I, I’m French and we have a made up word « idiophile » a mix of idiot and audiophile on a huge forum to call people who believe in non science related audiophile bulls*** like changing power supply or cables to have a better sound or buying 300K€ audio streamers etc

Is there a similar word in English ? “Audiofool “ I’m guessing. Is there a sub Reddit dedicated to this particular subject ?

Thanks 😆

  • kokakoliaps3@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Hi! I am kind of partial to esoteric designs. But in a DIY context and the stuff doesn’t have to be expensive. You could have cable risers made of Lego for example. No need to spend thousands on that.

    You can even experiment with placing heavy objects on top of your speakers. It won’t cost you anything and it might make a small difference. Or you might fool yourself into perceiving a difference. Either way, you don’t have much to lose.

    And to be clear, my room has a pretty high noise floor. So I am not experimenting with stupid expensive cables with cable risers or placing heavy objects. The sound of my fridge will cancel out all of the gains.

    Finally, I doubt that this subreddit will go anywhere. There’s no interaction other than “Haha silly product is too expensive”.