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The trouble with audiophile gear is that it is really a scam to separate people from their money. I've found that, for me at least, the best deals for music fid
by flyinghamster 12y ago
The trouble with audiophile gear is that it is really a scam to separate people from their money. I've found that, for me at least, the best deals for music fidelity are in studio-type equipment. A good pair of powered mid-field studio monitors and a Focusrite FireWire audio interface gets me sound that would cost $thousands if I bought audiophile-market gear.
Also, there are some interesting audio cards for the Raspberry Pi that are quite reasonable and offer great sound. I've set up an old Model B with the Wolfson card and RuneAudio, and plugged in my monitors. Outstanding sound from a box that cost less than $100.
Audio is engineering, not magic. Sure, people can spend big bucks on AudioQuest cables with Extra Bling, but I'm not one of them. I even consider Monster to be a ripoff.
- ugexe 12y agoI'd be surprised if anyone here didn't consider monster brand equipment a ripoff. Thought that was pretty well known, even for non tech people.
- amyjess 12y agoI know somebody who used to buy Monster, but only because he worked at Best Buy (this was years ago: he quit Best Buy in 2007), and his employee discount was so good that he was paying considerably less for Monster than he would've paid for dirt-cheap cables anywhere else. He would show off, too: dude had his apartment wired with Monster outdoor cables, just because he wanted to show off that his employee discount was so good that even a broke-ass college student can afford to buy Monster outdoor cables on it and use them everywhere.