what are you listening to right now?

[konakona]

2. KOTOKO - Shooting Star (320KB VBR LAME)

Foobar2000 24bit padded to 32bit, SSRC upsampled to 192khz + advanced limiter -> EMU-1212M -> DIY Zen -> Sennheiser HD-580

 

[Nebor]

I can't imagine using headphones for casual listening... It makes me feel so tied down and wrapped up. I think of headphones for critical listening...

I'm not listening to anything. Actually I can hear my computer a little bit over my air conditioner, and it's really aggrivating me.

 

[Aves]

Yesterday's All Things Considered using RealOne. :Q

 

[Kalvin00]

Nothing. And I am listening to it on crappy speakers that came with the computer.

 

[MustISO]

I'm listening to the 6 fans in my PC. Hhuuummmmmm....

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Nothing. And I am listening to it on crappy speakers that came with the computer.

Yeah, Logitechs are good for that "nothing" sound when you're not playing anything.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I can't imagine using headphones for casual listening... It makes me feel so tied down and wrapped up. I think of headphones for critical listening...

I'm not listening to anything. Actually I can hear my computer a little bit over my air conditioner, and it's really aggrivating me.

well maybe you need to get an amp to bring your headphones up to a level adequate for casual listening personally i find HD-580s very comfy - i could wear them for hours without feeling tied down or irritated

 

[Gurck]

Skynard - "Berneice", just what happens to be on right now, winamp on random with 15gb. Playing on my Gigaworks 7.1 hooked up to an audigy 2 ZS.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: VanillaH

Originally posted by: Nebor
I can't imagine using headphones for casual listening... It makes me feel so tied down and wrapped up. I think of headphones for critical listening...

I'm not listening to anything. Actually I can hear my computer a little bit over my air conditioner, and it's really aggrivating me.

well maybe you need to get an amp to bring your headphones up to a level adequate for casual listening personally i find HD-580s very comfy - i could wear them for hours without feeling tied down or irritated

I think the Bose triports are more comfortable than any of Sennheisers offerings, I have actually forgotten I had them on and walked off before (damage). My HD600s are pretty comfortable too. The RS85s are... slightly less comfortable. My ears are too big for the cups.

All my headphones are loud enough, I can't play any of them above half volume or they're too loud... They just make me feel closed in, it's such a hassle to take them off to get up. That's why when I do use headphones, rarely, I use my RS85s.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Gurck
Skynard - "Berneice", just what happens to be on right now, winamp on random with 15gb. Playing on my Gigaworks 7.1 hooked up to an audigy 2 ZS.

... you're not using CMSS are you?

 

[CountZero]

My ears ringing from the skinny puppy show last night.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Gurck
Skynard - "Berneice", just what happens to be on right now, winamp on random with 15gb. Playing on my Gigaworks 7.1 hooked up to an audigy 2 ZS.

... you're not using CMSS are you?

God no 2.1 for music

I suggested CMSS in the other thread if GW volume wasn't sufficient. Seeing as there's no way you can be within 20 feet of these speakers (unless a wall is in the way) and say that, I figure if the soundstage is already gone due to distance / obstacles, CMSS is a way to increase the volume some.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: CountZero
My ears ringing from the skinny puppy show last night.

You went to Skinny Puppy? How was it???

Listening to:
Tier - Rammstein

Sh!tty headphones.

 

[masterxfob]

Franz Ferdinand

 

[acemcmac]

the white noise of my 11 case fans, half of which have dying bearings....

Audigy 2, Z680's and Sony MDR700's for casual use.

 

[nageov3t]

last comic standing on Comedy Central.

 

[Pex]

im listening to my mom bitch about me being late for work.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: VanillaH
2. KOTOKO - Shooting Star (320KB VBR LAME)

Foobar2000 24bit padded to 32bit, SSRC upsampled to 192khz + advanced limiter -> EMU-1212M -> DIY Zen -> Sennheiser HD-580

why pad to 24bit..much less 32 bit, much less upsample to 192khz when by design the mp3 codec has already removed that info from the file.

 

[CoveX]

Listening to some Jan Hammer right now...

Setup:
Foobar2000 -> SbLive! optical out -> Marantz DP870 -> NAD T750 -> pair of Infinity Delta 70s

 

[dionx]

watching local news via Leadtek Winfast XP2000 Deluxe TV Tuner. too bad only stereo works on my Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 w/ NForce2 soundstorm

 

[Quadophile]

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (2000 version)>Custom made MP3> 192KB VBR>Exact Audio Copy>Lame encoder 3.93>Winamp 5.03> Audigy>Cable Talk Monitor 3 Interconnect>Nad 3225PE>Monster Flat Speaker cable>Mission 760iSE

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: VanillaH
2. KOTOKO - Shooting Star (320KB VBR LAME)

Foobar2000 24bit padded to 32bit, SSRC upsampled to 192khz + advanced limiter -> EMU-1212M -> DIY Zen -> Sennheiser HD-580

why pad to 24bit..much less 32 bit, much less upsample to 192khz when by design the mp3 codec has already removed that info from the file.

... he's not listening to MP3. He's listening to 320kbps LAME.

 

[Leetman]

Muse- Stockholm Syndrome, on some logitech speakers.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: CountZero
My ears ringing from the skinny puppy show last night.

Skinny Puppy is still around?! (I saw them back in the early 90s at the Fillmore in SF, after Vivisect VI came out. Amazing band.) I thought they broke up after Nivek Ogre OD'd on heroin?

Who's doing the vocals?

Edit: After researching this, apparently I had heard wrong and Ogre is still around.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: aves2k
Yesterday's All Things Considered using RealOne. :Q

RealOne :shocked: