Post an audio demo of your sound system

[Yael-S.]

The purpose of this topic is not to make a completely exact recording of your speakers. The more exact the better, but it is not a prerequisite that the recording is very precise. Nor is it meant to be a discussion about the usefulness of audio recordings. In my experience, even mediocre microphones can be capable of revealing a fair amount of info about your speakers.

High-quality binaural recordings played back on certain Unix-like systems in bit-perfect mode with realtime audio on neutral ATH-M20x headphones enabled me to know reasonably well how headphones and speakers sound in real life. That quality recordings can share a lot of info is beyond dispute.

I personally use a Trust GXT 259 RUDOX microphone for the recordings below. The only condition for posting in this topic is that you use a microphone in the >$29 USD segment.

[mid-range setup] Infinity Alpha 5 + Sony STR-DB790 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q3F5QSv0js5rMFArFb8FA9PEvxgSiCY_/view?pli=1
[70 EUR newprice all in one budget setup] F&D F550X https://drive.google.com/file/d/1brKRXCyeyWeI3NakpqBd2glhkfiHs267/view

For this recording, I use the analogue output of my ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi motherboard. I am not using a sound card.
Please share the info of your components and software if you post a recording.

 

[Yael-S.]

OpenBSD demo #2 with Infinity Alpha 5 + Sony STR-DB790
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UbyNFFYB42RxiBajfgaeSgw13QRN0c95/view

These three demos are music I play via OpenBSD and music player daemon.
In real life it sounds more detailed and the frequencies are also a lot more correct.

I have listened to many expensive audio setups but personally I prefer the sound that you hear in these three demos.
The combination of ASRock premium audio, Sony, OpenBSD, music player daemon and Infinity leads to high audio quality.

 

[MajorFubar]

I don't understand the purpose of this request.

What is the point of us uploading recordings of our home studio / home audio system based on a mic-capture from some random budget microphone? Don't you realise that the difference in audio from just the myriad of different microphones out there renders this pointless? What is it you're wanting to achieve or prove?

 

[Yael-S.]

Some random budget microphone?

Trust advertises that the microphone delivers studio quality.

What is it you're wanting to achieve or prove?

This was explained in the (first) post, wasn't it?

High-quality binaural recordings played back on certain Unix-like systems in bit-perfect mode with realtime audio on neutral ATH-M20x headphones enabled me to know reasonably well how headphones and speakers sound in real life. That quality recordings can share a lot of info is beyond dispute.

 

[MajorFubar]

You have missed the point. Again.
You asked us to make recordings of our audio system using some random microphone costing $29 or more (not sure where you got that arbitary price from but whatever)...all of which will sound different to each other.
Also, the rooms we're in will also play a massive part in the recordings. Your speakers will not sound the same in my room as they would in you room, for example, even if I recorded them with the same mic.
Can't you see this whole exercise is littered with dozens of variables which makes it utterly pointless?