what are you listening to right now?

[Anubis]

Tool - Parabol/Parabola
Home Stereo
JVC - RX-7030v - 110wx7
kenwood 5disc CD player - old but it works fine
Wharfedale Sapphire Blue 87's front speakers
SVS PCI 20-39 sub

i dont play music in sorrund often but i use 7 channel stereo sometimes
Advent rear speakers - forgot model - they have 3 8in drivers 2 mid, 1 bass and a tweeter
infinity front and rear centers

On teh Comp i use Winamp 5 - SB Audigy - Klipsch Promedia 4.1s
or sound out to the receiver

 

[datdamkid]

I'm listening to Slightly Stoopid - Mr Music.

On Winamp using A reciever w/4.1

 

[CountZero]

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

Was an amazing show, have never seen them live before aside from Ain't It Dead Yet video but they definitely rocked. Lots of energy from Ogre and Cevin. Lots of old and new songs, ended with Smothered Hope which was awesome.

But if you are going might I recommend ear plugs. It was the loudest show I have ever been to.

And to not derail the topic too much I'm still listening to my ears ring...

 

[erikiksaz]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Tool - Parabol/Parabola
Home Stereo
JVC - RX-7030v - 110wx7
kenwood 5disc CD player - old but it works fine
Wharfedale Sapphire Blue 87's front speakers
SVS PCI 20-39 sub

i dont play music in sorrund often but i use 7 channel stereo sometimes
Advent rear speakers - forgot model - they have 3 8in drivers 2 mid, 1 bass and a tweeter
infinity front and rear centers

On teh Comp i use Winamp 5 - SB Audigy - Klipsch Promedia 4.1s
or sound out to the receiver

Holy crap, i'm only one song behind you in Lateralus, i'm on Schism right now. I cheated though, i skipped Mantra

Anyways,

Sony DVP-NS500V (dvd player)
Marantz 2238B receiver
Outlaw Interconnects
Mirage FRX-3

 

[RaiseUp]

Listening to some Jadakiss, and have it playing through the whole house which is thru like 20 something speakers plus 4 or 5 outside by the pool.

 

[konakona]

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.

i knew someone would be jumping on this, its called a bait skeptics can keep assuming and bluffing all day while we enjoy our music seriously, give it a try and sse it for yourself. do you have the EMU card? i would be very surprised if you didnt feel and appreciate the glaring difference between 192/96/44.1. burning in CPUs really dont make any sense on the theoratical level but most hardcore overclockers claim to have great success with it in real life.

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.

comfort issue is just as subjective it seems : while some find cd3000s more comfy, the are too heavy and hurt my earlobes after a while... not the case with the senns, i could wear them for hours

All my headphones are loud enough, I can't play any of them above half volume or they're too loud...

well as far as know, not many use amps on headphones to boost volume. I highly suggest this thread, it is a good read

i am not sure about the triports and rs-85, but HD-580/600/650 sound utterly anemic when directly plugged into a sound card. you can get them loud enough to ear splitting volume, except they sound distorted and devoid of life, i would rather take koss porta pro over hd-600 unamped

 

[EMPshockwave82]

DJ Danger Mouse - 99 Problems (jay - z the grey album)

 

[thomsbrain]

listening to a rough mix of a recording my band did last night through my pioneer receiver into HD-580's and Klipsh La Scalas.

 

[SWScorch]

check the sig for what I'm listening to. Logitech z540s

 

[Schadenfroh]

Pink Floyd, "take it back" on my radio shack headphones/audigy 2 zs

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: 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.

What the hell is LAME? LAME as in the Mp3 encoder? That is still a damn mp3.

Originally posted by: VanillaH

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.

i knew someone would be jumping on this, its called a bait skeptics can keep assuming and bluffing all day while we enjoy our music seriously, give it a try and sse it for yourself. do you have the EMU card? i would be very surprised if you didnt feel and appreciate the glaring difference between 192/96/44.1. burning in CPUs really dont make any sense on the theoratical level but most hardcore overclockers claim to have great success with it in real life.

What the hell are you talking about? If anything you are upsampling. Please explain.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: 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.

What the hell is LAME? LAME as in the Mp3 encoder? That is still a damn mp3.

Originally posted by: VanillaH

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.

i knew someone would be jumping on this, its called a bait skeptics can keep assuming and bluffing all day while we enjoy our music seriously, give it a try and sse it for yourself. do you have the EMU card? i would be very surprised if you didnt feel and appreciate the glaring difference between 192/96/44.1. burning in CPUs really dont make any sense on the theoratical level but most hardcore overclockers claim to have great success with it in real life.

What the hell are you talking about? If anything you are upsampling. Please explain.

yes, i am upsampling. have YOU TRIED IT YOURSELF? call it a myth, dub me as a pretender and whatnot but i am speaking from my own experience. upsampling doesnt make everything sound better, there is certain loss of lower energy. but its a worthwhile tradeoff for airier sound in my book. as for 24bit padded to 32bit it should be more than self explanatory. go do a search on google if you will.

EDIT : pls keep this at a professional level, i was more interested in what people have in there systems and what they use, not start another heated debate over audio gear and algorithms. if you are questioning the logic behind it, categories like this one would be the place you should turn to

 

[TitanDiddly]

OAR- Crazy game of poker

Randomized list.

 

[Nebor]

i knew someone would be jumping on this, its called a bait skeptics can keep assuming and bluffing all day while we enjoy our music seriously, give it a try and sse it for yourself. do you have the EMU card? i would be very surprised if you didnt feel and appreciate the glaring difference between 192/96/44.1. burning in CPUs really dont make any sense on the theoratical level but most hardcore overclockers claim to have great success with it in real life.

I'm sorry, but generally the reason people get fancy sound cards like the EMU is to avoid resampling... Your argument would suggest that the Audigy's 48khz resampling is better than the native 44.1khz of CDs...

 

[eelw]

watching/listening to the Laker/Pistons game on my PC using my Microsoft DSS80 USB speakers

 

[So]

Cake - Let me go

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Nebor

i knew someone would be jumping on this, its called a bait skeptics can keep assuming and bluffing all day while we enjoy our music seriously, give it a try and sse it for yourself. do you have the EMU card? i would be very surprised if you didnt feel and appreciate the glaring difference between 192/96/44.1. burning in CPUs really dont make any sense on the theoratical level but most hardcore overclockers claim to have great success with it in real life.

I'm sorry, but generally the reason people get fancy sound cards like the EMU is to avoid resampling... Your argument would suggest that the Audigy's 48khz resampling is better than the native 44.1khz of CDs...

no, its creative's whacky resampling algorithm which stands out that makes it inferior to cards like TBSC. if resampling was the only concern AV-710 woulda been your end-of-it-all cheap ticket to audio heaven. there is a whole lot more to a sound card - better caps, better DAC and so on.

not all resampling is bad, creative somehow just chose to mess it up big time. an excerpt taken from another forum :

resampling to multiples of input samplerate is always better quality wise, but someone can prefer the other way because of synergy with the concrete system.. hovever saying something like resampling sucks is like saying Wadia CD players sucks and by the way pretty much all digital gear today, because there is always at least 8x resampling used in digital filters prior to delta sigma modulators of all modern DAC chips.. the question is which digital filter is better, the one done in software or the one done in hardware of each concrete DAC chip.. the lesser DACs should profit from the software filter better than top of the line DACs with pretty good digital filters onboard.. -Glassman-

yeah, these folks know way more than i do, so i try to spend more time and read up on stuff whenever i get a chance

upsampling definitely aint for everyone as the cpu takes a heavy toll of 40-50% depending on your setup and the song you are playing. think of it as a subtle upgrade discernable with more revealing gear.

 

[Nebor]

I've decided that I'm without the golden ears. My Gigaworks sound pretty much like my old altec lansings, and like my friend's logitechs. My HD600s sound pretty much like the Triports, which sound pretty much like some 9 year old Aiwa headphones from Best Buy. My Denon stereo w/ mission speakers sounds just like the Panasonic bookshelf system I got from Best Buy for $130 for my garage.

I think the only quality I can appreciate is volume. That's why I freakin' hate these gigaworks, they're anemic. Anyways, after months of poopooing on people for buying Logitech speakers, I thought I'd just air the fact that all this stuff I've bought is out of snobbery by proxy.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: VanillaH

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: 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.

What the hell is LAME? LAME as in the Mp3 encoder? That is still a damn mp3.

Originally posted by: VanillaH

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.

i knew someone would be jumping on this, its called a bait skeptics can keep assuming and bluffing all day while we enjoy our music seriously, give it a try and sse it for yourself. do you have the EMU card? i would be very surprised if you didnt feel and appreciate the glaring difference between 192/96/44.1. burning in CPUs really dont make any sense on the theoratical level but most hardcore overclockers claim to have great success with it in real life.

What the hell are you talking about? If anything you are upsampling. Please explain.

yes, i am upsampling. have YOU TRIED IT YOURSELF? call it a myth, dub me as a pretender and whatnot but i am speaking from my own experience. upsampling doesnt make everything sound better, there is certain loss of lower energy. but its a worthwhile tradeoff for airier sound in my book. as for 24bit padded to 32bit it should be more than self explanatory. go do a search on google if you will.

EDIT : pls keep this at a professional level, i was more interested in what people have in there systems and what they use, not start another heated debate over audio gear and algorithms. if you are questioning the logic behind it, categories like this one would be the place you should turn to

I didn;t want to start anything. I was just confused as to what the hell you were talking about

Right now I would be listening to classical music(20bit CD@ 44.1khz prolly) (heifetz of Rimsky-korsakov) on my HTPC....

nforce soundstorum...using optical out to Onkyo tx-sr600 to speakers(Mirage) and sub(athena asp-400)

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I've decided that I'm without the golden ears. My Gigaworks sound pretty much like my old altec lansings, and like my friend's logitechs. My HD600s sound pretty much like the Triports, which sound pretty much like some 9 year old Aiwa headphones from Best Buy. My Denon stereo w/ mission speakers sounds just like the Panasonic bookshelf system I got from Best Buy for $130 for my garage.

I think the only quality I can appreciate is volume. That's why I freakin' hate these gigaworks, they're anemic. Anyways, after months of poopooing on people for buying Logitech speakers, I thought I'd just air the fact that all this stuff I've bought is out of snobbery by proxy.

ok, my sarcasm detector just went off the limit there bud
despite our disagreement in audio realms, i do enjoy your sense of humor at ATOT (no pun intended, i really do ) hate to break it to ya, but hd600s do sound really lifeless without proper amplification, thats one thing i cant stress enough

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I think the only quality I can appreciate is volume. That's why I freakin' hate these gigaworks, they're anemic.

I'm really starting to think you're hearing-impaired Keeping you in mind, I turned my GW 7.1 up to low 6's today for NIN's Heresy - from an alubm which, in my mp3 collection at least, has relatively low volume - and had to turn it down within two minutes due to ear discomfort. Now I'm within 5' of the system, but I don't think it would be much different were I farther - of course, I have above average hearing, mostly due to my 'satellite-dish' ears, but I'd think unless you were deaf or close to it the GW provide sufficient volume under 95% of situations for those with normal hearing.

 

[ajpa123]

Breaking Benjamin - SugarCoat (from the 'Saturate' CD)

I love this CD... their new album comes out later this month... i don't like it as much as 'Saturate', but its good.. Listen to track 11 - SugarCoat. It grows on you..(tracks 1,2,3,4,6,8,11 are my favs). There's two versions, the one on the CD and some live version which is better.

My set up is an old as heck Yamaha natural sound receiver, JVC mp3 dvd player and large Klipsch speakers all around, including 10 inch subwoofer. I need to hit the powerball or find a sugarMama to buy myself a new set up.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Nebor
I think the only quality I can appreciate is volume. That's why I freakin' hate these gigaworks, they're anemic.

I'm really starting to think you're hearing-impaired Keeping you in mind, I turned my GW 7.1 up to low 6's today for NIN's Heresy - from an alubm which, in my mp3 collection at least, has relatively low volume - and had to turn it down within two minutes due to ear discomfort. Now I'm within 5' of the system, but I don't think it would be much different were I farther - of course, I have above average hearing, mostly due to my 'satellite-dish' ears, but I'd think unless you were deaf or close to it the GW provide sufficient volume under 95% of situations for those with normal hearing.

I think DVDs are nearly unwatchable with the gigaworks. Really, they just have no power. I want to feel like I'm there, people are shooting at me, something blew up in the room.... They just can't do it.

 

[konakona]

I didn;t want to start anything. I was just confused as to what the hell you were talking about

Right now I would be listening to classical music(20bit CD@ 44.1khz prolly) (heifetz of Rimsky-korsakov) on my HTPC....

nforce soundstorum...using optical out to Onkyo tx-sr600 to speakers(Mirage) and sub(athena asp-400)

alright, i really need to let my guard down... becoming too edgy lately
but that smiley face does it for me tis all good, no hard feelings

 

[vshah]

Listineng to BT real frekin loud on two B&W Matrix 802 series 2 loudspeakers through a NAD preamp and power amp. 1200 yummy watts.

-Vivan