「Official」Asian Anime, Manga, and Music Lounge - Page 405

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Originally Posted by 00MusicLover00 

Bowei, I have to thank you greatly for wolf guy, I can't stop reading!!

If you are under 18....please....it is disgusting near the end. I loved it at first or 3/4 of the way through, but it is absolutely filthy. It makes you want to read more and have you "feel" for the manga through the absolutely worse way possible. I've seen their tactic a few times..quite a few times in manga but most mangaka's don't go too far with it, this one....goes full out....just stop...I can't burn it from my mind...

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Originally Posted by bowei006 

 

 

checking it out now :)

 

Another picture post, if some of you guys don't like it, tell me and I will put them in spoilers. That was one of the most lol you "Americans" comment I have ever read.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sory but this is such an awkward video to watch..her English...is hilarious. I'm sorry, but only the song is hiding it's deficencies and even then it's still...there :) hahah. this is pretty lol

We don't talk about that album

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Originally Posted by bowei006 

 

 

If you are under 18....please....it is disgusting near the end. I loved it at first or 3/4 of the way through, but it is absolutely filthy. It makes you want to read more and have you "feel" for the manga through the absolutely worse way possible. I've seen their tactic a few times..quite a few times in manga but most mangaka's don't go too far with it, this one....goes full out....just stop...I can't burn it from my mind...

I'm on ch80.....oh god........what a bunch of ********.

Damn now it's hard to stop reading.....as you said the first 3/4 of the manga got me hooked, but now......I want to stop. But I can't because I want to see the ending....

Trying to watch anime and the draft.....its not working lol. Draft is way too active tonight.

Here are some of my quick notes relating to the new subjective / objective discussion.

- The Sony Qualia 010 has some of the worst measurements on paper of any headphone, ever.  (yet, it's legendary, and it sells for more today second hand than it did when it was new)

- Measurements will vary from tester to tester, they're not uniform, look up an IEM, look at it's FR charts from different testers, it always varies.

Example, look at the volume level of the NE-700X here at 20kHz.  That looks... very very good.  Compare the 20kHz volume to every single IEM here http://sonove.angry.jp/

- Measurements, even from the same tester, don't seem to indicate the overall sound very well, anyway.

Example 1, q-Jays versus Shure SE535 (I've heard both, they sound nothing alike, at all, totally different)

Example 2, Sony MDR-EX700 versus Sony MDR-EX1000 (I've heard both, these sound totally, nothing alike.  If anything, the EX700 is famously harsher)

source: http://sonove.angry.jp/sony_MDR_EX1000.html

So what does this tell us about audio, at least at the end of the chain?  That it's an inexact science.  The results vary all over the place, are non-indicative, and don't correlate very well to what we hear.

Keep in mind you can make a Skullcandy look better than a STAX on paper, if you play around with them with an equalizer and effects prior to measurement.

A lot of people like to look at the world in black and white, i.e. if there's no data... it doesn't exist.  That isn't reality, there is a lot in this world which exists, with no data or evidence to support it.

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Originally Posted by B-Dawk20 

Trying to watch anime and the draft.....its not working lol. Draft is way too active tonight.

Try!!! choose one~!

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Originally Posted by 00MusicLover00 

Damn now it's hard to stop reading.....as you said the first 3/4 of the manga got me hooked, but now......I want to stop. But I can't because I want to see the ending....

I ....felt terrible after.. keep in mind that I was on those chapters for a year....i think. Always comming home and having to read another pointless struggle chapter...it always ruined my day.. 

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Originally Posted by kiteki 

 

Here are some of my quick notes relating to the new subjective / objective discussion.

 

 

- The Sony Qualia 010 has some of the worst measurements on paper of any headphone, ever.  (yet, it's legendary, and it sells for more today second hand than it did when it was new)

 

 

 

 

- Measurements will vary from tester to tester, they're not uniform, look up an IEM, look at it's FR charts from different testers, it always varies.

 

Example, look at the volume level of the NE-700X here at 20kHz.  That looks... very very good.  Compare the 20kHz volume to every single IEM here http://sonove.angry.jp/

 

 

 

 

 

- Measurements, even from the same tester, don't seem to indicate the overall sound very well, anyway.

 

Example 1, q-Jays versus Shure SE535 (I've heard both, they sound nothing alike, at all, totally different)

 

 

 

 

Example 2, Sony MDR-EX700 versus Sony MDR-EX1000 (I've heard both, these sound totally, nothing alike.  If anything, the EX700 is famously harsher)

 

 

 

source: http://sonove.angry.jp/sony_MDR_EX1000.html

 

 

So what does this tell us about audio, at least at the end of the chain?  That it's an inexact science.  The results vary all over the place, are non-indicative, and don't correlate very well to what we hear.

 

Keep in mind you can make a Skullcandy look better than a STAX on paper, if you play around with them with an equalizer and effects prior to measurement.

 

A lot of people like to look at the world in black and white, i.e. if there's no data... it doesn't exist.  That isn't reality, there is a lot in this world which exists, with no data or evidence to support it.

 

 

 

I stopped linking and using graphs in arguments after I realized the same thing :) Heck even an Apple earbud looks good(decent) but sounds like crap. What you need is a good balance of actual chart measurement god powers and one that is super pleasureable to the human subjective hearing. Which is what I belive to be one of the arguments in teh iner fidelity article I linked :)

Thanks for the posts both Tilpo and Kiteki :) Our thread enjoys reading them!

....................................read that on down

http://www.head-fi.org/t/598488/official-nyc-meet-sat-june-2nd-2012/150#post_8337888

Ok finished wolf man, at least the ending wasn't tragic. Though it could've been better.

I give it a 9/10

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Originally Posted by bowei006 

10/10 is hard to give from me. Without it it gets an 9/10. With it. It gets a 7/10 and a mark on the no recommend list
Read akumetsu. Same author but better storyline and plot. Very very good if you like wolf guy
The breaker
Veritas
Sun ken rock
Are all manga i recommend along with ANY manhwa by im dal yong
This is not a random list music. I suggest you actully check it out
Anyway finished "flowers of evil "yeaterday and is reading "zero in" right now. Both are decent.

Cool I'll go read them.

I wonder when seo kouji will stop trolling us with kimi no iru machi, I'm kinda getting tired of it. It seems freezing is being weekly released again, yay! Now if only they could get d gray man to do that....

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Originally Posted by bowei006 

Bdawk what's your favorite BoA song? If I like her I will get some :)

 

@b1o, I know Chinese up to a 3rd grade level. But ....bear cat...never really completely made sense...panda=bear cat.

LOL.

...and why is a Racoon a "washing bear" ?!?!?!

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Originally Posted by bowei006 

 

Nice, I liked it.

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Originally Posted by HybridCore 

 

There are a few ways to become close to the no-bias hearing, but it's a little difficult. We search and audition headphones based on others people's ratings. I haven't heard many headphones so I don't know what to expect, which sort of pushes me close to no bias, but after reading that one thing's better than another, my hearing's slightly biased.

Listen to everything with an open-mind.  Don't consider the price or brand, just delete that.

Kind of makes me less popular though, saying the Shure SE535 and Ultrasone Edition 8 completely suck, and such comments.  There are other factors though, like being biased to a particular sound signature, such as enhanced mids, impactful bass, ultra-polished treble, etc.

If I hear a bass canon and the treble sounds like rusty iron, and the mids like dishwater, I'll pass... but some people might actually love it and dance to their bass canonized hip-hop beats, with dirty mids and rusty highs, like a gangsta yo.