Good ears and a good music source.
Audiophile Tool Bingo
I was thinking about how many tools (i.e. gadgets) I have to set up my stereo properly. Maybe we should make an audiophile Bingo game out of the number of these you have!
- Measuring tape
- Voltage meters
- Levels
- Laser levels
- Measurement microphones
- Measurement software
- LP washer
If I give myself 1 point for each, then I score 10. What's your score??
You can add tools, but no tweaks! That is, the tool has to help you set up, it's not something you leave in place, so the following do not count:
- Cable lifters
- Contact enhancers
- Acoustic panels
- Power conditioners
- Interconnects and electronics
- Vibration controlling devices of any sort
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Yes, your ears are the best "gadgets" extant, and are only supplemented by all the gizmos and do-dads. Use of tape measures and lasers help to narrow down things in order to lay down some kind of baseline. Measurements and microphones can "hear" things you can't and still won't be able to after using them simply because we're all deficient (or overly sensitive) in some aspects of the frequency range, so good luck with that. In the end, it will always be your ears that decide. All the best, |
@whart Just what do you magnify?? |
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Helmholtz resonators and diffusers...(straws-bottle-plumbers tubes or cardboard one) My wodden foldable screen for psycho-acoustic use... Concrete block for damping speakers and springs.... Composite platforms...(Bamboo plate-sorbothane-granite plate-cork plate-quartz) Shungite+copper+graphene all along electrical grid or connector or router or electrical box.... Modified grid of Shumann generators.... Ionizers.... Various minerals... SPL meter.... All the rest are simple tools anybody own.... And various cheap materials for passive acoustic treatment including aluminum paper... Empty paper rolls for some resonators... 😊 You can laugh i will smile the last...
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Sorry @mahgister - The judges rule you are out of bounds!! Nothing you leave in place and listen to the effects of for this contest! 😁 Acoustic enhancements are right out. Please accept this gift bag of organic vegetable seeds as a consolation prize. Anything you put in place to improve the sound is not a tool but a component for the sake of this game. |
I accept your rule... 😁😊 A pack of vegetable seeds nowadays is a very good price.... Thanks.... It seems almost all my only non trivial tools were a SPL meter and my ears.... i was waiting to be excluded with a smile...And you did it.... Your threads are always interesting by the way..... My deepest respect to you...
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Various lights USB Microscope Dr Feikert NG protractor DB Systems protractor Bullseye level 4 foot bubble level Metric and imperial hex wrenches Micro screwdriver set Caliper Dial gauge indicator (micrometer) Pressure Gauge Multimeter Capacitance Meter Air gun SPL Meter Calibrated Microphone Laser distance measure Probably some other stuff I'm forgetting |
..degasser? Doughnuts? Fiendishly black coffee? Adult 'enhancements'? (NO, not That one...not in 'The One' chair, anyway....) A NANO screen large enough to show the tonsils of the soprano? ....headphones that laminate themselves to your head, forced bingelistens to a playlist that unwinds into tomorrow...and beyond...? I really need to write screenplays....make a fortune selling popcorn/barf bags.....😏 |
Fun thread @erik_squires Did anyone else mention a level? Every time I get new or change speaker locations, it’s the first thing I reach for. JD |
@vinylzone What do you use the air gun for exactly? |
@jond Dusting. shelves, equipment and TTs mostly. Sometimes thrift store or yard sale records before going on the record vac and ultrasonic cleaner.
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Beer for my horses Syringe for oil change in TT bearing Jewelers loupe for stylus Maybe a USB microscope Shelving for records Record cleaner CD cabinet storage Computer/ Hard drive for storing my FLAC library Tube Tester Electric sniffer (Beeps when electricity is present) Great for checking AC cords Listening chair |
