The Most Audiophool Thing You Own

[BelgianJoey]

I have an Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt. When my experience with the thing was not that stellar as anticipated from almost all reviews I stumbled upon Amir’s measurements and “the vail got lifted” - I had been fooled. I never used it since.
I’m still happy with the ”Dragontail” that was in the box - a USB-A female to USB-C male connector - which I now use to connect my iPad to a RME DAC.

 

[egellings]

Athena Polyphasor! This was a box that you connected between the amp outputs and the speakers to perform some sort of magic on the sound. Was bullshitted into thinking I heard an improvement, but after I owned it for a while and tried the system with and without the box, I could not hear a difference at all. Luckily I was able to sell it.

 

[Firefly00]

Woo headphone stand. Sez "Woo" right in the name for cryin' out loud.

Audio Advisor, Inc.

Dunno if that really counts as audiophool…just looks like a nice, but expensive, headphone stand…

 

[TLEDDY]

A long time ago, on a planet far away...

Mpingo discs

Added depth, wider sound stage and extended Fx response to 40 kHz - easy to hear!!

 

[watchnerd]

Man toys chart.

Audiophoolery has bad ROI, except for cats.

 

[Robin L]

Man toys chart.

Audiophoolery has bad ROI, except for cats.

Cats just love that analog warmth:

 

[HammerSandwich]

Man toys chart.

That chart's a bunch of BS! The motocross guy should have a cast & crutches.

 

[watchnerd]

That chart's a bunch of BS! The motocross guy should have a cast & crutches.

That comes later, after the girlfriend becomes the wife, and the kids, and he breaks his hip in his over-40 Harley club on the weekend.

 

[Sal1950]

Yeah, there are some pretty bizarre prices out there for vintage tubes.

Don't get me started, 12 years ago I gave away 3 large boxes full of vintage pulls that I no longer had a use for. Probably some that had real value today.

 

[BigMiIke]

Argh!
Actually, quite embarrassing!

Is it that bad ? ? I read it would pair great with the r200 ‘s?
What route should I go - what route did you go ?

 

[Somafunk]

Two Audioquest Pearl Ethernet cables, one from router to iMac, one from router to Cambridge Audio CXN v2 and Audioquest Pearl usb cable from iMac to CXN v2 , £40 for all as they were discounted by retailer when I bought the CXN v2. That’s as far into the audiophile swamp that I’m willing to go

 

[Apesbrain]

I just bought a used XLO digital cable on eBay because I like the look of it.

 

[Beershaun]

My ebay linear power supply for my Pi Hat DAC. I bought it based purely on weight.

 

[pseudoid]

Is it that bad ? ? I read it would pair great with the r200 ‘s?
What route should I go - what route did you go ?

If you don't have any doors (to use it as a door-stop), just leave it disconnected and then pretend a stereo pair is your new audiophool snake-oil.
YMMV but it work'd for me!

 

[levimax]

I bought a bunch of Hi-res files before I understood how digital audio really works.

 

[_Dekker]

Many years ago I assembled a 'Field size detector' from a schematic out of an electronics magazine.
It was put in a small, completely sealed case with only an on/off button. Operated on a 9V battery.
How you use it:
Switch on the audio component to measure, for instance the CD player.
With the detector on, move closer to the component until it beeps. Mark this position.

Then do the same with the AC plug flipped.
The best case for the AC plug would be the one with the least field i.e. beeping closest to the object.
Measurement distance was typically ~4cm before beeping, with abut 1-2cm between the different fields.

Tossed it in the trash a few months ago.

 

[Vict0r]

An "audiophile" 3.5mm - 3.5mm interconnect, because it looked fancy. In my defense, I bought it when I just got into head-fi, more than a decade ago.

 

[Peterinvan]

We downsized to a 1 bed condo. I took two blue Rubbermaid bins of CDs to the dump. Now only streaming!

 

[BigMiIke]

If you don't have any doors (to use it as a door-stop), just leave it disconnected and then pretend a stereo pair is your new audiophool snake-oil.
YMMV but it work'd for me!

lol

 

[pseudoid]

I had bought this 3.5mm (TRS) to 2 RCAs (L/R) cable about 6 months ago because it looked "robust" for a 1 meter run (~$25).
This one was a replacement for a Monoprice cable which was void of L/R markings on either RCA end.
I had promptly returned the cable with a promise to myself that I will not do business w/MonoPrice ever again.
Being 'once burned, twice shy', I was forced me to measure (Ohm-out) the new cable's RCA ends (which were also NOT identified...)

It turns out both RCAs are connected to the Left channel of the RCA and the RIGHT channel has become MIA, somehow!
Hmmmmm...
I think I've been pawned...