Music Anon...(MA)

AZILL said:

If you are going to dive into Massive Attack, you may as well check out Portishead and one of my personal faves, Khruangbin. Thank me later....

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AZILL said:

What do you mean 'headphone system'? Just a set of headphones like Beats, AKG, Sony, etc.....or other hardware?

Yeah! I have enough old school gear to set up a few systems.... Everyone want's Bose (junk) type stereos/speakers when nothing compares to old-school stuff. I hit up local thrift stores, estate sales, garage sales, etc.... to find stuff. Though gear is getting much harder to find nowadays, it's still a fun hobby! I wish I knew how to actually fix some of this stuff and that I had more room!

I just sold a really nice Kenwood silver-face stereo system recently. The new owner said it was beautiful and very nostalgic for him and that he was having it buried with him when the time comes, lol. ....and it was nothing rare/exotic like some can be, just in excellent condition.

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Illini92and96 said:

Headphone systems are a DAC (a Digital audio converter to convert the streaming service), to a headphone specific amp/pre-amp (much smaller to sit on a desk and less power) to headphones, usaually corded since bluetooth is not lossless. A higher end fidelity version of an iphone and wireless speakers, which is what I was using.

I used to have a NAD systems with Clements (Canadian) speakers i got in the early 90s. I gave up the dream of my acoustically treated music room when I got married, but with kids starting to leave next year I might commandeer a bedroom and make it a reality.

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Illini92and96 said:

DAC (a Digital audio converter to convert the streaming service)

I used to have a NAD systems with Clements (Canadian) speakers i got in the early 90s. I gave up the dream of my acoustically treated music room when I got married, but with kids starting to leave next year I might commandeer a bedroom and make it a reality.

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AZILL said:

I came to that realization after it was too late to Edit my post, lol.

Go for it! Vinyl has made a comeback! I know a surprising number of Millenials who've gone Retro with their music systems as well as MCM furniture/decor! Both of my daughters have lived in Austin in the past. I've spent some considerable time there visiting over the years. One is now at UI on the last leg of her PhD and the other is in NYC. They both got into using TT's while there in Austin. They were living in the Hyde Park/North Loop area and there were several shops/thrifts nearby that they would go searching for records etc...

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AZILL said:

I came to that realization after it was too late to Edit my post, lol.

Go for it! Vinyl has made a comeback! I know a surprising number of Millenials who've gone Retro with their music systems as well as MCM furniture/decor! Both of my daughters have lived in Austin in the past. I've spent some considerable time there visiting over the years. One is now at UI on the last leg of her PhD and the other is in NYC. They both got into using TT's while there in Austin. They were living in the Hyde Park/North Loop area and there were several shops/thrifts nearby that they would go searching for records etc...

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Ransom Stoddard said:

When the vinyl renaissance started picking up traction 5-6 years ago I was able to pick up all kinds of stuff in decent-ish condition for $4-6 used. Now everything's at least $10 for similar condition. I've bought a few that were unplayable, but almost everything benefitted from running through an ultrasonic cleaner and then some spot cleaning as needed.

And to segue back into the DAC discussion, I capture all my vinyl at 24-bit, 384,000 Hz, run it through some basic non-invasive cleanup tools (mostly via Audacity unless I need to get aggressive), then rip it down to FLAC. I use a portable DAC from iBasso and some wired Bose headphones, and everything sounds pretty darned good, although I'm far from an audiophile.

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Illini92and96 said:

Wow, that is interesting way to manage the music! Doing it that way sounds warmer that straight up streaming? I have a chord qutest dac going to a Ferrum Orr amp and Susvara headphones.

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Illini92and96 said:

Do y’all find a drastic difference in music quality across recordings? I’m for the first time listing to high res source (quoboz) on a now decent system, and some of the music sounds noticeably better than others. I think it will influence what I prefer to listen to. Brian Eno popped into the mix (had never heard him) and it sounded so good I listened to all his stuff. It subsequent happened with several other artists I have never heard of. My hair bands recordings now don’t sound so good unfortunately.

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