Showing posts with label bad audio advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad audio advice. Show all posts

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Sub Box Plans for Dummies

car subwoofer box
car subwoofer box
Although it might seem to the uninitiated that certain freelancers for the former eHow.com had expertise to share on certain subjects – at least based on the number of posts they pounded out on related topics – the sad truth is that any expertise is merely a result of grabbing a number of similar "titles" and rewriting the same misinformation several times. A case in point is history major Nichole Liandi, who posted multiple articles about audio for "boom box cars," including the ItStillRuns post "How to Build a 12 inch Subwoofer Box."

Saturday, January 25, 2020

CD Player Repair for Dummies

Removing Car CD player
Removing car CD player
Not that many people use the CD players in their vehicles — if the vehicle even has a CD player — but if you want it and it doesn't work, many an owner will prefer a DIY fix over paying a dealership half your bank account for a service call. That's probably why some poor dolt typed "DIY Car CD Player Repair" into a search engine and hit RETURN. We certainly hope that person (and whoever followed in his footsteps) got better help that the rubbish published by Oliver Hill at ItStillRuns.com.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Tinning Speaker Wires for Dummies

tinning a wire
tinning a wire with solder
No one here at the the Antisocial Network claims to be an audiophile, although a couple of us have remarked recently that they'd forgotten how "pure" vinyl sounds until they hooked up that old turntable again after a couple of decades. Be that as it may, the people here are at least aware enough to understand the significance of a search for "Copper Vs. Tinned Speaker Wire." That beats eHowian Rachel Lucio, who tried to address the same question at ItStillWorks.com.