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are there any audiophiles or vinyl fans here/POST MUSIC
Mega-Bear:
--- Quote from: mod-man on August 01, 2017, 12:51:14 AM ---Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, by David Bryne and Brian Eno
its one of my favorite albums of all time. Strange Overtones and Home are beautiful songs that will forever be staples on my childhood. id highly recommend listening to either of these guys if you haven't before
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Pretty nice album, I am a humongous Eno + Byrne fan. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is also an incredible album.
--- Quote from: Silreath on August 01, 2017, 01:16:24 AM ---I enjoy Brian Eno's work, I have "Reflection" and it really is amazing. I need to spend some time to really delve into his discography. I've never been into TH or David, but I'll still give this a listen, thanks!
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If you like Reflection, make sure to listen to his 90's album Neroli if you aren't already familiar with it. Really similar, but more subtle.
--- Quote from: Postal on July 31, 2017, 11:57:30 PM ---you do realize streaming music is basically 320kbps or lower right?
if you really were an "audiophile" like you claim to be you would be listening in FLAC or an equivalent format on your computer considering you are too weak to find a vinyl copy, and i hope you at least invested in a decent record player and not one of those loving cheap hipster ones that scratch your vinyl
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This post is actually correct. Spotify is fine, but how can anyone call themselves an "audiophile" when they actually don't give a stuff about high quality audio? Any album I enjoy, I rip from CD at at least 320 kbps, sometimes higher. edit: also it's possible to enable 320 Kbps streaming on Spotify which I have checked on mobile and desktop :J
--- Quote from: Rally on August 01, 2017, 12:48:03 AM ---The human ear can't hear anything past 128kbps, anything higher is just a waste of file space so that "audiophiles" can jack off over their placebo effect. I just listen to my stuff on a youtube playlist like a normal person.
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Not true, low bit rate sometimes hurts the low end of music. Sometimes it's annoying.
Silreath:
--- Quote from: Snaked_Snake on August 01, 2017, 07:23:49 AM ---I really would like a vinyl and a vinyl player but I don't have much money.
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I really feel you. I got lucky and I got a fully functioning Dual from my grandpa from the 80's. It's really lovely, and it came with a bunch of replacement diamond styli.
Here's my advice to you: go to local thrift stores and look at their audio equipent. you can find really amazing stuff there for cheap, like speakers, old players, and even some nice records. I actually found a tube preamp for a couple bucks (but sadly didn't nab it) a month ago. That, and craigslist.
ALSO the new TWIABP album is coming and the new single is a banger. if you dig post-hardcore/emo, check The World Is a Beautiful Place out
SUSHI:
I have a little collection of some rare, limited edition and test pressings of my favorite albums -- mostly metal -- and some have been signed by the bands. I do have a turntable but I don't really use it except to digitize audio.
--- Quote from: Postal on July 31, 2017, 11:57:30 PM ---if you really were an "audiophile" like you claim to be you would be listening in FLAC
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In my opinion, storing your music in lossless audio formats is a waste of storage and not very portable. The main advantage of storing lossless audio is that you can save it to another format without indirection that causes a bigger loss in quality. You generally wont hear much of a difference in lossy audio if it's encoded with appropriate settings. I think most real audiophiles would agree with me on this.