Stephonovich
Headphoneus Supremus
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While being seperated from my headphones and PCDP for over a month, due to accidently leaving it with a friend, I was forced to re-examine how I listen to music. All I had was a 2.1 Boston Acostics speaker system, that, while not utter crap, is nothing compared to my headphones.
I know there's been other threads about this, but I thought it interesting enough to think about again.
Why do we listen to music? Is it merely a means to test and/or show off the system with a 0.0000000001% THD? Or is it just to listen to music without poor quality equipment impairing the full enjoyment of it? Or, of course, do we listen to music without caring what it sounds like?
I discovered myself falling into the latter category, after I got used to it. I was enjoying 128KBPS and yes, even a 96KBPS MP3. I wasn't nitpicking the music, I wasn't thinking about how the low bitrate was causing cymbals to lose sustain, I was just enjoying what the artist had created.
Now that my headphones are back, I'm enjoying music doubly so again (especially with my CMoy coming tomorrow), because obviously, no one minds better quality.
Anyway, just my thoughts. Do you care only about the equipment's specs? Or do you care about the music, and would listen to music no matter what the source?
(-:Stephonovich
I know there's been other threads about this, but I thought it interesting enough to think about again.
Why do we listen to music? Is it merely a means to test and/or show off the system with a 0.0000000001% THD? Or is it just to listen to music without poor quality equipment impairing the full enjoyment of it? Or, of course, do we listen to music without caring what it sounds like?
I discovered myself falling into the latter category, after I got used to it. I was enjoying 128KBPS and yes, even a 96KBPS MP3. I wasn't nitpicking the music, I wasn't thinking about how the low bitrate was causing cymbals to lose sustain, I was just enjoying what the artist had created.
Now that my headphones are back, I'm enjoying music doubly so again (especially with my CMoy coming tomorrow), because obviously, no one minds better quality.
Anyway, just my thoughts. Do you care only about the equipment's specs? Or do you care about the music, and would listen to music no matter what the source?
(-:Stephonovich