So you think you're a hi-fi buff

[IainC]

No, you're really not.

[Ookii]

I can't decide if this gentleman has too much time or too much money.

[JWIV]

Whut?!  They don't use Monster cables, I call bullshit!

[Signe]

I reckon that since he's a drummer, he's bass deaf and that's why he needs a subwoofer that'll shake his house off it's foundation. 

[Salamok]

I reckon that since he's a drummer, he's bass deaf and that's why he needs a subwoofer that'll shake his house off it's foundation. 

 
I was kind of wondering what the benefit was of having a snare drum in the same room as all earth shaking bass.

[photek]

I always wanted to say this on the internet in a matter it makes sense :

What the fuck ?

[Fraeg]

I reckon that since he's a drummer, he's bass deaf and that's why he needs a subwoofer that'll shake his house off it's foundation. 

 
I was kind of wondering what the benefit was of having a snare drum in the same room as all earth shaking bass.

as in the snare buzz you hear when it isn't being played but there is loud bass present?  you disengage the springs that would cause the buzz

[CharlieMopps]

He has no idea what he's talking about. 160db isn't going to shake your house appart.  Look at that crappy plywood he used to mount the actual drivers. Pffft... He should have used concrete. That entire thing is worthless.

[Arnold]

No, you're really not.

Being a guitar player who has access to the internet, I've bought into a lot of electronic Kool Aid.  Yeah, there's some good stuff out there, but most of it is just a rehashing of old crap that's already out there in a "boutique" disguise, or just utter crap with the emperors new clothes.  From my experience, most "Audiophiles", if they are like guitar players, are just into bragging about how much they shelled out for stuff that sounds little better than most of the other stuff on the market.

[Righ]

Fairly crass generalizations there. Audiophiles are simply people who appreciate good sound. Guitar players are simply people who play guitars. Disparaging people for what they choose to spend their money on is as unattractive as boasting about it.

[stray]

I'd admit to being a bit of a tonefreak (guitars) myself. Seriously dysfunctional really. 

But I like it.

[Arnold]

Fairly crass generalizations there. Audiophiles are simply people who appreciate good sound. Guitar players are simply people who play guitars. Disparaging people for what they choose to spend their money on is as unattractive as boasting about it.

No, it's exactly the same.  Notice how Stray calls himself a "tonefreak".  It's a very common thing with guitar players.  They will spend huge amounts of money to get a "godlike tone".  They are constantly upgrading, swapping around or testing out new/different equipment in the never ending search for something that is very elusive.

[Sky]

Yeah, tone freaks are like audiophiles. For me, as long as it doesn't sound like total shit, I'm good. I played bass professionally through a really odd (cheap) stack but got a great tone out of it (when it was played on ten, heh), even though my bass still has shitty pickups.

Now I'm a bit pickier, still trying to find a decent sound with my new(ish) Fender amp, probably just need a little overdrive pedal or something. It's almost good enough alone, though I don't really play it loud enough to overdrive well naturally. Thinking of the Fulltone Fulldrive2 for overdrive, looks like a nicely built unit. I'll probably get a decent wah at some point, I use them for way more than waka-waka, good for tone shaping and doing flange sweep type stuff without dicking with sweep depth timers and whatnot. Either the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe or the simpler Dimebag Crybaby from Hell.

For now my Boss GT6 makes decent enough sounds, but they're not perfect and it takes a lot of dicking around to learn the unit :)

Hey, is this the guitar thread?

[Venkman]

I can appreciate a good set of audio equipment like the next audiotechno geek. But I'd be very curious to see if I could hear a difference between this big ass project and just a well designed and equipped normal room using horn speakers and tube amps. This stuff only matters to me personally when I can hear a difference. Otherwise it is as useful as bragging rights (which do matter at that level of investment, just not to me).

[Arnold]

Yeah, tone freaks are like audiophiles. For me, as long as it doesn't sound like total shit, I'm good. I played bass professionally through a really odd (cheap) stack but got a great tone out of it (when it was played on ten, heh), even though my bass still has shitty pickups.

Now I'm a bit pickier, still trying to find a decent sound with my new(ish) Fender amp, probably just need a little overdrive pedal or something. It's almost good enough alone, though I don't really play it loud enough to overdrive well naturally. Thinking of the Fulltone Fulldrive2 for overdrive, looks like a nicely built unit. I'll probably get a decent wah at some point, I use them for way more than waka-waka, good for tone shaping and doing flange sweep type stuff without dicking with sweep depth timers and whatnot. Either the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe or the simpler Dimebag Crybaby from Hell.

For now my Boss GT6 makes decent enough sounds, but they're not perfect and it takes a lot of dicking around to learn the unit :)

Hey, is this the guitar thread?

I like non-switching wahs.  I had the original Morley NSW, but I switched to the Bad Horsie II, which is a lot better.