Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

[Martynt74]

Bear in mind regardless of any EQing whether in software or on hardware, the Tidal copy of any given song is almost certainly going to sound better regardless because the original master or Tidal remaster is just higher quality in the first place. There are numerous examples of this, like want you back by Jackson 5, on Spotify the exact same release sounds compressed or lower quality than the Tidal version which points to the Tidal source master being of a higher grade rather than the fact that it's being streamed lossless - And when not streaming on the desktop app you aren't actually streaming lossless as Android and iOS do internal resampling of the lossless stream, so you aren't actually hearing lossless audio on these ecosystems. Android is the only exception where if you plug in a USB DAC then you can tell Tidal to connect directly to the DAC and then the lossless file is sent direct for bit-perfect transmission like it does on Windows when connected to a DAC/Amp and enable Exclusive mode.

So yeah whilst the idea is to have the purest output which is 1:1 to the original master, this is only possible under specific conditions. All other times it will be resampled by the device OS. It's not a huge deal though as humans won't be able to hear the difference between the resampled version and the 1:1 lossless version on Tidal - Just the quality of the source master is what matters most.


I faved a few podcasts on spotify to listen in the car but ended up mostly listening to youtube as my car stereo runs Android and I have YT premium so the little floating window can be used to "listen" in the BG over the satnav lol. The rest of the features or spotify are much of a muchness, the AI DJ X thing was nice, but not something I will sorely miss as Tidal's recommendation system seems good too though not its own DJ so to speak. So far everything on Spotify is also on Tidal but in FLAC, in 24 hours I have streamed over 10GB of Tidal music lol.

You and your mainstream taste. Out of the 500 “free” tracks brought over from Spotify i had 13 fail!

Granted 4 were “Spotify sessions” so I’ll let those off!

 

[mrk]

I think you will find mine are far from mainstream

41 failed for me out of over 3000 and many were spotify releases or songs actually removed from spotify by the artist which means they would be gone from other platforms too.

 

[Martynt74]

So far everything on Spotify is also on Tidal but in FLAC, in 24 hours I have streamed over 10GB of Tidal music lol.

So not everything then

 

[Raymond Lin]

I even made a kettle lead, I went to B&Q got some heavy gauge cable, some nice plugs and a IEC. It doesn't make any difference but I love how industrial look it is lol

 

[mrk]

So not everything then

You know what I meant!

I even made a kettle lead, I went to B&Q got some heavy gauge cable, some nice plugs and a IEC. It doesn't make any difference but I love how industrial look it is lol

Is this photo reversed???? The neg (blue) terminal is supposed to be on the left not right!

 

[Raymond Lin]

You know what I meant!


Is this photo reversed???? The neg (blue) terminal is supposed to be on the left not right!

No, it's correct as is.

Looking down from the back.

 

[Armageus]

I even made a kettle lead, I went to B&Q got some heavy gauge cable, some nice plugs and a IEC. It doesn't make any difference but I love how industrial look it is lol

How much did that cost? If Russ Andrews can sell them, I'm sure there is a market for Raymond Lin Audio cables

 

[mrk]

Oh yes sorry my mind is always in the POV perspective, muscle memory is when the top cove ris off looking at it not from the underside

 

[Raymond Lin]

How much did that cost? If Russ Andrews can sell them, I'm sure there is a market for Raymond Lin Audio cables

Not much, may be £10-12 total? the Plug and cable were B&Q, I picked up the IEC online because I couldn't find one in B&Q.

That was what made me made it! RA charging like £200+ for the same thing!

 

[mrk]

Remember if you do go into business then also add a "magnetic isolator" ring on the cable which audiophiles can move up and down the cable to adjust the level of interference from outside factors. They will be lining up to buy it.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Remember if you do go into business then also add a "magnetic isolator" ring on the cable which audiophiles can move up and down the cable to adjust the level of interference from outside factors. They will be lining up to buy it.

Here you go, how's £999 sound?

edit - Actually that looks quite good, I might leave it on lol. Perhaps put it in my rice cooker or espresso machine just for a laugh.

 

[NickK]

Remember if you do go into business then also add a "magnetic isolator" ring on the cable which audiophiles can move up and down the cable to adjust the level of interference from outside factors. They will be lining up to buy it.

Just add an astrology chart to the outside of the ring..

 

[mrk]

New speakers, arrived 30 mins before the new buyer for my old ones came to collect them lol.

B&W 707 S3:

 

[V_R]

After many, many, many arguments with the silicone gun and different tools.

A bit of research suggested these. Well, it’s one of the most effective tools I’ve ever bought!

Another vote for these, very good, well worth the money.

 

[Raymond Lin]

New speakers, arrived 30 mins before the new buyer for my old ones came to collect them lol.

B&W 707 S3:

You sure you don't want to buy my newly released RL Powercord to elevate your audio experience??

RL Powercords build on the already exceptional performance of the PowerKords, offering the most advanced technology in our range of mains cables. The result of extensive research into Radio Frequency Rejection, RL Powercords incorporate intricate passive filter networks to improve the woven cable design. For more information, read our white paper on Measuring Our RL Powercords.

 

[AndyCr15]

After reading reviews, I went with the Deathadder Hyperspeed.

Maybe it's a placebo, but I did feel like I was playing better with this thing!

 

[mrk]

You sure you don't want to buy my newly released RL Powercord to elevate your audio experience??

RL Powercords build on the already exceptional performance of the PowerKords, offering the most advanced technology in our range of mains cables. The result of extensive research into Radio Frequency Rejection, RL Powercords incorporate intricate passive filter networks to improve the woven cable design. For more information, read our white paper on Measuring Our RL Powercords.

Do I look I know what a JAYPEG is??

After reading reviews, I went with the Deathadder Hyperspeed.

Maybe it's a placebo, but I did feel like I was playing better with this thing!

had this mouse before recently selling it on MM. Great mouse, and yeah it is really ergonomic and the material finish coating is excellent My only hate is the Razer software, it's trivially bloated as always. Thankfully it only needs to be installed once to configure the mouse then I just uninstalled it.

 

[Tephnos]

New speakers, arrived 30 mins before the new buyer for my old ones came to collect them lol.

B&W 707 S3:

WTF?

Okay now give me your KEFs. I regret getting rid of the Q300s.

EDIT: Just read the post. Nooooooooooooo

 

[mrk]

WTF?

Okay now give me your KEFs. I regret getting rid of the Q300s.

EDIT: Just read the post. Nooooooooooooo

Too slow, they're gone!

The bass from these is as good as if not better (tighter, quicker) than the bigger KEFs believe it or not

 

[Tephnos]

Too slow, they're gone!

The bass from these is as good as if not better (tighter, quicker) than the bigger KEFs believe it or not

You didn't even tell me you were getting rid of your 'forever' Q300s!

I am not a fan of the B&W house sound at all.