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Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I worked at an online shop for high end audio equipment. It was always both amusing and painful when customers asked about the sound characteristics of various power cables in the price range between $100 and $10,000 that we carried, or the same with USB and optical digital cables. Some came with the firm belief that they needed better power cables to enhance the bass of their setup. They even bought gold plated “audiophile fuses”.

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AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I know a dude who has had me fix 2 separate 800$+ DACS and then listens to only YouTube music rips on his 500$ headphones through the DACS. he swears his 1300$ setup makes a difference on his 128kbps aac YouTube downloads…

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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I am in the wrong goddamn business, I need to be selling $9,000 kettle cords to music morons.

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KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
These people spend a crap ton of money to set up over priced equipment in untreated rooms.

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- Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Some of them even improve their rooms accordingly but are never satisfied.
  
  Some search for the listening experience they had when they were in their twenties and discovered their special music for the first time. They think if they just spend enough money on improving the equipment, the goosebumps of the days of yore will come back automatically.
  
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  - InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Music gives me goosebumps all the time. Even the things I’ve been listening to for over 30 years. I believe it’s a physical thing, not everyone has it. I didn’t know it could go away, at least that’s how I’m reading your last line.
    
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    Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I described it somewhat metaphorically. I also get goosebumps repeatedly and again.
    
    I simply noticed during customer interactions at the hi-fi shop that some people seem to be looking for idealistic audio experiences with a fixed idea of how it should be and believe that’s a technical problem. As if a certain cable or amplifier could solve that.
    
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- Vlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  No need to treat your room when you use headphones. No matter how good a speaker setup is, it always stinks compared to decent headphones for me.
  
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