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Cheap to Audiophile with Simple Hacks
petertrog writes "The IEEE has a story showing how you can turn a cheap DVD player into something that sounds a whole lot more exotic. All you need is a small budget, a soldering iron and a desire to void your warranty."
Yay, electronic ricers.
Nooo, you need MONSTER CABLES for the best quality! Aahhh, your signal!!
Nuts, from what I've heard.
All you need is a small budget, a soldering iron and a desire to void your warranty.
Small budget - After getting a new computer, I have that
A soldering iron - Oh yeah, I've got that
And a desire to void your warranty - My desire to void my warranty has never been greater...
Even better speakers.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
This from a guy running a blog named Silly Life.
Man, this is racy stuff. When I read the first line:
When those of us who are into "gadget porn" look at the latest state-of-the-art home entertainment gear
I didn't know what he was talking about until I got a little further:
Taking the modification yet further, you can also replace both of the X-rated capacitors
...Gaurenteed oxygen free, is the only material to make speaker wires from; unless youre really high end, and buy the solid gold, 4AWG, rope lay, speaker wires. ...And if you have that kind of discerning ear, and money to back it, have I got a system to sell you... ..and some really good swamp, I mean, lakefront property to sell...
Truth isn't Truth - Guliani
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. --E. W. Dijkstra
You just managed to repeat exactly what the article said.
It's okay. Most slashdotters read comments, not TFA.
But can he tell me how to build a filter to add distortion so it sounds like the "sweet, sweet" sound of a $20,000 tube amplifier?
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Yet your time isn't too valuable to post to Slashdot about how valuable your time is.
Foot...meet mouth.
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
The author of the article bought his original DVD player for $100. You would rather buy "the high-end at 10x the price and save 100x in the cost of [your] time", meaning that you would spend $1,000 to buy a better player.
Let's assume that this project would take someone who is completely new to the subject 10 hours to complete. You, on the other hand, being smart enough to justify the high price of your time, can probably perform this upgrade in 5 hours (I'm assuming/being fairly conservative). Then, in order to save "100x in the cost" by buying a better player, your 5 hours must be worth $11,000. This means that you effectively make $2,200 an hour.
I appreciate your "insightful" post Mr. Gates, but you are not welcome here.
Mmmm, goes best with a jar of staple sauce.
For God's sake there are children reading - must we discuss audiophillia on slashdot??
So wait, you're going to replace a toslink cable with a coat hanger?
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You're going to replace a toslink.... fiber optic... cable, with a.. coat hanger?
*head explodes*
yeah, but if you lower the ESR too much, then that leads to leakage of weird, malformed RMS spikes at high current.
... and then they built the supercollider.
"ascetics can be important"
Thats bloody inhumane..making speakers out of monks.
Ascetic:A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.
I think the word you were looking for was Aesthetics
Next time just use "looks" maybe?
I can put my dad and my mom in front of my stereo system and they can tell the difference. They are the first ones to complain that they wouldn't be able to hear a difference so why waste money. Then all of a sudden they are talking about how clear it sounds. Girlfriend was the same.
Yes, but did they actually care?
Malike Bamiyi wanted my assistance.
Congratulations, you are sufficiently inept that you can't do a controlled experiment. This qualifies you to buy very expensive things that are no better than the cheap generic equivalents. As our grand prize winner you will never even notice that other people get more for their money, leaving you permanently frustrated as to how your salary never seems to stretch far enough.
When you die, wine merchants, hi fi salesmen and car dealers will all send cheap flowers that look expensive, and advertisements cunningly disguised as memorials.