10 Ways to Fool an Audiophile

[@goodsound4756]

The law of diminishing returns. As always.

[@junacebedo888]

KZbin audiohile podcaster LOVES his audio speakers. Then, one day he disassembled it and found NO crossover network inside just capacitors. HE began to hate that pre-loved speaker and bought another

[@Mikexception]

People do not understand how these things work.

[@drbarney1000]

In 2005, a stereo amplifier using radio station transmitter tubes sold for $350,000. The price went up to $480,000. Reviewers did not dare to find its sound less than exotic. Using the best parts money can buy, it has less than $2000 worth of parts retail.

[@willhemmings]

I remember back in the late 1980's a bloke, I think his name was Peter Belt, sold audio accessories through the hi fi journals. I don't know all the products but I was fooled into purchasing one, a strip of tiny black adhesive-backed triangles that were supposed to be placed strategically on various items of hi fi equipment. I don't know what they were supposed to do, but I dutifully bought them and stuck one on my Roksan Xerxes turntable and another on the amplifier. And do you know, there was no difference in the sound quality

[@izumispa2993]

If you think an exotic turntable sounds no better than your iPhone, you're in the wrong hobby. Probably deaf and raised on digital.

[@georgechronis3169]

Well said!

[@vvsousa]

But just because it's very expensive doesn't mean it will have better sound than a cheaper one, you're often paying a lot for the aesthetics.

[@connorduke4619]

Sorry I was unable to hear this video clearly, until I grounded my laptop into a $10,000 box of sand! :)

[@MasterofPlay7]

Im having so much fun buying clones from AliExpress, they sound very good

[@Luq-John-Bro]

Me too...many still dont discover the beauty of aliexpress😂😂...damn u never go wrong💯💥

[@andygibson8143]

The phenomenon of the more expensive the better is called the Veblen effect, and it's based on the idea that expensive items are higher quality or better than cheaper ones.

[@BeyondResolution]

Many do suffer from the Veblen Effect.. And alot of some really exotic stuff is not as good as the price leads you to belive. But at the same time more expensive is true to.. The Wiim amp for example is a good little thing.. it gives you 70-80% at a cheap price.. but if you put in a few 1000 euros more you will get 90-95%.. but then you reach a point where the increase in money and increase in quality is not linear any more.. To get 1% more in quality you need to spend 2000% more money.. and the scale get's worse and worse.

[@Oneness100]

I'd say that in many cases, more expensive means better, but not always. I definitely don't think it's the other way around. I would say that within a certain brand, it's more true than not.But between different brands, that's not necessarily the case.. The reason why It's typically the more expensive the better within the same brand is the company usually releases what Is called, the Flagship product which pushes the boundaries of technology and design and then over time, they tend to bring down the technology/design into the lessor priced products that are more affordable and built on a larger scale to meet the needs of more customers. The flagship products tend to be mfg. on VERY small level due to less people being able to afford them. More expensive means, more expensive components, more expensive materials, less quantity of the product being made, what Country it's made in, and how much spent on R&D, etc. but these days, sound quality has improved greatly IMO and you don't have to necessarily spend as much to get good sound quality. Now, because people have different sized rooms, it's always important to buy speakers that match the room size/volume and don't over buy a speaker that's designed for a larger room. What happens is the speakers overpower the room to where you have more room distortions, which don't always sound good. So, matching the speaker size to the room size is an important factor. so it's not a good idea to buy large flagship speakers and you have a very small room where you don't have enough distance to setup the speakers far enough away from front and side walls and have enough space to the listening position.

[@ropeburn6684]

Every time I hear about "common sense" it turns out it isn't common.

[@DavidD-eo8ts]

As an old and somwhat jaded audiophile I find this video ticks a lot of boxes for me. Nevertheless, I much prefer the sound of my somewhat expensive audiophile system over my transistor radio. Loved the video.

[@Mikexception]

Cables are part of chain and should match the needs of whole system . I think without knowledge of particular needs of system sounding, the value of cable cannot be defined. In such case it may be only valuated by quality of materials and make which is no connected to sonic. One must be prepaired that if his system sounds good, after connecting special expensive cables sounding is supposed get worse (better is always wrong to good) -they will uncover more middle band and sopranos realtively may be down which in system which had no headroom in sopranos may be not awaited. . Unfortuntely high price and opinions of specialists usualy will force user not admit it but to conclude only his ears are not perceiving sopranos. My colege who purchased speakers with high band reproduction to 40 kHz complains that his ears already cannot hear sopranos. I think he can hear them good but when thay are overlayed they are not enough noticeable . Why I wanted to have turntable? Two reasons - 1. to listen to original particular old LPs which I liked long ago and which I couldn't enjoy in past in stereo and on system which is to some degree perfect because it is build by me This experience is no comparable and new for me. For some reasons I treat LPs as unique true recording identical to original but I admit that playing them due to dust on LPs is less comfortable than tapes But still I prefer them over CD. I must say that I am a bit broken. I do not believe in any stupid gadgeds But when I service my integrated tube amplifier i obviously must turn it upside . I do it usualy in working condition and with noise source connected I can spot any change of sound from speakers in front. I noticed that any movement of this small amplifier results in slight but unmistaken change in heard noise. Surely also movement of my hands too. Also covering down side with flat insulation bottom and back affects heard noise I made my tube amplifier in wire technology due to impact of traces to electronic on PB. I think we need to accept that any change in arrangement of room, like setting amplifier up to veritcal provides in room new listening acoustic . Any new brick in room and movement of gear has impact to what we perceive due to new reflections . My conclusion is also that we should be reasonable and to stop worry for it .

[@januslast2003]

So... if I bought a violin from China, it will sound just as good a Strad?

[@mapgeek6]

The thing about China is, they CAN make things with absolutely excellent, top quality. If you ask them (and pay them) to do so, they will. But, China specializes in producing things cheaply. So, there has to be a caveat attached to all "from China" statements. They *could* make a violin that matches the quality of construction of a Strad, and will sound fantastic, as long as you asked them to and paid them to. Having said that, even European master luthiers have not been able to exactly match the sound of a Strad, so that's a bit of an unrealistic comparison.

[@baaltroth1957]

Great video

[@thinkIndependent2024]

Bluetooth has timing issue with the ear and stereo and CrosstTalk Cancellation of 200 milliseconds is a known problem of 2 Channel.. Yes burn in is real. Headphones are not Stereo ( Technically)

[@vencibushy]

Audiophool and his money are easily parted.

[@stevenkoski228]

You’re not an authority on the subject💩.

[@mugwump6885]

Umgekehrt wird ein Schuh draus.

[@robertwoods1380]

In the 80’s they came out with a Magic clock by Tice then Magically treated wires. Them magic dots the size of a quarter to put on speakers walls ceilings. Some hi end stores started putting M n M’s on their speakers as a joke. About this time I started thinking I should enjoy the music and when it didn’t sound good it was because of the poor recording and I learned most audiophile recordings the music sucked. I have the same amps I bought in 1982 the speakers from 2003 and a pre amp with bass management in 2005 and a Mac mini as my streamer. Most important mild room treatment and exact speaker placement. Nothing I’ve heard from showrooms changed and no more pipe dreams. Can still tell good from poor recordings which also hasn’t changed.

[@Chitown388]

you lost me when you dragged on over 2 minutes without getting into the actual content. Do better!

[@danielkeenan3638]

I have been using Bluetooth and streaming movies and toons for t least 5-7 yeas now and I recently bought a magnetar bdp900 and i hate to bust your bubble but the sound and picture quality are bar none better than any streaming service available to date.

[@HalfVccTronYente]

if your amplifier is not biased in pure Class A, then that is Not HiFi. High-End is different from Purely Class A Biased Amplifiers.

[@usa-u4u]

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