MetaFilter posts tagged with audiophile

A battle of perceived qualities

filthy light thief — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:42:58 -0800

Sennheiser, a family-run company with an interesting history of searching for audiophile quality, has created what it boasts as "the new standard for audiophile headphones." But will it matter in the long run, when the next generation of listeners enjoys the "sizzle sound" associated with lower bitrate MP3s? (via) CNET's Crave has a look at part of the process of assembling the $1,400 (£1,000) headphones by hand. (via) And while debating perceived qualities, do coat hangers sound as good as monster cables?

Your $7,250 speakers cables are crap! Mine cost $43,000.

The Deej — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:43:24 -0800

Journalist Accepts $1 Million Challenge: Do $7250 Cables Sound Better or Not? (Or they could use these $43,000 cables instead). At least, it sounded like acceptance, even to James Randi. But then... maybe not. So while you're waiting to find out if you should spend that much for cables, maybe you can buy something from this collection of fine audiophile products. $400 for a pair tweeters may not be too bad. You can use them with your $350,000 amplifier, and your awesome-looking $100,000 turntable. Make sure you set aside $13,416 for a decent power cable, though, or you're just wasting your money.

Audiophile links

Sharcho — Fri, 05 May 2006 15:29:45 -0800

The audio toolbox for the audiophile:
CD ripper - Exact Audio Copy (Windows)
Media Player - Foobar2000 (Windows)
MP4 Encoder - Nero MP4 command-line encoder (Windows, Linux soon)
Audio techology forum - Hydrogenaudio [more inside]

Destroy Bad Rips

panoptican — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:29:46 -0800

Won'tcha do us all a favor and start ripping those CDs at a higher quality if you're going to share. Thanks.

Spoon — Tue, 28 May 2002 07:32:52 -0800

Extreme Hi-Fi Buff. "...A further modification to loudspeakers that I found well worthwhile is to fill the cabinet with sulphur hexafluoride gas, SF6, in place of the air..."

moz — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:43:19 -0800

Are you an Audiophile? I found this article on Slashdot, but I know some folks here don't read that site regularly and I think it's worth parroting here. I thought I was going a little overboard with my Technics SL-1200mk2 turntable the other week, but this is crazy. Or is it crazy/beautiful? Anyone here approach the depths of some of these music fans?