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Majikn
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« Reply #1251 on: 24 July 2018, 07:29:57 » |
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So... I've had pretty decent luck with over-ear headphones. My last set I bought in 2011 and they died in 2016, and I have this new pair from Sennheiser that I got for half price since then.
My trouble is with on-ear travel headphones. I used to wear cheap buds for a long time. I ended up switching to Sony travel headphones a couple years back. The case still works but the cord seems to be frayed on the inside around the plug, and this seems to have happened relatively soon compared to my other headphones. With me not going back to buds I'm left wondering what kind of travel headphones I should look for. Basically I'm looking for the best value with reasonable sound quality in the long term.
Also a lot of headphones seem to advertise their bass quality over everything else and I don't really get that. I mean I guess I do, but the kind of music I listen to often has a lot more than just bass, and it would leave something to be desired if a nuanced, balanced song was otherwise drowned out by its bass portions. I have very little idea if and how much I know what I'm even talking about here, but I know some of you are way more into music than I've ever been so I might benefit from some of your opinions.
I keep looking at bluetooth headphones, too, and wondering if the trade-off in sound quality is worth avoiding the risk of the cord—seemingly the most flimsy part of any headphone—breaking within weeks or months.
Oh, and... as for actual music. This might be embarrassing to admit, but I only heard Daft Punk's "Alive 2007" album off YouTube just recently. I was never that much into Daft Punk, but fairly recently they just clicked with me.
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Mikero
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« Reply #1254 on: 24 July 2018, 19:45:35 » |
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Yeah I think typically Skullcandy is considered pretty cheapo. I wish I could help ya but I really hate on-ear headphones, they're just too uncomfortable for me. I will mention that my girlfriend has those triangular DNA ones made by Monster, and I thought the sound quality was pretty decent. Monster made the first generation of Beats by Dre before selling it to Apple, so if you've experienced those it's similar. They aren't gonna be top notch and a quick look at a headphone subreddit shows me that headphone aficionados think they're bad/overpriced (at the time), but once you get into audiophile territory it's another ballgame (especially for price). They do apparently think the Beats Solo 2 are decent sound for the price range. The DNA ones can fold up too so they're decent for travel. I would try them out if you see them in a store, they're not bad. I'd totally get ones at that quality if I saw a good price... and if on-ear didn't hurt me after a while. Another thing, you mentioned Sennheiser before. I find my over-ear Sennheiser's really let in a lot outside sound, but they're kind of a cheap model. I've only heard great things about the better models but I imagine their on-ear ones have the same issue. Either way, this article has a Sennheiser pair as well as the DNA ones and the Sony MDR-XB400, which are very popular--but it also mentions the bass as a selling point pretty often. I think that's really just used more as a buzzword nowadays, and what they mean by good bass is good LEVELS. For me a good pair of headphones or speakers lets you feel the air between instruments, not just bass, but often it's easier to measure that by how well bass is translated. |
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Majikn
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« Reply #1269 on: 30 April 2021, 20:03:28 » |
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Alpha Lyla used to be at the top of my iPod for a very long time. Since like, 2006 when I got the thing. So often when I went out for a walk to go to work or wherever I was going, the song that would always start if I would just press play straight from the menu was "Again" by Alpha Lyla. I thought that was so fitting. I love that album and wish there was more stuff like that out there for iconic games. There might be, but they're not terribly easy to find. There's a 20 minute rock medley for Zelda by CarboHydroM, but that's not quite the same feeling. But here it is anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAOfufTsHfgBut anyway here's a guy named Tatsuya Maruyama. https://tatsuyamaruyama.bandcamp.com/album/collageI found the song "East Sky" in my music playlist on youtube from around 2012. Turns out I'm pretty sure I found him because it was in Egoraptor's liked videos. He's made a whole lot of music since and I bought some of it. Oh, and SIM CITY 4 OST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSv37HwwojUI love the creative mindset that this inspires and that I can just put this on and put myself in that kind of zone for creating stuff. I never even played Sim City 4. |
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Teelio
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« Reply #1275 on: 29 June 2021, 15:45:00 » |
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Can't recall the last time I listened to any songs with lyrics. Floating through YouTube & listening to random vaporwave & downtempo I come across. Either that or OSTs from random games. There's a duo rock group on YouTube called Burning Idol whom have created some pretty neat covers from Donkey Kong Country 2. Those videos were created roughly 10 years ago, but their channel has been more active lately. Their recent post is a short cover from MM7's intro level. |
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