/vr/ - Retro Games

why are you shit posting.

>>5871848
Sorry I knocked off your “what is best emulator” thread that got 3 replies.

>not having the London Philharmonic in your livingroom while a cast of hundreds and a crew of thousands act out your every beckon call

>>5871842
my MegaDrive has a headphone jack so I can plug in my sennheisser hd650 cans and get all that warm bass and stereo sound, good ol’ based SEGA.

>>5871842
>that woodgrain
Sexy AF

>>5871842
Does there exist a tape deck that loads from the top BUT ALSO has the LED Level Indicator?

>>5871842
>his daddy won't let him touch his hifi
FTFY

>>5871842
I don't see a console hooked up to that system, what are you even doing

>>5871842
Damn, that's some sexy retro hifi right there. Especially those speakers are real sexy.
I just got small amp and couple bookshelfs myself, now I'll need scart audio extractor, a/b box (since this amp only has one input) and cables.

>>5872110
Aside from the obvious possibility that it's just a random picture from the internets? Zoom!

I do have a sound system though. Mainly because the PVM I use has shit-tier mono sound out a tiny front speaker, and the 32" trinitron I have next to it has speakers that don't work anyway. I have all my stuff running through a crosspoint matrix switcher to a stereo receiver to some large speakers.

>>5872231
He’s right. Post your setup or fuck off, pathetic baitfag.

Clever to place the drivers at different heights in order to time align them. Might get some baffle diffraction, though.

>>5871842
>A needlessly massive record collection of which 98% was listened to once and then shelved forever.
We're not so different, you and I

>>5872625
>He's me
I know. I can tell from some of the seething and by seeing quite a few samefags in my time.

>>5871859
It's "beck and call".

Funny thread... in all seriousness I actually tried this idea once. I wanted to see how it would sound for shits and giggles so after I got it hooked up and I turned on my SNES, it sent a really loud series of POPS to my speakers. Felt like something was going to break. Also it almost killed my amplifier, I think. It stopped working for a few hours after this all happened. but it somehow wound up fixing itself. Would not try this again, big nope. I’m currently trying to figure out how to get decent sound right now though. Since my BVM have no sound at all. Currently I’m running my consoles stereo cables into a female stereo to 3.5mm adapter, and running that into the input of some cheap Logitech speakers. But I’m scared of getting anything stronger or better as the magnets might fuck with my monitors. I suppose I could wallmount above or something. I wanna watch movies and shit at some point.

>>5874115
>That Roll figure
Nice! Though every time I see a nice figure all I can think of is if they hotglued the damn thing. I'm never gonna buy secondhand figures thanks to the weirdos on 4chan.

>>5873361
I don't give a shit about the audio equipment, but that house looks comfy as fuck. When was that built? The 30s?

>>5873361
What's with the massive cabinets for the mids/highs?

>>5874115
You had to have something fucked up or hooked up wrong. I've been doing this for 20 years. It's not hard nor should it be dangerous to the equipment

>>5871854
Answer the question, dipshit.

>>5874190
>What's with the massive cabinets for the mids/highs?
I haven't read much about the design philosophy behind these speakers, but the cabinets are likely intended to direct and reflect the sound (the cabinets will essentially turn into additional speakers), resulting in a better match between the direct and reflected sound and a more expansive soundstage.

>>5874292
I know they're line arrays and a curved face is supposed to stop certain kinds of distortion/peaks directly in front of them, but that shit is extreme. Mids/tweeters are also generally sealed and don't require a box, certainly not that big. In fact those appear to be planar/ribbon, which really, really doesn't need one. Pretty design though, although an audiofag would probably still bitch that the room setup is terrible for them

>>5871842
false

>>5874410
Way too much toe-in on those speakers, boyo.

>>5872231

That didn't reveal a console in there either

>>5874410
Why is that bike in your living room?

>>5874410
lmfao you know speakers need to be aimed at your listening space... right?

>>5871842
using such a shitty marantz amplituner with generic low-end sony cd player while posing as audiophile... fucking lmao this is the most shitty poseur thing i've seen in a while

>>5871842
But I do anon. I have shitty technics three ways but it's better than nothing.

>>5873361
more like high-fi

>>5874432
Nope. The first image OP grabbed off google didn't have a console in it. I truly hope he considered how much that might trigger the sperglords though.

>>5873364
I don't think this is "massive" collection, not even hoarder tier.

>>5871842
>hifi
Proceeds to post reddit tier A E S T H E T I C setup that sounds like ass. Whew lad.

>>5874646
OP here, I am.

Do any of you use a subwoofer for your system?

>>5871842
because not enough room.
I do have a high tier sound bar though, pretty fucking amazing that thing.

>>5874647
That's gotta be close to 500 records. That's pretty fuck-huge in my book.

>>5871842
Even the cheapest bookshelf speakers bring retro games to a new level. Currently using some isolating IEMs because the noise here has gotten to be a bit much.

>>5874751
Do you not use a subwoofer? Do you not know you need to be 18 to be here?

>>5874962
Are you aware you can buy speakers that have woofers built right in to them? You know, just like the first damn image in this thread? And you're calling someone else a kid?

>>5874751
No. Adding extra bass where there isn’t any need for it is nigger tier.

>>5873361
Dem McIntosh are sexy

>>5874115
>I’m currently trying to figure out how to get decent sound right now though.
... you hook up your console to your receiver which is connected to your speakers, like every respectable human being does. How is this a mystery to you?

>>5874482
He's got them pointed at where he should be sitting instead of where the couch is, so in a way he's doing it right.

>>5875793
Bigger speakers mean bigger magnets. I have my monitors in a small space. Only spot To put speakers in the area without having them close to the monitors is to wallmount it build a shelf above them. Neither of which I’ve done before. I will try, however. Just too lazy atm.

>>5875505
Are you not aware there's a difference between a subwoofer and a woofer? Are you not aware that when you use something "built right in to" something you're still using it? Are you not aware you need to be 18 to be here? Never mind, you already answered that one.

>>5875521
But low vibes atmospheric music

In a way, I'm glad I didn't fall into the rabbit hole of audiophilia. It seems like nothing is ever perfect and there's something wrong with everything. The mixing is poor, the encoding is awful, the music doesn't utilize anything more than dolby 2.1. This is coming from someone who's invested in an ultrawide 1440p 144hz monitor for PC gaming but most games these days are 16:9 only, 1080p max, 60fps max. It's a horrible feeling and I can only assume it's the same with audiophiles.

did someone say A E S Theridc

>>5879046
You should go for a 1920 x 1200 monitor. Lots of older games use 1600 x 1200 so you can play them in very high resolution and for other games you can use the other resolution.

>>5879279
And also, the taller aspect ratio works better with integer scaling in emulated games.

the best is a set of good speakers and a amplifier/receiver
but computer speakers can sounds surprisingly good too

>>5879046
If you want a laugh find an audiophile hate thread on /g/

These people are insane

>>5874654
gay

>>5879331
I could possibly understand if the boost in quality of "audiophile tier equipment" was actually significant, but it's really not. It's 5% boost in quality over decent normal stuff, and 95% placebo+coping+sunk cost fallacy

>>5879548
Most normies don't have "decent normal stuff" though. They have invested a total of $20-$100 in their audio equipment.
That amount of money usually doesn't buy you "decent".

>>5879614
What I'm trying to say is that there's good equipment, and then there's being an 'audiophile' where your autism is leading you to spending thousands or tens of thousands for basically zero extra benefit after a much lower point.

>>5879624
Yes, sir, I could see that and agree with the sentiment.

I just wish people would see that spending $200-$1000 on audio equipment is a worthwhile investment for anybody who cares the least bit about sound.

On a related note, I have never understood these audiophile-bashing threads that form once in while. Do these people exist in sufficient numbers that other people feel the need to group up and start bashing them? Is that an Internets thing? If there is humour in that activity, I do not see it. Why waste time in that? I have never actually known a single one of these "$2000 vacuum tube amplifier" audiophiles personally.

>>5879624
I agree. Would this also apply to people with 2000$+ gaming rigs?

>>5879279
16:10 monitors are hard to come by since they're PC only, while 16:9 dominates due to TVs using them as well. I shoulda stuck with my 1080p 16:9 60hz monitor, at least I'd only be spoiled by 30FPS locked games.

>>5879641
>I just wish people would see that spending $200-$1000 on audio equipment is a worthwhile investment for anybody who cares the least bit about sound.
Most people, unfortunately, have never experienced a proper stereo setup, even if they have a high dollar system, since it's usually set up incorrectly or they listen to it while they walk around. Soundbars, car stereos, bluetooth "pill" sized speakers, and headphones don't come anywhere close to the performance of a proper stereo, but since these have become the dominant methods of consumer sound reproduction over the past couple of decades, I think people mistakenly believe this is the best it gets; or believe that speakers are "outdated" vs. soundbars and bluetooth speakers because it's modern technology and equate audio technology with computer technology (i.e. a smart phone is more powerful than a 90s mainframe that filled a room, so a tiny Bluetooth speaker must be better than a pair of floorstanding speakers with 12" woofers driven by a standalone amplifier).

The "hi-fi" community hasn't been of much help, either. They still sell the perception that you need a lot of cash for great audio. You could thrift or craigslist a killer stereo that would demolish a soundbar/Bluetooth speaker for under 100.00.

>>5871842
>>5874595
>using such a shitty marantz amplituner with generic low-end sony cd player while posing as audiophile

>not only owning a 5 Star record, but putting it on show just for the photo, and posing as an audiophile

>>5874595
>using such a shitty marantz amplituner with generic low-end sony cd player
70s receivers from Sansui, Marantz, Pioneer are very well built with beefy transformers and quality caps. If it's been serviced, it should be more than enough to drive those speakers with inaudible distortion. The CD player is low end, but DACs have been transparent for 30 years. But yeah, we'd like to see an SA-CD player in any "audiophile" setup, since that format typically has the best masters.

>>5871869
Based. All consoles need headphone jacks. I'm glad modern consoles brought them back sorta by putting them on the controllers.

>>5879049
These don't sound particularly good (usually very bassy, since the console reverbs the shit out of the bass), but I've always loved the look of them. Restored one a couple years ago.

>>5871854
This guy FUCKS

>>5874482
I actually have some old speakers that were meant to be aimed away from the listener so that the sound reverberates throughout the entire room. Of course, those things were made before surround sound was common.

>>5880645
I'll take a guess. DCM Time Window?

>>5880657
They're Bose. I don't know if they're 201 series or another version of the same arrangement, but I can't be bothered to check.

>>5871869
Reading that made me hard