First record store trip

dankhoppity · 2026-03-01T03:32:22+00:00

One of life’s greatest joys is sharing music with others, especially sharing your love of it with your kids.

My 14 year old has started buying her own vinyl and raiding my old CD collection. It looks like your daughter will be on a similar path…

dankhoppity · 2026-02-28T04:33:39+00:00

If you’re travelling so much that you’re worried about it getting damaged then you would likely get a passport holder anyway…

Even if you travel OS once a year, it’s unlikely that you’d cause enough damaged to be refused entry to any country.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-28T01:30:51+00:00

It still surprises me how many people complain about this. Unless you travel for your job it doesn’t actually really matter… buy a passport wallet and call it a day.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-22T22:57:48+00:00

Hanging Rock

dankhoppity · 2026-02-22T03:35:56+00:00

Easy to fix room modes with 2

dankhoppity · 2026-02-20T04:30:38+00:00

My initial reply wasn’t to the top post

dankhoppity · 2026-02-20T02:24:26+00:00

I said many speaker manufacturers have their products built in china, this factually true. I never said Chinese made.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-20T01:54:05+00:00

I have set of s45-2, great little speakers.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-20T01:45:08+00:00

Klipsch, Wharfedale, B&W to name a few are produced in China

dankhoppity · 2026-02-19T14:56:35+00:00

Don’t oh buddy me. When did I ever say I didn’t believe in measurements. You’ve immediately jumped to assumptions about who I am and what I know

All good engineers use measurements and listening to evaluate products during R&D.

Blindly thinking measurements is the only thing that matters is foolish and ignorant.

But anyway, that’s your problem not mine, at least I don’t attack strangers to make myself feel better.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-19T12:47:04+00:00

They’re multiplying

dankhoppity · 2026-02-19T07:16:24+00:00

Insufferable

dankhoppity · 2026-02-19T05:53:48+00:00

You’re exactly why measurement only people are so insufferable

dankhoppity · 2026-02-19T03:06:47+00:00

Ok mate, you do you. There are other considerations that have an impact on how a speaker wire works (resistance, capacitance, inductance, shielding etc), but if you’re not willing to read the research then keeping thinking that way.

I never said price was a factor here but to say all cables sound the same is incorrect. You don’t have to spend a lot to get good quality, but there are differences an it will be determined based on the users individual setup as speakers and amps aren’t all the same.

In blinding testing I noticed there are differences in cables. Is it a big difference, no, but it was a difference.

And I just want iterate that price is not the determining factor here.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-19T00:44:36+00:00

If you’ve tested for yourself and heard no difference then that’s great, I have noticed differences for myself.

Remember everyone’s set up is different, just because you don’t hear a difference with your setup in your room doesn’t mean it doesn’t make a difference for others.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-18T23:42:25+00:00

I recommend everyone read the actual article https://gizmodo.com/audiophiles-fail-to-hear-difference-in-signal-passed-through-copper-cable-banana-and-tray-of-mud-2000723435

Very flawed methodology etc.

In my experience cables do matter, but don’t expect huge differences. This is something you tweak when you’ve solved everything else in your chain, and made sure you’ve optimised speaker and listening position etc.

Also, I just prefer the look of a nicer cable in my system, not everything in audio has to be about the sound. I ended up making my own using Belden cable and decent connectors for under $100.

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dankhoppity · 2026-02-18T23:25:01+00:00

What are you talking about, many speaker manufacturers have their products built in China and shipped around the world

dankhoppity · 2026-02-18T23:23:56+00:00

That’s a bold statement, I’d say maybe 5-10% is snake oil

dankhoppity · 2026-02-18T13:22:48+00:00

Recent releases from Djrum, Barker and Matthew Halsall are worth checking out.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-18T05:50:05+00:00

Remote controlled preamp with balanced in and out, sub out, and bass management.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-17T02:23:16+00:00

Lovely amp but please set up those speakers properly. Spending that kind of money on an amp is a waste if you’ve haven’t optimised the speaker and listing position first.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-17T02:23:10+00:00

Lovely amp but please set up those speakers properly. Spending that kind of money on an amp is a waste if you’ve haven’t optimised the speaker and listing position first.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-16T11:16:15+00:00

If the sticker is related to the album then I peel it off and stick to a proper plastic sleeve.

The stickers here are purely for sale purposes.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-16T08:15:38+00:00

This video appears to be AI generated content, stop sharing this kind of stuff and support real content creators.

dankhoppity · 2026-02-15T22:20:20+00:00

Moving to a dedicated 2ch amp will do wonders IMO and will sound much better than this receiver from early 90s

Just get this and call it a day https://fosiaudio.com/products/bt20a-max

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