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- #1
- Posted: 07/03/2013 01:56
- Post subject: How do you listen to your music
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I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC?
Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors?
Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics?
Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs?
Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom?
I couldn't find a topic on this... and I don't want to know how people on HIFIFORUM ou HEADFORUM listen to music, I want to know how the BEA users listen to it! Is it OK to start this thread on Music?
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MrFrogger
Where am I
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Location: Oakland 
- #2
- Posted: 07/03/2013 02:00
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| MrFrogger wrote: | I guess I'll just say it here. When I first hear an album, I'll probably hear it the 320kbs Mp3, Which I play over my stereo using a DAC. Most albums I love and listen to a lot, I hear the FLAC, If I can get ahold of it. (Yes this takes up a lot of room, I have a couple terabyte hard drives I store this on). I also have a great pair of headphones(Philips citiscape uptown) which I use when I'm not using the speakers. I also listen to alot of vinyl, i'm not gonna get into the technical's(just ask if you want them), but its an Audio Technica turntable going into my stereo setup.
I usually don't read the lyrics on first listen, but I usually will on repeated listens, in some cases it really gave me a lot of introspection into the album. |
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- #3
- Posted: 07/03/2013 02:17
- Post subject: Re: How do you listen to your music
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| Cartesius wrote: | I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC?
I usually use my computer, but I have like four vinyl and ten CDs that I hope to expand on. They're mostly mp3s.
Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors?
Eh, they're just some earbuds XD
Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics?
Depends.
Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs?
Also depends, mostly without a pause
Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom?
Bedroom!
I couldn't find a topic on this... and I don't want to know how people on HIFIFORUM ou HEADFORUM listen to music, I want to know how the BEA users listen to it! Is it OK to start this thread on Music? |
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AlexZangari
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Location: gone
- #4
- Posted: 07/03/2013 03:35
- Post subject: Re: How do you listen to your music
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I use my computer. I used to buy CDs and I have a small collection (probably around 50) but I stopped being able to afford it pretty fast. The only albums I have on vinyl are The Stranger and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Honestly I think vinyl sounds shite compared to digital.
Recently I've started using headphones for listening. Depending on the album it can make a pretty good difference on what intricacies of the music are audible or not.
I never read the lyrics on the first album (too distracting), and over the years I've found myself to pay less and less attention to lyrics and more to music. I don't know the lyrics to a lot of my favourite albums, actually. I've only just noticed this recently though, so I'm trying to get myself to read the lyrics more often as they can hugely affect my love for an album.
If I feel the need to skip songs on an album, then I really shouldn't be listening to it. I only skip songs when I'm listening with other people. Actually this has become a problem for me because I've gotten to a point where I only listen to full albums, which means I'm not listening to songs I love because they come from subpar albums.
I do the vast majority of my listening in bed, at night.
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Defago
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Age: 33
Location: Lima 
- #5
- Posted: 07/03/2013 04:10
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I have many different "modes" of listening. The usual thing is to listen to albums on my car. If I'm driving to uni, the ride is about 45 minutes and I can listen to one LP on the way there and another on the way back. Another way I listen to music is in my room, where I have a couple of Altec Lansing speakers which sound pretty good, I'll use my external sound card if I'm feeling fancy. The last way is to go into my home studio and use the speakers there. They aren't so much quality, but the volume capacity is enormous, and the room's acoustics are excellent. I use a couple of skullcandy headphones I got at a fair whenever I'm at the library or sth.
I always get either v0 or 320kbps, anything less sucks, anything more I won't tell the difference (yet). Also, I try not to skip songs and to listen to the album as a whole, unless I'm doing playlists in which case I skip away.
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revolver94
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Age: 31
Location: Washington, D.C.
- #6
- Posted: 07/03/2013 05:18
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I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC?
I usually go for the 320 kbps mp3, but if I can't get that I don't stress.
Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors?
I usually use my SR-60i headphones to listen to music, otherwise I use this garbage mini speaker my iPod plugs into (shower).
Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics?
No. Yes.
Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs?
The former. If I'm feeling lazy, I'll pick the best songs to listen to, but that's very rare.
Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom?
Usually in my bedroom. Other times in the car or other rooms of the house.
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EyeKanFly
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Age: 34
Location: Gotham
- #7
- Posted: 07/03/2013 05:35
- Post subject: Re: How do you listen to your music
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| Cartesius wrote: | | I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC? |
Typically computer, I use iTunes. I know it's not the best program, but it catalogues music nicely and it's easy for playlists and stuff. Most of my music is from CDs, so AAC or MP3 format, typically between 192 and 320 kbps (though that's sometimes more of an indicator of a song's encoding rather than quality). FLAC is nice, but the nature of my speakers and headphones (and maybe ears haha) make it so that the difference in quality between FLAC and mp3/AAC is barely recognizable, and not worth the extra bytes FLAC takes up on my computer.
| Cartesius wrote: | | Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors? |
Usually hi-fi headphones (I don't know that I've ever heard anyone call them earphones actually; read it a few times, never heard it spoken). Sometimes my ears or head hurts though, so I'll just switch to the computer speaker (which sucks). And sometimes car speaker, which is surround and actually really good, but the quality is usually compromised by the sounds of the highway.
| Cartesius wrote: | | Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics? |
If the lyrics are available while I'm listening, then yes. If I'm driving, then no 🤣 (I would hope no one does that). If I buy a physical copy of the CD and it has lyrics in the liner notes, then I'll usually read the lyrics. This is especially true for music where I know the lyrics are important (The Wall, MBDTF, and Trouble Will Find Me for example). I often don't pay attention to the lyrics though. I really should listen more.
| Cartesius wrote: | | Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs? |
Whole album typically, though sometimes it's hard to stay in one place for an whole hour, so I need to pause. Usually I'll listen to isolated songs after the first listen of an album, though sometimes songs come first.
| Cartesius wrote: | | Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom? |
Anywhere. Bedroom, kitchen, living room, roof, car, the woods, library, etc. My favorite places are the bedroom and the car though. In my bedroom there's no distractions, so I can listen in peace. And in the car, I'm just performing a mindless task that lets me focus a lot on the music. You'd think the woods are distraction free...they're not. I only tried that once since I thought it would be the most peaceful listening experience. Instead of peaceful I got lots of bug bites.
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Location: Paris, France 
- #8
- Posted: 07/03/2013 07:49
- Post subject: Re: How do you listen to your music
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I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC?
CDs, or mp3 (320 if available, in some cases of rarer, older albums the copy isn't that good but I'll listen anyway because I'm curious), or streaming (Deezer, Grooveshark, Spotify).
Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors?
The hi-fi (well, calling it that is a bit of a stretch, seeing the state of the thing :D) for CDs, and plain computer speakers for mp3, simple earphones at night when the TV is on.
Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics?
a) Rarely. b) Often, yes.
Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs?
No pause if I can.
Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom?
In the living room when I'm home, I use an mp3 player for commuting. Not everyday though, there are times when I'd rather read, or just watch other commuters.
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- #9
- Posted: 07/03/2013 09:15
- Post subject: Re: How do you listen to your music
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| Quote: | | I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC? |
I'll listen to music on either my computer or my iPod Classic. I try my best to get 320kbps MP3s, but I don't mind if it's much lower - that said I refuse to listen to anything below 192kbps. If I have FLAC files I'll just convert them down, they're much to big and iTunes doesn't play them, so it's just easier to know my entire collection is MP3.
| Quote: | | Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors? |
I've got some hand-me-down speakers from my Dad, who's a bit of an audiophile, so they're pretty good if a little old. It's just a simple two small speakers and sub-woofer. For my iPod I have a cheap pair of Creative in-earphones. Picked them up for about £7, honestly I can't hear much audio difference between them and a quality pair unless the music gets very loud and then the treble distorts - but I listen to pretty chill music.
When you're on the go in-earphones are the way to go, headphones are too big and other earphones leak way to much and don't stay in your ear, plus you get the entire immersive experience, especially when the bass resonates against your skull.
| Quote: | | Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics? |
I don't pay too much attention to the lyrics unless they grab my attention, then I'll look them up. However if it's a favourite album of mine I will really enjoy sitting down and reading the lyrics - an album feels more intimate if you know the words.
| Quote: | | Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs? |
I'm not too harsh on myself. I won't pause it if I don't have to, but I'll happily pause an album if needs. I rarely ever hear an album from start to finish entirely without any pauses whilst on my PC - I don't think pauses take away from the experience at all.
| Quote: | | Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom? |
Mostly in my bedroom whilst I'm on my computer. If I don't feel like cycling to school I'll do the 30 minute commute, which each way almost exactly adds up to an hour, making it perfect for hearing an entire album as I'm walking - really enjoy that, it just takes time.
Great questions 😁
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Cymro2011
The Beatles were objectively average
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Location: In a deep, dark bubblegum graveyard 
- #10
- Posted: 07/03/2013 13:42
- Post subject: Re: How do you listen to your music
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| Cartesius wrote: | I'm really curious, what's your setup? Do you use the computer as a source? What format are your songs? MP3 VBR? 320 kbps? FLAC?
I mainly use my computer and try and get most of my music in FLAC but if I've download something just to see if I like it I don't bother, any quality will do.
Hi-Fi Earphones or Speakers? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1? Multimedia speakers or Reference monitors?
I've got myself a pretty nice pair of headphones for when I'm at home and in ear headphones for when i'm out and about.
Do you read the lyrics on the first listen? Do you ever read the lyrics?
Not on first listen but I will with albums that I love.
Do you usually listen to the whole album without a pause? Or isolated songs?
Without pause whenever I can.
Finally... where do you hear it? At the living room? Car? Bedroom?
Bedroom.
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