Audiophile Thread

Holy schiit, holographics made an appearance in a big way. :D

Edit: let me be more clear. I'm talking about the imaging. The imaging just got 3D in a very big way, so much so that it made me laugh.

Listening to the same album today, the imaging has held up, though it was somewhat exaggerated yesterday and is dialed back a bit now.
 
Listening to the same album today, the imaging has held up, though it was somewhat exaggerated yesterday and is dialed back a bit now.

I am quite interested in your impressions, although not so much related to the particular device, component, or cable. Rather, similar alterations or iterations within my system have had similar effects. Of course, I mentioned before that putting several cases of record spines behind one of the speakers seemed to click in the imaging in a significant way.

The TEO liquid ICs made a substantial change, as well. I had heard that they sound spectacular out of the box, and indeed they did. I heard that there was a dramatic drop-off in tonality and imaging at about the 25-hour mark, but to keep the faith regardless, as they would blossom again at about 80 to 90 hours. It seems ridiculous, I know, but they did perform exactly as suggested.

Part of what I consider revelatory is that others had called (in advance) the phenomena, and my listening experience substantiated the effect. It was like I was vaguely listening, and I thought "I'm hearing more into the music again! This is great!" The excitement came rushing back.

Part of what I consider revelatory is that this harkens back to the UFO phenomena. We would not necessarily acknowledge first causes even if we were to run into them headlong. They seem weird and frightening at first, and then comes the epiphany....

No drogas were used or harmed in the delivery of the above statement.
 
I am quite interested in your impressions, although not so much related to the particular device, component, or cable. Rather, similar alterations or iterations within my system have had similar effects. Of course, I mentioned before that putting several cases of record spines behind one of the speakers seemed to click in the imaging in a significant way.

The TEO liquid ICs made a substantial change, as well. I had heard that they sound spectacular out of the box, and indeed they did. I heard that there was a dramatic drop-off in tonality and imaging at about the 25-hour mark, but to keep the faith regardless, as they would blossom again at about 80 to 90 hours. It seems ridiculous, I know, but they did perform exactly as suggested.

Part of what I consider revelatory is that others had called (in advance) the phenomena, and my listening experience substantiated the effect. It was like I was vaguely listening, and I thought "I'm hearing more into the music again! This is great!" The excitement came rushing back.

Part of what I consider revelatory is that this harkens back to the UFO phenomena. We would not necessarily acknowledge first causes even if we were to run into them headlong. They seem weird and frightening at first, and then comes the epiphany....

No drogas were used or harmed in the delivery of the above statement.

I'm not saying that your truth is invalid. But for me personally, I still don't see what is in the physical makeup of a wire that would cause burn in/break in effects.

I can't deny, though, that yesterday I was listening to an album and that about a third of the way in the imaging became very 3D in a way that was unmistakable and persisted until I went to bed. Today the imaging is still very holographic, but like I said, less intense.

Edit: well, in any case, if the Absolute Sound article I linked to is to be believed, break in takes about 6 or 7 days for USB cables, so I'll "know" soon enough what the final sound will be.
 
^ I don't even look back there anymore.

P. S. That carpet should have been changed out back in the 70s.
 
^ I don't even look back there anymore.

P. S. That carpet should have been changed out back in the 70s.

He can't afford to change the carpet, spent all his money on gear.

He eats ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner, too. Fortunately his health insurance pays for the gastroenterologist.
 
Update: my system with the Oyaide Class A cable is now more bassy. I confirmed it on two different albums I heard yesterday.

The Bifrost DAC has very good bass, and I had noted that the bass had seemed lessened earlier with the Oyaide cable, but now it's very noticeably back.
 
Has it been 6 to 7 days yet? When does that transpire?
I got it on Thursday, so that would be 4 days not counting Thursday.

Something that is unclear to me if the 7 days is counted with music playing 24/7. The Absolute Sound article doesn't mention that part. If it's warm up with just the cable being connected, then it's 7 days. Otherwise it would be considerably longer, because I'm not going to leave my computer and system playing music all day and night.

Also, the extreme brightness is now gone.
 

This is an interview podcast (there are two parts) that Chris Connaker, the Computer Audiophile did with Chad Kassem, founder of vinyl reissue company Acoustic Sounds.

I have zero interest in records, but Kassem is such an interesting person, a salt of the earth no BS type of guy, that I found the two episodes very entertaining to listen to.
 
One thing I can say about the interaction of this cable and my DAC: when I first got this DAC, it was very mellow and laid-back with everything. With this cable, it sounds laid-back if the music is that way and it sounds aggressive if the music is aggressive.
 
It's been a week since I put the Oyaide Class A USB cable in my system, so presumably it's reached its final state. I guess it could change further, but whatever.

Compared to my Schiit PYST USB cable, the Oyaide is a little brighter than I'd like. I'd call the PYST mid-centric with a warmish tone. The Oyaide is perfectly neutral, which is brighter than I'm used to. That's the only drawback, because the resolution, imaging and soundstage are all superior to the PYST. Especially the resolution, which I'm getting used to but was astonishing at first.

I'm keeping the Oyaide cable.
 
An indie band from the 80s (Love And Rockets) can make an analog recorded album that blows away the sound quality of a digital album recorded by a rich, successful band (Tool) in the 21st century.
 

I had a few of those MoFi cassettes, tyvm.

I remember purchasing a prerecorded cassette of Procol Harum's Shine On Brightly. I thought I was the king of the world.

That was until I played it. I recall my horror at listening to it, and realizing that it was basically the eight-track version of the recording on cassette, with an awful fadeout in the middle of "In Held 'Twas in I" and seconds later a fade-in at roughly the same place. I was aghast.

I remember shaking my fists in the air, and shouting into the void...

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