#42

My Sennheiser HD25 SPii are 6 years old and I’ve only had to replace a cable in that time. Love them

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#43

serious reply though, patronage is the only hope that most people who haven’t already ‘made it’ under the old system have and things are increasingly moving that way

#44

Honestly, I think you can tell the difference between ‘high’ and ‘extreme’ on Spotify through any semi-decent set of headphones/earphones. It’s high-quality vs lossless where I tap out.

I store my ripped CDs in ALAC format, but I’ve done enough blind (deaf?) tests to know that I can’t tell the difference between a lossless file and a high-quality (320 VO or MP3/256 AAC) compressed file. Maybe if I had a pair of £1,000 headphones it would be a different story, or maybe it’s my hearing (I have tinnitus).

I can absolutely tell the difference between CDs and MP3s in my car, but I suspect that’s more to do with connecting my phone through an aux cable

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#45

I’ve just bought a pair of Sennheiser Momentum 2.0s and I am currently having a love affair with all my favourite albums, hearing details I’ve never heard (and just enjoying their impressive soundstage). They cost about £400 (about £100 of that is for the wireless/noise cancelling functionality). Not exactly audiophile level but probably the last headphones I’ll buy for a long time.

I’m kinda mid-level snobbish about this stuff - do all my out-loud listening through various bits of Sonos kit which are fine enough for me (especially in 5.1/stereo pairs).

I can’t really tell the difference between FLACs and high-quality MP3s, but I do have a bugbear about anything below 256. I get sent lots of albums to review, and it’s all done digitally now. So many albums get sent out as 190kbps streams/downloads , which I think is nuts. Horrible compression artifacts all over the shop. You’re asking people to review your client’s album, without letting them hear what it actually sounds like.

#46

Downloads and CDs are (almost*) as cheap as they’ve ever been.

*CDs seem to have gone up a little in price recently, I remember not long ago you could get new albums for £8 on release day and loads of £3/£5 CDs in places like fopp but there’s less of that now.

#47

When I got my monitoring headphones (AKG701s I think) I did this for an entire weekend. As it happened I was on antibiotics where I couldn’t drink but had a fucking incredible weekend anyway. Good times!

I also found that I could really tell the difference between albums that are really fucking well produced and stuff that’s just fine. Like listening to certain Radiohead tracks for the first time on them (particularly No Surprises) had me near tears of joy. Also Jon Hopkins and Gentleman’s Dub Club and Three Trapped Tigers. Lovely stuff. On the other hand, The Hotelier lost a little of their magic

#48

Feel the same about volume - music has to be responsibly loud to be properly enjoyed. Just no point listening to it quietly at all.

Makes me so angry when we have it on in the office - its barley audible and therefore completely pointless.

Same goes for those ipod dock things when people have them on outside - its just a tinny suggestion of music that you hear - nothing else.

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#49

I care insofar as it pisses me off a bit when hearing people listening to music on phone or laptop speakers, cause I don’t understand what they could possibly be getting out of it (knowing how much detail is lost) and it irks me.

When it comes to all that audiophile bitrate stuff and vinyls vs. other formats though, I don’t really give a shit. Unless it’s a really low quality file with all that weird underwater sounding stuff going on, I don’t much notice tbh.

#50

It was on the BBC when THAT episode aired.

#51

My word, the KING OF GIFS.

#52

[quote=“profk, post:37, topic:18838, full:true”]I also think music is too expensive.
[/quote]

FO’M8

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#53

Way to quote, no quote.

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#54

This poll is a bit weird. What about those of us who support artists by buying their stuff but are living in the real world where the idea of buying physical releases is pretty

Kind of interesting to read this because the cost of living has shot up in the last 10 years but obviously the cost of purchasing music has remained relatively static so I guess this comes back.

Oldies like me remember £15 CDs in the 90s when pints of beer could still be obtained in student bars for £1. By today’s standards, paying £7.50 for the MP3 of an album is cheap when that’s barely going to cover 2 pints even in cheaper places.

#55

Mate i just paid £3 for a half of readily available beer.

Why is buying physical music music ??? ??? ?

#56

@SEAN

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#57

Half a pint? ??? ?? Vvvvvv. ???

#58

Dont worry geesey, prof is just trolling. He has a 20 bucks a month patreon set up for dweezil zappa IRL.

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#59

Always forget how much he loves Zappa Plays Zappa.

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#60

Don’t get me wrong, if I had a comfortable salary to live on, with some proper extra money for luxuries, then I definitely would buy physical music. Not really from some altruistic standpoint, but because I really like owning an actual collection that can’t be ripped away once you stop paying a subscription. My cd and record collection is one of my most prized possessions - im paying stupid £ to get it shipped to Spain ffs.

BUT, things I used to enjoy when money was less of an issue, like going to gigs at least twice a week and buying cds and vinyl are very low down on my list now I’m a mid-20 year old living in the most expensive city in the world. I’d prefer to have a social life tbh.

#61

Halsemere isn’t that expensive maaaan

like fuck it isn’t

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