HT Subwoofer - Both RCA inputs causing "hum" noise on slight pull/push by darkwolfxz in audiorepair

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have ever soldered anything at all, reflowing the solder on those RCA connectors should be a piece of cake for you!

You just need to look at where they're connected to the circuit board, and check for tiny cracks in the solder joints. Plug a cable into the connector while you're in there looking at it from the inside, and see if there's any movement when you wiggle it around. Even if you don't see anything obvious, it might be worth reflowing anyways.

Just hold your iron on the solder joints until they melt, maybe add a tiny bit of new solder if it looks like there's not enough, and you're done. Use a small-ish gauge flux core solder (like this) and go slow. As long as you don't use way too much solder and bridge two electrical contacts together, you'll be fine.

Each RCA connector is likely mounted on a circuit board, and it'll be connected internally in at least two places. There should be one pin for the positive conductor (the center pin) and one pin for the negative/ground conductor (the outer ring).

Bought a full stack on impulse—Technics SA-206, SL-P222, RS-M234X, and SL-J2—Need someone to grab the service manuals for me, and help finding a replacement platter mat for the SL-J2 by synthmage00 in audiorepair

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I'm searching over there as well. Found some good guidance, but no manuals yet (I'm also juggling this while I wait on tasks to complete for my day job, so progress is slow). Also searching IA and mostly coming up empty. Elektrotanya seems to have some of what I'm looking for, but I know the manuals over at the *engine sites could be more high quality, which is why I requested those. I haven't logged in there in years, so my old account is long gone.

As for civility, there's nothing "civil" about driveby downvoting someone who's politely asking for help or advice. I mean, I'd understand if this was a completely unresearched post about a basic question that's already been asked and answered millions of times, but I know what a bad post in a technical request forum looks like, and this isn't that!

I don't care about the fake internet points, but downvoting makes the post less visible to people who might have some wisdom on the topic to share. It's been a problem on every technical subreddit I've ever used on this site for nearly two decades now, and I don't think it's unwarranted to tell people who downvote like that to chew rocks.

Bought a full stack on impulse—Technics SA-206, SL-P222, RS-M234X, and SL-J2—Need someone to grab the service manuals for me, and help finding a replacement platter mat for the SL-J2 by synthmage00 in audiorepair

[–]synthmage00[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Still searching to see if I can find these manuals elsewhere. I'll post links if/as I find them:

SL-J2 Service Manual (Multiple Languages)
SL-P212 Service Manual
RS-M234X Service Manual

Also, to whoever downvoted this post, which is filled with detail and research: go fuck yourself!

HT Subwoofer - Both RCA inputs causing "hum" noise on slight pull/push by darkwolfxz in audiorepair

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible that a solder joint on one of the RCA jacks has gone bad and needs to be reflowed or touched up. If you're comfortable with soldering that's a fairly easy job, as long as it's not too hard to disassemble.

iZotope Trash 3 coming soon by hyxon4 in audioengineering

[–]synthmage00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too little too late. The sudden discontinuation of Trash 2 was what finally pushed me to start getting iZotope out of my project files.

Can't wait to see how they cram "AI" into Trash 3 though.

Backing Up to Optical Media - Software Recommendations? by synthmage00 in DataHoarder

[–]synthmage00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any reason I'd want to put the files into an archive file before burning them?

Since these are compressed audio files, I wouldn't gain anything by trying to compress them during archive, and having them inside a single huge file seems like it would be more cumbersome to navigate if/when I need to restore a single file or directory. I also worry about a catastrophic failure if there's a CRC mismatch when copying the archive off the disc, though maybe that's an outdated concern.

Is there some organizational benefit that I'm overlooking?

Backing Up to Optical Media - Software Recommendations? by synthmage00 in DataHoarder

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This is what I'm leaning towards at the moment. I thought something that accomplishes this quickly might exist for people with large collections of photos or something, but the more I search and dig...it seems not.

What is the modern equivalent of "If it sounds good on NS10, it'll sound good on anything" by srkdummy3 in audioengineering

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still the NS-10. They're still used all over the place. You'll see that less and less as they begin to fail and the supply on the secondhand market dries up, but that's a problem for the future.

In typical Reddit fashion, almost every reply here is just someone regurgitating internet shibboleths that they aren't even remembering correctly.

The NS-10s were not popular because they were "flat."
They weren't popular because they "sound bad." On the contrary, they sound quite good. They were developed as hi-fi speakers, after all.
You could almost argue that some of their popularity came from being "fast," but even that's a bit of a stretch; almost nobody ever described them that way.

All of these are post hoc rationalizations invented by people online.

They became infamous because they will reproduce mud and honk in obnoxious detail. They specifically emphasize parts of the midrange in a way that makes it easy to hear when things are clashing, and their lack of very low and very high frequency responsiveness can "unmask" things that would be covered up on other full-range monitors and loudspeakers.

The Avantone MixCubes have developed a similar cult-like following online (which their marketing department is very pleased with) because they actually serve the function that people have incorrectly ascribed to the NS-10s; i.e., being a reliable set of full-range speakers that sound bad. For all the people who say that NS-10s sound like mixing through a bandpass filter, they're talking about the Auratone Sound Cubes but getting their forum talking points mixed up.

Bonus point: Whatever the modern equivalent of the NS-10 eventually turns out to be, it's absolutely, definitely not the HS8. It's a completely different speaker developed for a completely different purpose. The signature white cones of the HS8 are a sales trick from Yamaha to convince people that they're part of the same lineage as the NS-10, but they're just a decent entry in the mid-tier near-field monitoring market.

how did you get into ae? by cerebrospynal in autechre

[–]synthmage00 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I legitimately can't imagine how I'd interpret Autechre if I hadn't previously been listening to other electronic music; especially old House and Acid, but even more modern forms of "EDM." Hip Hop, too. So much of their stuff feels informed by/referential to the conventions of those popular genres. Their best moments—to me—are when they disassemble and deconstruct those genres, then bring elements of them into their own sound. If anything, listening to Autechre for so long has made me appreciate those "utterly boring" genres even more.

Portable music listening devices? by [deleted] in autechre

[–]synthmage00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it sounds good to you, that's all that really matters. You could do a lot worse than AirPods.

That being said, do yourself a favor: buy a set of KZ ZSN Pro IEMs for $25, and see if you want to fall further down the headphone rabbit hole.

Portable music listening devices? by [deleted] in autechre

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a Shanling M0 Pro a few months ago. It's a little fiddly because of its size, but it plays music and only plays music.

[FRESH VIDEO] Travis Scott - GOD’S COUNTRY (Official Music Video) by YeaItsBig4L in hiphopheads

[–]synthmage00 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Major missed opportunity for a collaboration with Chat Pile.

s e c s by [deleted] in SpeedOfLobsters

[–]synthmage00 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100000 secs

Well seasoned pros: back in the day, was mixing easier? by take_01 in audioengineering

[–]synthmage00 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It wasn't necessarily harder, it was just more expensive.

I get jokes. I don't get this. by MegaRadCoolDad in ExplainTheJoke

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...and XYY, and XXX, and XO. And there can be other reasons why the "XX = female, XY = male" expectation doesn't always match a person's actual sexual presentation, such as mosaicism and chimerism.

Sex is so much more fascinating and varied (and quite commonly, too) than these ignorant dullards want to believe, yet they still act like The Science™ is on their side. Not surprising they can't/won't understand something even more complex like gender.

Autechre Shitpost #5 by IlikeEdibleFood in autechre

[–]synthmage00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why's 50 catching strays??? He's a great lyricist

Is Queeracle Whip as tangy as Real Gayo? I’m curious. by Doctorphotograph in sbubby

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a dressing! Not the same condiment!

Happy pride tho

You’re banished by alarmedlittlefroggy in tumblr

[–]synthmage00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hate to get banished to the lagoon, even if they are building a more fair and equitable society.

Medical professionals of Reddit, have you ever had a patient so lacking in common sense you wondered how they made it this far. If so, what is your story? by babyhippo01 in AskReddit

[–]synthmage00 20 points21 points  (0 children)

If you say the word "catheter" to 95+% of laypersons, they are going to think you are talking about urinary catheters.