Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  HugeNerd is correct, 90+% of audio quality is in the mic and speakers. Transducers make electro acoustics real, everything else is support.

  Get really great used speakers cheap and an adequate amp just good enough to drive them. Your shit will sound excellent for anyone.

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, I’d argue the placement and room are an integral part of it as well.

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    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In that sense the room is part of the transducer itself, yes, as the speaker cabinet supports the speaker driver, so do the walls and room size. Think of them as a system.

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      • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Pretty much, and I don’t think my stylish cardboard and wood-shavings condo is going to make expensive Totem Acoustic speakers sound their best… I had a pair of affordable Paradigm floor-standing speakers, but everything sounded hollow. They sounded great in the store, that happened to be a field-stone and timber construction with corner room treatments, etc

        In my dry-wall and toothpick chamber, the sound just bounces around randomly. So then I got rid of the big speakers and got tiny QUAD ones, and that’s all I need. I can of course tell the difference from a premium setup, but I can’t afford a nice home.

        I can also tell Angus steak from grocery-store all-beef hot dogs, but … money.

        Hot dogs it is.

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