muelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoIn a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mudwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1714arrow-down110
arrow-up1704arrow-down1external-linkIn a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mudwww.tomshardware.commuelltonne@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoI listen to QUAD 77-11L speakers from like a lifetime ago, and a cheap class-D thing from Aliexpress. It’s fine.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 hours agoHugeNerd 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.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoWell, I’d argue the placement and room are an integral part of it as well.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoIn 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.
I listen to QUAD 77-11L speakers from like a lifetime ago, and a cheap class-D thing from Aliexpress. It’s fine.
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.
Well, I’d argue the placement and room are an integral part of it as well.
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.