19349 things audiophiles like to rave about

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1. 180 gram vinyl

Ol Bertie Dastard, Friday, 21 March 2008 17:13 (eighteen years ago)

2. music

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 21 March 2008 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

3. front-to-back imaging
4. silky, smooth upper-mids
5. muscular yet tuneful bass
6. Diana Krall

Michael Jones, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

7 - S&M spikes for the underside of your turntable/speakers/etc.

snoball, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:34 (eighteen years ago)

8 - Flim & The BB's

dad a, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

9 Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
10 Steely Dan

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:39 (eighteen years ago)

11 Achromat acrylic turntable mats

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:39 (eighteen years ago)

12 - MONSTER CABLES and/or wire coathangers

snoball, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

13. Schoolly D

Noodle Vague, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

14 - "bi-amping your cabs"

snoball, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

(i think monster cable isn't considered that good in audiophile circles, i think they think it is a ripoff...i mentioned it at a stereo store and the guy said it was overpriced and not any better than standard stuff)

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:45 (eighteen years ago)

(basically, if you can buy it at Best Buy they think it sucks)

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:45 (eighteen years ago)

15 - (xpost) arguing that rival cliques of audiophiles "know nothing"
16 - big knobs to fondle http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SLVR_RCK_SGNTR&Category_Code=

snoball, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

17. http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/_images_maninchair.jpg

LOL GOTHS

Noodle Vague, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

dude, $1080 rca cables. woot!
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RAM&Product_Code=ACT_SIGN_A

sexyDancer, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

ok that's crazy as fuck

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 21 March 2008 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

18. how heavy their platter is now.

ian, Friday, 21 March 2008 20:49 (eighteen years ago)

19. triangulation/imaging

matinee, Friday, 21 March 2008 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://www.tapeproject.com/

brownie, Thursday, 3 November 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

20. vacuum tubes a.k.a. valves

Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Thursday, 3 November 2011 18:59 (fourteen years ago)


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