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Exesteils · Sep 16, 2014 at 3:50 AM

kaixax555 said:
Well there are some pretty VAs IMO

Examples include Nana Mizuki, Suzuko Mimori and Aki Toyosaki

I can see your perspective but let's not get too stuck in the 2D world shall we

Aya Hirano, Chihara Minori, Kobayashi Yuu, etc etc. But my point is I tend to like a VA based on her work instead of her looks.

Edit: Eri Kitamura, Ogura Yui and Yoko Hikasa deserves special mention

[rule]
This looks interesting...
http://www.angelbird.com/en/prod/ssd2go-154/

Tom Yum Goong · Sep 16, 2014 at 3:51 AM

exesteils said:
Kappa

Kappa yourself! Tsugumi also best girl!

music alchemist said:
Do you care about English voice actors as well? (Because I'm working on a super-post on that topic.)

As super as your first super-post?

miceblue said:
Well then, that secure EAC rip took longer than I anticipated: 4.5 hours in total.
Then again, the CD looks like this:

Ouch.

Omnomnom (this one is AAMML-friendly)

kaixax555 · Sep 16, 2014 at 3:56 AM

kn19h7 said:
I wouldn't say they are ugly or whatever, just that how they look doesn't really bother me.

exesteils said:
Aya Hirano, Chihara Minori, Kobayashi Yuu, etc etc. But my point is I tend to like a VA based on her work instead of her looks.

Edit: Eri Kitamura, Our Yui and Yoko Hikasa deserves special mention

[rule]
This looks interesting...
http://www.angelbird.com/en/prod/ssd2go-154/

Well I think it is nice to see the faces behind the voices

vantt1 · Sep 16, 2014 at 4:28 AM

kaixax555 said:
exesteils said:

True.

HanaKawa voice > HanaKawa face

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vantt1 said:

Sorry, voice actors, we only like you for your voice.

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Well there are some pretty VAs IMO

Examples include Nana Mizuki, Suzuko Mimori and Aki Toyosaki

I can see your perspective but let's not get too stuck in the 2D world shall we

*HanaKana

Yeah, but that's all we can see about their personality. I like certain voice actors not solely for their voice, but either the characters they voice (pretty much every character voiced by Kana Hanazawa, Yoko Hikasa and Haruka Tomatsu), the type of characters they normally voice (like Rie Kugimiya for chibi pettanko tsundere characters, or Ono Daisuke for fabulous guys) or one particular character that I especially like (such as Yumi Hara as Yuuko Kanoe).

exesteils said:
Aya Hirano, Chihara Minori, Kobayashi Yuu, etc etc. But my point is I tend to like a VA based on her work instead of her looks.

Edit: Eri Kitamura, Ogura Yui and Yoko Hikasa deserves special mention
This looks interesting...
http://www.angelbird.com/en/prod/ssd2go-154/

I'm not saying that I completely disregard a voice actor's physical existence, it's just that the characters they voice have a greater impression on me than their actual person.

tom yum goong said:
miceblue said:

Well then, that secure EAC rip took longer than I anticipated: 4.5 hours in total.
Then again, the CD looks like this:

Click to expand...

Ouch.

Digital media>physical media (personal preference)

kaixax555 said:
Well I think it is nice to see the faces behind the voices

It is nice.

miceblue · Sep 16, 2014 at 5:06 AM

vantt1 said:
Digital media>physical media (personal preference)

I agree, but AC/DC's Back in Black album is only available in physical media, unless you count iTunes (which is Mastered for iTunes). I don't know how the iTunes version is created though. This CD states that it's a digital remaster directly from the master tapes. Of course that doesn't mean much either.

I suppose I can buy...oh what the heck I hate you. I just bought the iTunes version of Back in Black (the song not the album).

foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v1.3.3
2014/09/16 01:54:04

File A: C:\Users\Michelle\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\AC_DC\Back In Black\06 Back In Black.m4a
File B: C:\EAC\Columbia Records\06 Back in Black.flac

01:54:04 : Test started.
01:54:32 : 01/01 50.0%
01:54:46 : 02/02 25.0%
01:55:07 : 03/03 12.5%
01:55:21 : 04/04 6.3%
01:55:55 : 04/05 18.8%
01:56:09 : 05/06 10.9%
01:56:20 : 05/07 22.7%
01:56:58 : 06/08 14.5%
01:57:13 : 07/09 9.0%
01:57:21 : 08/10 5.5%
01:57:38 : 09/11 3.3%
01:57:59 : 10/12 1.9%
01:58:10 : 11/13 1.1%
01:58:32 : 12/14 0.6%
01:58:44 : 13/15 0.4%
01:59:13 : 14/16 0.2%
01:59:16 : Test finished.

----------
Total: 14/16 (0.2%)

The iTunes one seems to have slightly more bass such that the bass guitar is easier to follow, but if you have one or the other, they're really not much different to justify getting the other. They both have the same dynamic range value: 8.

I only got this CD since that was the test song that everyone was using for the JPS Labs Abyss and I thought it would be nice to have in my library so there's a common reference song. I wish I had an earlier CD since this is the 2003 remaster instead of the 1994 one.

Exesteils · Sep 16, 2014 at 5:28 AM

kaixax555 said:
Well I think it is nice to see the faces behind the voices

It's nice. I get to fanboy over the characters they voice and their irl selves too. Twice the fun.

vantt1 said:
I'm not saying that I completely disregard a voice actor's physical existence, it's just that the characters they voice have a greater impression on me than their actual person.

Yup. Them looking good is a plus to me, but their voices is what I'll be in contact with for most of the time, they might look like a goddess but if they suck at their assigned voices, it would ruin the immersion, so mostly it's voices over looks for me.

Yoko's Mio voice is so in-sync with her character that I gush everytime I heard her speak. Having a trademark voice is less important for me

vantt1 · Sep 16, 2014 at 5:34 AM

exesteils said:
vantt1 said:

I'm not saying that I completely disregard a voice actor's physical existence, it's just that the characters they voice have a greater impression on me than their actual person.

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Yup. Them looking good is a plus to me, but their voices is what I'll be in contact with for most of the time, they might look like a goddess but if they suck at their assigned voices, it would ruin the immersion, so mostly it's voices over looks for me.

Yoko's Mio voice is so in-sync with her character that I gush everytime I heard her speak. Having a trademark voice is less important for me

Well said.

That's a good example of when a voice actor produces a convincing character as opposed to a voice actor reading lines off a script. I find that the latter rarely happens in Japanese, or maybe because I don't speak Japanese fluently enough to notice.

Tom Yum Goong · Sep 16, 2014 at 5:39 AM

As of today Netflix is available in Germany without stupid proxy shenanigans!
Yaaaay~
Not interested right now.

Oh dayum!
Earsonics is going to announce a new product at the end of this month ♥

Exesteils · Sep 16, 2014 at 6:00 AM

I need a DAP. 6hrs of music and my phones almost flat. :/

[rule]

Local Jaben has the Earsonics at a huge markup, but the SM64 were pretty good. 8/10. I guess I will head over when they have the new model in store for demos

miceblue · Sep 16, 2014 at 6:15 AM

Music Alchemist
Now that I'm booted back in Windows, I tried JPlay with DirectLink and Hibernate options enabled. The hibernate thing is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen...I almost freaked out when pushing buttons on the keyboard didn't do anything and I had to look up the manual on my phone to see how to get my computer working again.

Xtream, native bitstream, DirectLink buffers, throttle, and hibernate mode seemed to do it for me compared to last time.
JPlay ASIO > Light Harmonic ASIO > WASAPI for me in foobar.

JPlay's playback seems to have a darker background and thus makes the instrument separation better and provides more a 3D soundstage with depth compared to the other settings. It's hard to do direct comparisons though since the A/B process is a bit clumsy through foobar's options/delay time.

kaixax555 · Sep 16, 2014 at 6:19 AM

vantt1 said:
Well said.

That's a good example of when a voice actor produces a convincing character as opposed to a voice actor reading lines off a script. I find that the latter rarely happens in Japanese, or maybe because I don't speak Japanese fluently enough to notice.

Somehow I find most VAs are able to get with the characters they are voicing extremely well

Tom Yum Goong · Sep 16, 2014 at 6:26 AM

What a pleasant surprise

Germanys biggest classical music radio station just played this track.

kaixax555 · Sep 16, 2014 at 6:36 AM

exesteils said:
I need a DAP. 6hrs of music and my phones almost flat. :/

[rule]

Local Jaben has the Earsonics at a huge markup, but the SM64 were pretty good. 8/10. I guess I will head over when they have the new model in store for demos

That is extremely tempting

[rule]

I feel audio equipment is extremely expensive in singapore

Just like how cost of living is extremely expensive

miceblue · Sep 16, 2014 at 6:43 AM

tom yum goong said:
What a pleasant surprise

Germanys biggest classical music radio station just played this track.

Nice! That theme song is so easy to recognise. It's one of my favourite ones from Studio Ghibli.

I really like the one from Arrietty too.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7q07dyIsX8[/video]

Exesteils · Sep 16, 2014 at 7:00 AM

kaixax555 said:
That is extremely tempting

I feel audio equipment is extremely expensive in singapore

Just like how cost of living is extremely expensive

It's very good. If it wasn't for the extra bass, it would be my perfect IEM. An aggressive treble, big soundstage and lush timbre. If you're going to the Lantis Anisong Fes, let me know and we might be able to set up a small meet, along with Fidelio X2(if I decide to buy them), Fiio X1 and GeekOut450.

They have a slight markup but if you compare our average salaries, it's not too bad, especially considering the difference between currencies. The Noble K10 is around 2.5K SGD, that's a decent price for a TOTL IEM, but here it's almost 6k..... Nope.

Great album, great vocals, decently recorded and mastered. This is what I like to see!

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