Just surfing on the net, watching those nice pics. After listening a couple of cassette tapes, now I'm convinced that I really need to replace my actual speakers for a 3 way large speakers, suitable for analogue sound and perfect for my 1982 #Pioneer amplifier! #MusicLover#HiFi
Here's the deal: I have too many #cassette decks and I want to give one away, along with 20 cassettes.
Why? I love the format, I love the ritual, I love the analogue warmth, and I love introducing people to what tape sounds like on a really good #hifi deck. The fully serviced Sony 3 head Dolby S deck has a headphone socket, so you won't even need an amp or speakers.
#UK only (sorry) and all you need to do is reply with what you want to play on it and I'll pick one.
A friend came over yesterday and was incredulous to learn that I've swapped out my expensive #hifi gear for a late 70s all-in-one Panasonic music centre.
The truth is, I'm now listening to and enjoying more #music on #cassette and #vinyl than I have in a long time.
Alan Parsons has a theory and it feels like he may be onto something:
"Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment”
Even if you are not, please boost so more people can see this ❤️
In short, I need a couple of loudspeakers.
Context: since I have so many vinyls and CDs at home I decided to build a simple hi-fi system just for them (like if it was the 2000s 🙃)
I’ve found a second hand Denon avr1708 and a CD player, and I already had a ~10 years old record player. Now I just need a couple of loudspeakers but I literally have 0 idea how to choose one. I just read some infos about ohms and watts but that’s all. I’m also not much an audio expert so I don’t know which kind of “sound” should I be looking for in a speaker.
If you could suggest some specific speaker I would appreciate it, but since I’d prefer to find something second hand I’d rather like tips about what to look in a speaker, also some dos and donts when buying them second hand
What’s the bookshelf speaker equivalent of Sony MDR-7506s or Shure SE215s? JBL 4312s with roots back to 1968? Sony SS-SC5 from 2014? Jones’ 2016 Elac Debut or earlier 2012 Pioneer BS22? Klipsch R series?
Should be:
cheap as possible while not crap
old enough that most folks know of it
given above, it should be a common reference point when comparing other models
Received my 3$ #Bluetooth receiver adapter now, plugged it into the old JVC #HiFi system… holy crap it works great!
Wirelessly streaming webradios to that 240-watts analog sound system with #GNOME's Bluetooth settings & @haeckerfelix's "Shortwave" app is the practical cyberpunk future I didn't know I needed!
The app is only missing the ability to auto-switch between preferred PipeWire output devices at runtime (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave/-/issues/547) and it'll be… Chef's Kiss 👌️
I like how this #AliExpress vendor considers their dirt-cheap #Bluetooth audio receiver (to retrofit on analog home #HiFi sound systems) so good that there is a picture of a man crying tears of joy… while wearing headphones 😂️ Clearly a product meant for the #audiophile!
Good day all! I'm pretty busy just at the moment, but I thought audiophiles (as well as regular people) would find this an interesting read or listen. Steven told me about it.
"He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
Ken Fritz turned his home into an audiophile’s dream — the world’s greatest hi-fi. What would it mean in the end?"
One of the fun parts about getting into a new hobby is being able to take a new look at established trends and question the need. Case in point, I decided to build a small #hifi system for myself while keeping to a minimum budget. I believe I've done so as it sounds amazing to me, but I do have a few upgrades that I'm waiting on. I attribute this to me being a bit rushed to build something for the holidays and not thinking things through, due to not understanding fully. But I'm satisfied with my last purchases and honestly can't see much more being added on afterwards.
But I have looked at what else I can add and decided it's just not worth it. Specifically a CD player (or CD Transport as some "audiophiles" call them) as well as a tape deck. First, I don't have enough media to warrant either one. Secondly, I already have a record player that I'll eventually upgrade once I build up a proper vinyl collection, so why spend more money on yet more media? I have a dedicated media player, a TIDAL subscription, and I'm quite pleased.
So yeah, I've built up a system from components from AliExpress and Amazon, but it sounds amazing to me and I don't care if I'm not "audiophile" enough for some folks. I do still need a sub just to round things out, and maybe one last amp if I really want to worry about cross-channel contamination, but I don't see that as an issue right now. I think once the new amp and DAC arrive, the next upgrade is some op amps and the sub, but then I'm done. I don't need a 7.1 or Atmos system, nor do I care. I want to be able to disconnect and listen to Bowie, Miles Davis, Florence and the Machine and The Hu when I want to relax. I can stream whatever I don't own, and I don't need to get a new shelving system to hold a bunch of CDs or tapes for bands I may only listen to a few songs from.
Sorry for the novel, I just needed to justify my own thoughts to myself.
Here's my beloved Quad HiFi. Born before DAB and with only 7 FM presets. Limiting these days.
Had a spare #RaspberryPi so stuck Bookworm Lite and VLC on it. Headless on top of the Quad.
Grabbed the stream links from http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk created a VLC playlist for each on a PC. Transferred them to the RPi and created a Dialog to call them using cvlc commands (see pix) from any SSH connected device.
Result, crude but effective. Not really #HiFi but my ears aren't these days ;-)
Je découvre enfin le son cristalin des radios en DAB+ avec ce petit boitier branché sur l'ampli Home cinéma. Pas bcp de radios de grands groupes media comme sur la FM, mais c'est pas plus mal, y'a moins de pubs ! #audio#DAB#hifi
Is there anyone who uses a hardware #hifi component to #stream#music files from a #server or #nas in your network (using protocols like #smb or #upnp#dlna) to your amplifier? If so, what are you using and what are you experiences? I would like to have a chat about this matter and it would be nice to make an overview of different solutions with exact features (and bugs!) because this information is almost impossible to find. #streaming
Popped into Fopp earlier. The price of vinyl is at the taking the Michael level now. Single vinyl albums at £35- £45. CD's at £18. And yet I could buy Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on CD for £5 (I didn't as I have it on Sacd) #vinyl#CostOfLiving
And it's a con. The nonsense that the analogue signal is smoother and richer is just bollocks. You'd have to have superhuman hearing to detect the difference.
I have a vintage German radio from around the 60s. It has this plug labeled as the mic input. Does anyone know where I can find a suitable mic for it or a cable I could use to connect a mic to it? #VintageHifi#hifi
Sure, music streaming services are easy and nice to have. But still: putting on a #CD to listen in my #vintage#hifi set gives a tactical sensation that streaming services will never capture or deliver.