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PGUSBXL It all depends upon in what dimension of life one finds themselves living in. For, one man's music is another man's noise. Link to comment
Brahmsian Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Maybe I missed it but why aren't we talking USB-C? Now that my MacBook is almost seven years old I'm looking to buy a new one and some of them only have USB-C ports. I came to this website tonight hoping to find some information about how people are adapting to the USB-C ports or hoping to learn about new USB-C products (amps, dacs, headphones). I have a DragonFly Red. Am I expected to plug it into an adapter and am I supposed to be happy with that? They're starting to get rid of headphone jacks, why aren't we talking about USB-C headphones? Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I asked about that months ago - I forget who but someone replied that the SQ problems with USB_C were the same as for USB 2.0 Link to comment
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