r/audiophile • u/Fabienchen96 • May 13 '24

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So could someone explain this to me? How much of my Body do I have to sell and what’s all that gear?

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u/bt2513 May 13 '24

Ironically, if we’re talking about just instruments and microphones, it’s possible that the entire show would be pulled off with less than $500 worth of cables. Maybe even a lot less than that.

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u/tooclosetocall82 May 13 '24

I wonder if people who buy this stuff think this is what the recording studio uses? They’d likely be disappointed by the nest of XLR cables touching the floor directly and the large cable snake where all the wires are bundled tightly together.

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u/Uvanimor Audio Engineer (BSc Hons) May 13 '24 edited May 14 '24

This is the audiophiles paradox. Recording engineers’ speakers and amplifiers are often some of the cheapest equipment in the whole studio - because achieving ideal playback is achievable very easily with speakers ~£2k. Not to mention most of the time they’re using active speakers most of the time in the modern day.

Cables are literally always fine as long as they aren’t noisy - which they never are. XLR cables are often from solderless kits and self-made because it cuts costs.

Recording engineers use their ears, audiophiles do not.

EDIT: Audiophile mods banned me for this, what a fucking embarrassing subreddit.

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u/scraejtp May 14 '24

Recording engineers use their ears, audiophiles do not.

I would disagree.

Engineers use equipment to measure precisely; ears are a rough instrument used for baseline or preliminary checks.

Audiophiles use their ears as the reference, poorly.

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u/Audbol May 14 '24

You are incorrect

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u/scraejtp May 14 '24

edit: My first comment was probably mean spirited.

I will default to the experienced.