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Catcher10 
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 Topic: What do you listen to prog on?Posted: April 18 2012 at 09:16 |
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Again its about personal choice....I could never do serious listening from my laptop speakers, the fullness of the music just does not exist. I could very well be wrong but my guess is the best a set of Logitech speakers will do is 80/90Hz - 20kHz freq range with very poor efficiency, especially with very small 25mm-50mm drivers.
I can't imagine any sound stage existing past 1m distance or less (Dean can advise better than I in this matter)..........But its a choice, as long as we are listening to music, its all good.
I have a lot of CDs and digital music....but I will always prefer vinyl.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: April 18 2012 at 10:59 |
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I only use my laptop because I'm poor
 
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sagichim
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Posted: April 18 2012 at 15:43 |
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The difference between laptop speakers and home stereo is huge. If i have to listen through those speakers it's only for background music not for listening with my full concentration. I spend a lot of time listening with my iphone, which is one of the best sources today, and some excellent earphones, shure se215 to be exact, very good quality for being on the road. |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: April 18 2012 at 16:04 |
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My laptop, through the laptop speakers, when exploring new stuff, which I'm doing mostly these days. I prefer listening to prog on my stereo, but my CD player works when it wants to, my prog CD collection isn't that huge, yet, and I'm skint right now, so I have to make do with Spotify, YouTube and pretty lousy speakers ATM.
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Dean
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Posted: April 20 2012 at 02:53 |
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Happy Record Store Day 21/4/2012
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oliverstoned
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Posted: April 20 2012 at 03:12 |
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High end...But certainly no Mc Intosh (because it has nothing to do anymore with the vintage brand which released excellent tuners in the 70's which have no equivalent today) nor SACD...
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 20 2012 at 10:56 |
Not till tomorrow for me....but I will be out shopping on Saturday, already have my itinerary and stores lined up!!
If you prefer online shopping, soundstagedirect.com has an 11% off everything ending 23/04 at midnight.
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 20 2012 at 11:00 |
I agree....Mc is nice but wayyyyyy over priced nowadays, SACDs never really took off either. Hi-res downloads of 24/96 or 24/192 seem to be gaining ground. But I am fine with redbook 16/44.1 with the external DAC I have now, sounds brilliant!!!. Plus hi-res downloads are expensive and I would rather use the money on vinyl.
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 11:31 |
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My old faithful Samsung home stereo. In car, it's a Panasonic CD player with Magnat speakers.
I won't be using MP3 players anymore; I nearly died on a railroad crossing. |
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Flyingsod
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 12:16 |
You mean like fiddling with it looking for a specific album or something? |
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^ that sounds intense, and rather scary.
Me you ask? Either my computer speakers (which are really nice JBL ones that looks like a weird spaceship or something). Or my Sennheiser HD 408 headphones. I like good sound quality. Though I honestly do not notice a difference between mp3 and FLAC, even with a side by side comparison.
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Posted: May 15 2012 at 03:43 |
That's what I use too. Correct-a-mundo, a spaceship  ... some kind of conic parabolas.
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^ the best way to describe them indeed!
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Posted: May 16 2012 at 03:31 |
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At work - a crappy £20 portable stereo
At home - Yamaha AS500 Amp, Yamaha S300 CD Player, Wharfedale 10.1 Diamond Speakers, and a Project Genie MK3 turntable. My stereo has to be one of my favourite things!
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Posted: May 16 2012 at 07:52 |
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GentleGenerator
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Posted: May 16 2012 at 21:53 |
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When I'm at home, I listen to my record collection or my digital files (via ps3) through my surround sound system.
But when I'm on the road I have a cassette to 1/8" cable I use to connect my Zune so I can listen to my Mp3s there. I wish I had everything on vinyl, but unfortunately some of the more obscure prog bands can be difficult to find in the local Half-Price Books  |
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Monadology
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Posted: May 16 2012 at 23:00 |
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I use my desktop computer, hooked up to a pair of Swan M200 MKII speakers. They serve me beautifully. If I'm missing any quality, I don't know it. When I'm mobile, I use earbuds with my ancient Zune. |
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nzproglover75
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Posted: May 20 2012 at 19:11 |
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Audio gear from the 1970's of course...Thorens turntable, Sony CD on a Sansui amplifier driving a pair of old Tannoys...who could ask for anything better......
Edited by nzproglover75 - May 20 2012 at 19:12 |
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Dean
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Posted: May 20 2012 at 19:18 |
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^ Did you keep the very nice Thorens (TP13?) tone arm on the turntable?
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Proggernaut
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Posted: May 22 2012 at 00:19 |
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I use an iPod with high quality earbuds when 'out and about' and I also plug the ipod into the car when driving (the system in the car is actually pretty good).
I love listening to music on the home theatre/music system (5.1 surround) - especially the Porcupine Tree/Steve Wilson stuff recorded specifically on DVD-A for that. I also enjoy the concert DV's on that system.
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