Vinyl rules ...... But

Shyner · September 2017

You have to turn it over

I'm so tired my feet hurt i can barely move

Cds are ok.

23scidoo · September 2017

A cd is like bad acid..

Pap · September 2017

23scidoo said:
A cd is like bad acid..

http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AC

23scidoo · September 2017

Pap said:

23scidoo said:
A cd is like bad acid..

http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AC

You know..lol..

Pap · September 2017

^

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

There is a definite time and a place for an iPod.

mrussel1 · September 2017

I think cd's are the worst format. You have to store them, but they don't sound a lick better than lossless digital. I retired my cd player and ripped all my cd's at least 10 years ago, when I got my first Squeezebox.
And I agree Ipods are great, particularly for cars. Bluetooth audio is fantastic in a vehicle, or even better, a little 64gb USB is the best. It sounds 100x better than Sirius, which is just awful. I have it and use, but I can barely listen to PJ radio because it sounds so bad.

mrussel1 · September 2017

Oh yeah.. vinyl is the best..... hands down.

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

I remember when I got my first squeezebox.
I was 16.....those were the.....wait, what were we talking about?

hedonist · September 2017

F Me In The Brain said:

I remember when I got my first squeezebox.
I was 16.....those were the.....wait, what were we talking about?

Though I have no means to play our vinyl or cd's, I refuse to part with them for purely sentimental reasons.

Wobbie · September 2017

vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.

rgambs · September 2017

Wobbie said:

vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.

I agree.
Also, if you don't shell out for high quality equipment, there's no difference worth noting.
Who has a car stereo system that is good enough to tell an MP3 from a CD? Do adults still buy after market car stereos? I thought that perished in the flames of Woodstock '99

mrussel1 · September 2017

rgambs said:

Wobbie said:

vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.

I agree.
Also, if you don't shell out for high quality equipment, there's no difference worth noting.
Who has a car stereo system that is good enough to tell an MP3 from a CD? Do adults still buy after market car stereos? I thought that perished in the flames of Woodstock '99

You don't need to buy a crappy looking alpine or Pioneer when you can get Bowers or Bang & Olufson in some vehicles. And yes, a cd is better than mp3 in that environment.

But that's not really the argument. It was about vinyl. And yes you're right, you have to shell out $ for audiophile equipment. If you're playing a low end TT into a Sony avr and Pioneer speakers, then you probably wouldn't heart a difference. But if you have a good setup, you will.

rgambs · September 2017

I'm poor as fuck so, yeah, the junk stuff works for me lol

Wobbie · September 2017

for those who don't know, I'm a "get off my lawn" kinda guy.

my buddy has a high end nakamichi system but his wife won't let him play it loud

hedonist · September 2017

Wobbie said:

for those who don't know, I'm a "get off my lawn" kinda guy.

my buddy has a high end nakamichi system but his wife won't let him play it loud

NO FUCKING WAY.

mrussel1 · September 2017

He needs a bad system or a better wife.

Wobbie · September 2017

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife.

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

mrussel1 · September 2017

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife.

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.

dankind · September 2017

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife.

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.

Oh sure, honey. You like to touch that knob!

mrussel1 · September 2017

dankind said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife.

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.

Oh sure, honey. You like to touch that knob!

She uses a glove for both...

hedonist · September 2017

Don't make me post the Diner scene.

Wobbie · September 2017

"it" for my wife is volume; dan's wife turns down sex. who can blame her?

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

Wobbie, that is why you listen through headphones.
For me, it is less about the sound and more about the experience.
I have my JMXO vodka rocks.
I have my headphones.
Family is all in bed - and I engage with the music. It is loud - very loud - and I hold the jacket in my hand, feet up on my desk, chair leaned back.
This format makes it so I feel compelled to listen to the whole album, or at worst the side of the album, and I feel like I am a kid again.
I hear all of the things I miss when I am rocking out and working, driving, cooking, or fucking.
It is about the music, and really not much else

Many times I have the liner notes there....and I read the lyrics as I hear them.

I get that it is not for everyone.

Works for me.

I'm relatively new to the "game" and have spent thousands.

I know a guy whose entire garage is filled with records and looks like a record store. He has been collecting for nearly 30 years and he swears he has paid more than $15 for a record only a small number of times. Most of his records were garage sale / flea market type purchases for a buck.

I clean them. Before I start each record I methodically clean again with 2 types of brushes, and then I clean the stylus.

I feel ready; to listen.

To each their own, of course.

I'm going to listen to an album right now....and I'm going to enjoy myself.

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

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mrussel1 · September 2017

F Me In The Brain said:

That looks suspiciously like a Newbury Comics special.

I don't listen through headphones, but I like to listen loud. When I finished my third floor, I put a special sound deadening barrier down before I laid the wood (ha!). And then I installed an exterior door (insulated) rather than an interior. The result is that my wife and kids can't hear anything down below up to about -15 db, which is plenty loud.
It's 10:30 now, so I think I'm going to listen to my new Albini mastered 45 of In Utero. Haven't opened it yet.

mrussel1 · September 2017

hedonist said:

Don't make me post the Diner scene.

can't have too many Animal House references.

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

mrussel1 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

That looks suspiciously like a Newbury Comics special.

I don't listen through headphones, but I like to listen loud. When I finished my third floor, I put a special sound deadening barrier down before I laid the wood (ha!). And then I installed an exterior door (insulated) rather than an interior. The result is that my wife and kids can't hear anything down below up to about -15 db, which is plenty loud.
It's 10:30 now, so I think I'm going to listen to my new Albini mastered 45 of In Utero. Haven't opened it yet.

Yah, I think it is. Serious nostalgia for this one...my buddy in college had a record player and after we watched Res Dogs (on a sneak peak at USC) he couldn't stop talking about the soundtrack and bought it as soon as he could. Heard it 1000x, easily.

I didn't have it and when they posted this for sale it made an easy grab.

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

And, I would love to crank it up loud, but really...what I realized when I started listening through headphone was that it was very intimate. I have listened to loud music alone in a room many times - for me, the cans are a really cool way to digest it.

I'm not an audiophile - I will leave that to you and @lolobugg -- I will continue to be the caveman idiot who loves to pop on the cans and enjoy his music. No measurement here -- just an enjoyment factor. (And that is 10x)
Love it.

Wobbie · September 2017

I'm listening to amercan pickers thru headphones......does that count?

I do have plans for tne hold steady thru headphones.....should not be tonight, cuz I'm drunk.

F Me In The Brain · September 2017

I'd like that album through cans but I don't have it yet.

American Pickers is.....not for me.

Vinyl rules ...... But

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