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Do you care how good your stereo system,amp,cd player etc is or not i think its importent to have a decent Hi -Fi system its really make the music much better |
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some music definitely requires good equipment there're sounds on particular albums that cant be noticed on a lousy hi-fi |
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how anally retentive are you guys? Get some ac/dc on and blast it out! Doesn't matter if it's a bang and olufson or a japwuitsi piece of shit as long as you turn the volume up to 11! |
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i want to change my stereo the days. surround 5.1 speakers for my turntable ! |
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Good music deserves to be played on good equipment. |
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I appreciate music more on a top system. |
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I have 5.1 on my turntables. I've heard music played on a really good system and you're right it does sound a lot better. Once I have my own house I'll almost certainly get a very good hi-fi. At the moment I'm moving around a lot and don't have money to burn so I see little point in buying even a "mid range" quality system. My flatmate has a nice Marantz system, but he doesn't look after his cabling/connects and as a result it crackles all the time :( |
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Doesn't look after his cabling..?!! NOOOOOOO! |
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Dirty, oxidised cable ends- not put into plugs securely, cable just "hooped" around connection point at the back of the speakers, all for the sake of a few £s for decent connectors, etc. really bad as it would otherwise be a decent stereo. |
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Ack.... Pretty happy this week coz Ive been getting all sorts of CDs in the mail. Got Garbage by Autechre this morning. :) |
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My Music buying is on hold till my birthday. Last one I bought was Christ-Pylonesque I think. |
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mmmhh warp records on a good system they know how it should sound and they have best quality on the vinyls |
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ever heard about super audio cd (sacd) |
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Audio on 96hz DVD or something? |
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somthein like that i dont know the details but its much better than cd its have a wider sound and you here the details much better. I got a sacd player it can also play cd great but unfortunely thers not many sacd albums realesed i hope it is the standard in the future |
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I saw some on DVD-Audio (heh, DVDA?) but they where all shit albums. The price of these could be stupid. Wanna pay £20 per album? :/ |
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I spent alot of $ on my stereo equipment. Speakers/receiver are things that last for decades so I thought it would be a good investment. QLN 612 speakers, and harman/kardon receiver and cd-player. |
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I hope not. You can't make digital copies of SACD, so we'll all be going 1 step backwards to making analog copies again. |
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anyone listened to a boss system. i got one for about 3000 and to be so small it sure is nice |
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people always break there system is a mather of time before some one will break it |
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Probably, but the first generation of SACD players didn't even have a digital audio out. What does that tell you. Even now there is no standard for that yet. Does your SACD player have a digital out? I'm just curious. |
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what is that |
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you cant play mp3 on it |
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its a red light |
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CD players have two sets of outputs - analog, which are the regular white/red RCA cables, and a digital out, which is usually just a square plug. The digital out should give cleaner sound. It was just odd that the first SACD players were boasting of very high fidelty and didn't even have the high-quality digital output. |
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yep know i remamber its got Optical digital output |
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do they have cd players that are like regular 3 disk changers n stuff that play mp3s? |
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CDP-CX455 Features 400 Mega CD changer with user friendly on-screen menu for everlasting music pleasure 400CD changer CD Text Easy search function Continue/Shuffle/Program (32 x 3 steps) 2-way LCD remote control with on-screen display 1-bit D/A Converter 1 optical input |
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damn, thats just too much for me. i just need a descent boom box to jam to my tunes. |
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Yeah invest in a good system. Take some time to read reviews then go and have a listen. Listen to the hi-fi shops recommendations, but let your ears be the ultimate judge. Don't buy a "Lifestyle" system that looks pretty, after all, you're gonna listen to it, not look at it. My system: Arcam Alpha 8SE CD 2 x Rotel RB981 power amps (360 RMS each) Creek OBH12 passive pre amp Yamaha DSP-E800 processor Sony DVPS725D DVD player Sony 28" WEGA TV B&W DM603 S2 front speakers B&W centre and rear speakers and if you buy a turntable get a belt drive unless you spend all your time mixing. Belt drives sound a lot nicer. |
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There's a lot of new formats around now, but none seem to be established. My CD player also plays HDCDs, but I've never seen one in my life... |
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but u got to have alot off money |
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depends what your priorities are. most people have some interest in their life that they're willing to spend lots of money on. i listen to a lot of music so i think it's worth spending money on something that makes it even more pleasurable... some people spend over £20000 on a car because they love cars... |
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Sony is still playing games with their SACD players. I checked out their top of the line model and it has digital out for CD only, not SACD. Loogie: I have one HDCD disc - Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin. It has amazing sound, even though I don't have a HDCD player. |
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you can get a nice sounding basic system for under £500 |
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i don't understand how HDCDs work! they play on conventional players, but if you play them on a HDCD player they sound even better! weird! |
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i think its something whith dual layer to do |
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It's a bit complicated, but kind of clever. It works by fooling around with the 16th bit of the digital signal, using it like morse code to tell the HDCD decoder what to do. I guess this is very high frequency sound that we can't hear. |
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I actually don't care that much for the quality of my stereo-system. The most important thing for me is that it is very strong (in other words: won't break easily... i used to buy even cheaper systems, but i got tired of having to replace them every two years). I don't like to have 10.000 different options to twiddle with the sounds forever... i prefer my stereo to be sweet and simple :-) Just open tray - insert cd - press play. I'm sure if i would invest more money i could get a much better system with much better sound... but i can't really be bothered. The difference will only be small... i wouldn't really notice it. I'd rather spend that extra cash to buy some more cd's ;-) Good music will sound good on any system! |
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RICHER SOUNDS A brilliant shop where you can get cheap separates n stuff. I got 2x massive Wharfedale freestanding speakers for £60. |
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My CD player has teeth marks in it from when I loose my temper after it spits a CD-R out. I need a new one that will all work cool. |
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yeah lots of buttons is a bad idea! the simpler the better! if you guys want an excellent free hi-fi upgrade, throw your "graphic equaliser" out the window! they inherently degrade the sound, unless it's studio equipment |
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i just got an Audigy 2 platinum (sound card) before this i had crappy integrated sound... and now EVERYTHIGN sounds WAAAAAAAAAY better! even mp3s! i guess thats 24 bit sound for you :P .....my stereo system is about to undergoe a total overhall as well..... |
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.....like other people have said, i think it makes a HUGE difference ive heard some pretty damn good speakers in my day (not mine though :( and you can hear TONS of stuff that simply doesn't show up on crappy systems especially with stuff like Boards of Canada i think it makes a huge difference im planning on purchasing some GOOD headphones in the near future.... ...like a couple hundred dollars at least im leaning towards a pair of Sennheisers (sp?) right now... IME headphones are better value than speakers if u want good sound on a budget for a couple hundred dollars you can get better headphones than speakers, but of course speakers win out as the ultimate listening equipment if money is not a concern, at least from my experience and what ive read any suggestions? |
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sennheisers tend to be good i have a pair of beyer DT531's, they've stould up to a lot of abuse over the years and sound great. it would seem the germans make good headphones... headphones can be a budget way to experience gorgeous sound, but with speakers you can FEEL the music, the feeling of a kickdrum tingling your skin and vibrating your internal organs is an incredible sensation! |
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lol i know what you mean :) |
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oooo Marantz! I have an old Marantz that sounds great. I have to take it to someone for maintenance soon as the knobs and switches are getting tricky. |
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i don't want some shitty thing, but at the same time, i can settle forr middle of the rrange |
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