just curious how you guys go about listening to music and stuff. it's interesting to hear the different programs and players that people use. also feel free to add why you use anything in particular or if you are looking for something different and why
I use foobar2000 for software. I like that it's super lightweight, customizable (although I haven't really found a theme besides the default one that I liked and I would like to see if anybody else is using anything interesting). I also like that I can use it with last.fm and my sansa clip zip (which i haven't received yet, but I loved how it worked with my sansa clip + when I still had it.
i just ordered a sansa clip zip to replace my phone (and my 3rd gen ipod classic, lol) for my portable device. i loved my clip + and am excited for this one. 4gb with room for my 16gb microsd is ideal for a portable device. i'll probably put rockbox on it since the stock firmware is nothing special (and i can use last.fm with rockbox)
for headphones i have a pair of sennheiser hd595s which i very much like. they aren't great portable use since they're huge and i am worried that they would break or something so i tend to use $20 earbuds from target for exercising or walking around campus and whatnot. i'm in the market for better earbuds (durable, good sound quality, under $50 ideally) if anybody has any suggestions
i also have an ~$80 audiotechnica record player that i like but i don't really listen to enough records for it to be a big deal. the novelty is nice though and it's nice to play records when i have people over.
audio-technica makes good turntables, i'm looking into getting a turntable myself atm and A-T is up there in my likely choices
personally atm i just use my old stereo, which is pretty small, for cds. and my computer with iTunes for digital stuff. grado prestige headphones.
i'd use foobar if they'd make an os x version of it.
Quote from: May on January 14, 2013, 10:21:40 PM
audio-technica makes good turntables, i'm looking into getting a turntable myself atm and A-T is up there in my likely choices
i have this one
http://www.amazon.com/Technica-AT-LP60-Automatic-Driven-Turntable/dp/B002GYTPAE/ref=pd_cp_e_0
i don't really know what to compare it to but i really like it. from the research i did it seems like one of the best record players under $200.
i have some zenith player that i trash picked from my church. it rules. and is big and looks like the 80s
i use itunes on my computer and listen to lots of radio when driving.
I have the 'ol 160gb ipod classic and itunes.
I don't have enough space on my hard drive for music so I use Spotify which gets the job done well enough, though I can't fix any tagging errors in the program's database. I have a pair of etymotic hf5 earbuds which sound really nice, given their price range. I live at home still so there's no point in investing in an actual speaker set up at the moment, though I'd really like to get a turntable and start a vinyl collection like ASAP.
Also, the use of Spotify kind of limits my mobile options, and drains the hell out of my phone's batteries, which sucks.
OH WELL, it works well enough for me at the moment.
I just use WMP or spotify (and sometimes Zune) on my computer, and I use my phone a lot now with google play music with just some earbuds or some portable speakers. And sometimes my Zune mp3 player. And I listen to CDs in the car.
i iusually just use the radio in the car
itunes on my pc with some of it on my phone. the rest i stream when possible to the phone with google music
i also have a Technics SL-1200 mk2 (only 1 :'() with some decent floor speakers and a Rockin harman kardon receiver in my living room for *easy lsitening* and rare groove vinyls.
if i had a data plan i'd use google music. it looks nice.
i have a cracked 5gen ipod that's very fat and heavy and a taped pair of headphones with the left side wrapped in rubberbands and tape because i once sat on it on accident and snapped it off
for the computer, i usually just stream off youtube because i like that mysterious youtube 128 bitrate sound
Quote from: ilovesloths on January 15, 2013, 03:37:51 PM
if i had a data plan i'd use google music. it looks nice.
I don't know how I'd feel about uploading my entire music library to google.
i use spotify as my main music player
Quote from: Boognish-Redux- on January 15, 2013, 06:56:50 PM
I don't know how I'd feel about uploading my entire music library to google.
what's wrong with it?
Quote from: Clucky on January 15, 2013, 03:57:35 PM
for the computer, i usually just stream off youtube because i like that mysterious youtube 128 bitrate sound
you're a bad person
Is it all illegally obtained?
Oh, and apparently they added a music matching service for the US not too long ago.
Quote from: Far Beyond Repair on January 15, 2013, 11:48:52 PM
Is it all illegally obtained?
Oh, and apparently they added a music matching service for the US not too long ago.
care to elaborate?
Quote from: ilovesloths on January 16, 2013, 09:37:36 AM
care to elaborate?
Scans your music collection and automatically adds the songs to your cloud collection without you having to actually upload them to google play music.
Quote from: ilovesloths on January 15, 2013, 03:37:51 PM
if i had a data plan i'd use google music. it looks nice.
it's nice except it streams in low quality most of the time, unless you are in an area with powerful n advanced data network
Quote from: Clucky on January 15, 2013, 03:57:35 PM
for the computer, i usually just stream off youtube because i like that mysterious youtube 128 bitrate sound
i do that w/ animal collective albums
Quote from: [23]crossdressers on January 16, 2013, 01:53:58 PM
i do that w/ animal collective albums
no wonder why they are listenable to you
is this really how much we have to struggle to make animal collective jokes now
has it become this difficult
i only have feels on cd.
Quote from: Comfortdog on January 16, 2013, 01:06:36 PM
it's nice except it streams in low quality most of the time, unless you are in an area with powerful n advanced data network
Well it does cache the music if you want it too or you can download whatever songs in your collection you want to your phone. There is also a setting to have it stream only in the highest quality (unless that does what you're talking about)
Quote from: Far Beyond Repair on January 16, 2013, 02:37:47 PM
Well it does cache the music if you want it too or you can download whatever songs in your collection you want to your phone. There is also a setting to have it stream only in the highest quality (unless that does what you're talking about)
yeah, for some lame reason i haven't really looked into the Stream Only Hioghesht Quality setting doesnt exist in my android app, and the whole point of using it to begin with is that there isn't enough room on my phone : (
i don't have any animal collective on cd
only pirated merriweather and feels
U should get fall be kind.
every thread inevitably turns into an animal collective discussion thread
Quote from: ilovesloths on January 16, 2013, 05:43:36 PM
every thread inevitably turns into an animal collective discussion thread
is that such a bad thing
Quote from: Sir Popsicle the Sesquipedalian on January 15, 2013, 11:09:49 PM
you're a bad person
i am evil incarnate you can ask jmv
Quote from: [23]crossdressers on January 16, 2013, 05:29:44 PM
U should get fall be kind.
<333
i also like their water curses ep, it's my most favorite
their last album was terribly disappointing :'(((
also i like feels a lot too
i never listened to water Curses .
and i didnt even know they released a new album....... god that album cover is The Worst
u should Listen to water curses
or you will...pay
and their new album cover looks vaguely off-shoot alternative in the 90s lol
Quote from: Clucky on January 17, 2013, 04:04:50 PM
u should Listen to water curses
or you will...pay
and their new album cover looks vaguely off-shoot alternative in the 90s lol
i will listen to water curses . . . . . . s ome time....
it should be on YoutUBe
has anybody checked out their visual album?
or their new one for that matter? i'd be interested in opinions
i've got a set of speakers near the tv for use with ipods/mp3s/ laptops and such
i use an ipod touch for personal use
the household/roommate record setup consists of 4 sansui speakers with 12 inch subs and 2 fischer speakers with some old 80s sylvania turntable and a pioneer receiver. i know very little of these specifics, but my roommates dad is a huge stoner/record fiend/audiophile from the 60s and he threw it all together. it is way too powerful for this little apartment but i feel so badass for having it
for personal use, maddy and i have an all in one record player with casette, cd, and tape deck!!!!!!! the fancy stuff
I use itunes and my iPod Touch.
I really miss my iPod Classic but getting another one wasn't exactly an option :(
Quote from: Snowy on February 05, 2013, 08:57:39 AM
I really miss my iPod Classic but getting another one wasn't exactly an option :(
why
Quote from: May on February 05, 2013, 01:21:14 PM
why
When I went to the apple store they didn't have any in stock and for some reason wouldn't have any for the next few months, and my grandmother wasn't going to come back in a few months to help me buy it goowan
Though I don't mind it too much, I like the interface of the touch, but I wish it held more music and movies.
i burn cd's and listen to them in my car using a walkman and a cassette tape adapter. At home I usually browse soundcloud and youtube. and i have ultrasone s-logic headphones that close off the world.
Quote from: Snowy on February 06, 2013, 06:54:13 AM
When I went to the apple store they didn't have any in stock and for some reason wouldn't have any for the next few months, and my grandmother wasn't going to come back in a few months to help me buy it goowan
Though I don't mind it too much, I like the interface of the touch, but I wish it held more music and movies.
i just bought a new classic today to replace the old 80gb that went missing
it needed to be replaced at some point anyway because i'm steadily getting closer to 80gb
I use foobar to listen to music on my computer. If I want to listen to a song which isn't on my computer, I normally just use YouTube and search for the song.
For portable listening, I usually just use my phone.
For earphones, I just use a pair of really cheap JVC ones. I don't bother with getting higher quality ones because I know I wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway so there is really no point in spending extra money.
The same goes for headphones, I really can't tell the difference all that much between a high quality pair and a low quality pair, although I can tell the difference slightly better than I can with earphones. I just use some Sony ones which I don't know the model of.
My speaker system is pretty much a cluster of random stuff which I threw together. I have four speakers in total, two small crappy ones and two large crappy ones. The smaller ones are relatively new, the larger ones I think I ripped from an old karaoke system that we used to have. The audio output of my computer is connected to a two way splitter, one of which goes to the old karaoke speakers (the speakers have two audio inputs for some reason) and the other one goes to the smaller speakers. The subwoofer output of the smaller speakers is connected to the second input of the old karaoke speakers so they kind of work as subwoofers (not really), but the sound is more than satisfactory to me, so I don't really feel the need to change any of it. Despite their overall shittiness, they still work pretty well, although it does to this weird thing where it gets louder or quieter depending on where you are positioned in the room.
Quote from: Madotsuki on February 06, 2013, 04:02:07 PM
i just bought a new classic today to replace the old 80gb that went missing
it needed to be replaced at some point anyway because i'm steadily getting closer to 80gb
Yeah, I had an 80gb. I really miss it. :(
i miss my 30 gb ipod video that i can't find
I use my phone 32 gigs is enough
i just use iTunes or whatever for software on my computer but when I'm listening to music its always connected to some pretty nice sony speakers i have through a preamp. then i also have a sony record player attached to the speakers . . . . i have a pair of sennheiser 515 headphones
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