Porta-Fi: Shoddy Goods 092
1Where are you at on the audiophile spectrum? I bought some reasonably high quality but still fairly small speakers for my TV set-up…in 1999. Still using those! And I basically gave up on all headphones and even most other speakers once I got my Airpods. Do you go all in on sound quality, or are you more about cheap and convenient? Let’s hear about your sound set-up and audio gadgets in this week’s Shoddy Goods chat.
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Depends.
At home, I
havehad a personal 7.1 channel set-up within a pod of tables (work desk, rolling chair, two stands to the sides). My television had 5.1 surround sound. I had those obviously large headsets.Then things change, furniture gets rearranged, wires have to be pulled back, padding erodes, soundproofing gets expensive, and I’m stuck with whatever’s cheap and on-hand.
I was really into surround-sound setups like 20 years ago. With the advent of modern soundbars + remote subwoofer, I can get all the sound quality I really need now. I do like my airpods as well.
This email amused me to no end. I have a Porta-fi console and a few speakers. I have only actually tested the speakers on the same power strip I had the console plugged in to though. I can’t imagine with all the LEDs and switch mode power supplies in a modern home it would work well at all a Ross a home like it was intended, but it sounded quite good all plugged into the same power strip!