Audiophile Thread

axolotl said:
Sorry, my audiologist cardiologist says my eartories, or something like that, are clogged.

I really couldn't hear him, so I decided not to worry. :lala:
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Where are the nanomachines that were going to be developed by now that would be injected into the bloodstream and clean out all the plaque?

I guess they're keeping them hidden in the same place with the flying cars.
 
Nickyboy said:
Are you listening to music? You might be doing it wrong: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog...lly-listen-to-music/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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I don't have to read that to know, of course I'm doing it wrong. I don't have a proper listening environment, with a couch and speakers and remote controlled equipment so I can just sit and devote my full attention to the music. My system consists of headphone audio gear connected to a computer and I am unable to just sit in front of a computer in a not very comfortable office chair and concentrate only on the music.

When I did have a setup where I could just listen to the music, I would often find myself falling asleep or zoning out, anyway.
 
The other day the R speaker in my office stopped working. After a couple of days of thinking the worst (that the receiver or speaker needed an expensive repair/replacement) I went through a series of tests and figured out it was most likely the speaker wire. However, an inspection of the speaker wire revealed no obvious damage. I'll get around to running some new wire soon and hopefully that will return stereo sound to my office.

But the idea of new-to-me floor speakers won't quite exit my brain.
 
Nickyboy said:
Are you listening to music? You might be doing it wrong: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog...lly-listen-to-music/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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The Article said:
But if we are able to move past our own pretensions, we might discover that not all enjoyable music adheres to our personal rigid criteria.
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That was a large mountain for me to climb. Made no easier by having had to climb it several times. It seems I had to overcome my personal rigid criteria for each new genre I investigated. Sometimes the mountain had be climbed anew for each iteration of a single genre.

Deep listening is awesome. I remember the days when it was the way I most listened to music. I wish I could engage in it more regularly than I do now.
 
So I'm trying out Amazon Music HD (still find it ridiculous that what comes standard on a CD, lossless files, is considered "HD"). It sounds better than Spotify but not as good as my local FLAC files.
 
I've definitely decided to stick with Amazon Music HD. It sounds markedly better than Spotify.

I don't think it will completely eliminate music purchases, but the lossless quality is good enough that I enjoy it quite a bit. It's only $3 a month more than Spotify for Prime members.
 
Unsomnambulist said:
I've definitely decided to stick with Amazon Music HD. It sounds markedly better than Spotify.

I don't think it will completely eliminate music purchases, but the lossless quality is good enough that I enjoy it quite a bit. It's only $3 a month more than Spotify for Prime members.
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How does the catalog compare with Spotify? That's been the sticking point for me.
 
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