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1) music has gotten better every decade. whatever your favorite genre of music is, the best album ever made in that genre probably came out some time in the past 15 years. it might be really *really* obscure but it's out there. pop music is mostly bad right now, but that doesn't matter. 2) there is an audible difference between flac and even the absolute best AAC out there. 3) there may be a difference between between hi-res and redbook. the problem is that most of the tests done in the past that found no audible difference used classic rock, yacht rock, jazz fusion albums from the 1970s... the stereotypical 'audiophile' albums... none of those things were recorded in high enough quality to begin with to get any benefits. the noise floor on analog mastertapes is too high. all analog formats are standard definition. and most digital recordings in the 90s and 00s were mastered in 16 bit 44 khz, so there's no extra information to add to them by upscaling the file. this also means 99% of hi-res files on streaming sites and for personal download are bullshit. they're selling containers full of extra zeroes. the only hi-res files that are actually hi-res had to be recorded in 24bit/96khz from the offset, and all components of the recording--microphones, samples, ADCs, etc. have to have that same level. very few studios out there actually do that. 4) 2D sonic is better than 2D mario
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If you say you can tell the difference between FLAC and mp3 you're a liar who loves to sniff your own farts. Just play music straight from the CD if you care so much about having the utmost quality.
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Nov 19, 2019 03:32
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I'm an okay person who doesn't deserve to die on some dumb hill
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Varg posted:If you say you can tell the difference between FLAC and mp3 you're a liar who loves to sniff your own farts. Just play music straight from the CD if you care so much about having the utmost quality. Thank you for making my post short. Also just play vinyl. Also power violence died in the mid 90s. Most other genres keep developing.
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Nov 19, 2019 04:14
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All of my opinions are this
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Bodyholes posted:1) music has gotten better every decade. whatever your favorite genre of music is, the best album ever made in that genre probably came out some time in the past 15 years. it might be really *really* obscure but it's out there. pop music is mostly bad right now, but that doesn't matter.
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Nov 19, 2019 05:11
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If an audiophile dies on a hill and there is no one around to hear it does anyone really care?
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Nov 19, 2019 05:58
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When an audiophile catches flak he really hears it
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Nov 19, 2019 06:05
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Hill to die on constant Anyone who spends money above the point of diminishing returns is insufferable
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Nov 19, 2019 06:18
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If someone has made better ska, rockabilly, or Men without Hats albums in the past 15 years than in the eighties, well, I'd be glad if someone told me what they were so I could listen to them, thanks in advance 
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Nov 19, 2019 08:16
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mario games are boring and mario as a character is overrated
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Nov 19, 2019 08:30
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:mario games are boring and mario as a character is overrated
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Bodyholes posted:the only hi-res files that are actually hi-res had to be recorded in 24bit/96khz from the offset, and all components of the recording--microphones, samples, ADCs, etc. have to have that same level. very few studios out there actually do that. Pretty much every entry level USB audio interface can operate at 24bit/192khz and every decent daw on the market can work at that bitrate/sample rate. Microphones are analog so no worries there. Lossy samples are pretty common so I'll give you that one.
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Nov 19, 2019 11:57
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FLAC is good and storage is cheap
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Nov 19, 2019 14:50
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Bluetooth is largely a poo poo technology that cuts out even using expensive headsets at a close distance to the source.
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Nov 19, 2019 15:21
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Wires are great. Mobile stuff is for over-achievers and posers. (Posted from an honest-to-god desktop pc through a god-fearing gray ethernet cable)
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Animal Hill: If you publicly express that you are not a dog person nor a cat person, the other other possible type is poo poo person
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Nov 19, 2019 16:27
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Bust Rodd posted:Animal Hill: If you publicly express that you are not a dog person nor a cat person, the other other possible type is poo poo person I'm more of a rodent guy. What do you have against hamsters
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Nov 19, 2019 16:31
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:mario games are boring and mario as a character is overrated
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Fleetwood Crack posted:Bluetooth is largely a poo poo technology that cuts out even using expensive headsets at a close distance to the source.
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Icochet posted:I'm more of a rodent guy. What do you have against hamsters One bit my wife
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ikanreed posted:One bit my wife Hamsters bite even those they love. It’s just what they do.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:Hamsters bite even those they love. It’s just what they do. Cucked by a 200 gram coprophage 
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Icochet posted:Wires are great. Mobile stuff is for over-achievers and posers. wireless works great and is crazy fast in 2019, plus i have mine running on the best frequencies based on a site survey. however, i just don’t want to have to worry about it being finicky when i have a connectivity problem. the only thing i don’t have wired are smart home outlets, phones, laptop, and harmony hub. i even go to the trouble of making sequential DHCP reservations for everything because i’m a quack.
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TenementFunster posted:hell yeah. i used to do everything wireless that i could, but after having printer issues over wireless, i have an 8 port hub plugged into my router so i can run a real loving cable to my printer, NAS, Hue bridge, TV, a/v receiver, apple TV, and etc. if it has an ethernet jack in my house, it’s getting hard-wired. i even had my ISP guy change the ethernet wiring in my apartment so i could make sure my desktop is wired to my router via the in-wall cat5 My wireless network is so solid I have a hard time imagining a situation where going to the trouble of wiring everything would make any sense. I guess if you had a poo poo-ton of EM interference in your area then it would justify it (loving HAM radio operators, for instance), or I suppose being in an apartment complex with enough routers stepping on each other's signal all the time.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:My wireless network is so solid I have a hard time imagining a situation where going to the trouble of wiring everything would make any sense. I guess if you had a poo poo-ton of EM interference in your area then it would justify it (loving HAM radio operators, for instance), or I suppose being in an apartment complex with enough routers stepping on each other's signal all the time. honestly i had a bunch of old cat5e/cat6 in storage so buying a ~$20 8 port router was the most expensive part. the bigger pain was organizing all the cables, but that was a 90 minute job that I did during a move. It Just Works!
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Bodyholes posted:1) music has gotten better every decade. whatever your favorite genre of music is, the best album ever made in that genre probably came out some time in the past 15 years. it might be really *really* obscure but it's out there. pop music is mostly bad right now, but that doesn't matter. Pop music is better now than it has ever been in human history.
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Dragon Age 2 is actually an extremely good video game.
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Backup glasses suck balls 
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Bodyholes posted:2D sonic is better than 2D mario meanwhile the whole point of a sonic game mustve been to memorize where the walls and spikes that will get in your way are so you can keep going fast. if you actually bother to explore the levels theyre dumb as hell. youll find some powerup that lasts 15 seconds at the end of an area that takes 15 seconds to get back from
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gary oldmans diary posted:there were 2 back to back perfect mario games  2D Sonic is really fun and Sonic Mania is great, but at the end of the day it's a terrible design philosophy. It encourages great speedrunning but is full of cheap traps to actively punish you and/or slow segments, and both break up the endorphin rush of the speedrunning too much to be fun unless you really enjoy making TAS videos where savestating/restarting is a virtue.
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It should be like this all the time, late sun is better than early sun, anyone who wants early sun should be thrown into Guantanamo to die, daylights savings is the dumbest loving poo poo
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Do it ironically posted:It should be like this all the time, late sun is better than early sun, anyone who wants early sun should be thrown into Guantanamo to die, daylights savings is the dumbest loving poo poo
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I’m mostly just annoyed I have young kids and it completely messes them up for days just keep it the same Yes this makes no sense and is completely irrational Do it ironically fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Mar 9, 2020 |
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Do it ironically posted:Whatever the word or group of words that has the sun staying out later, that’s the hill No, I will join you on this hill. Changing the clocks is utter bullshit and needs to stop. Oregon and Washington have voted to go to year-round DST, and are just waiting for California to finalize their law to do the same and then have the US Congress approve it. The time-change fucks me up every year, and it has become increasingly pointless thanks to this newfangled thing called electricity. I would actually be fine just going to year-round Standard time, which is what Arizona and Hawaii do. Just stop messing with the goddamn clocks.
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I too loving hate daylight savings time.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:No, I will join you on this hill. Changing the clocks is utter bullshit and needs to stop. Oregon and Washington have voted to go to year-round DST, and are just waiting for California to finalize their law to do the same and then have the US Congress approve it. The time-change fucks me up every year, and it has become increasingly pointless thanks to this newfangled thing called electricity. Here in BC they have approved it as well and are waiting till you west coast Americans do it then we will
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Mar 9, 2020 02:12
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People that switch lanes because a cop has pulled someone over are more dangerous than just driving straight
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As far as slang goes, "slaps" is some terrible, lame rear end poo poo. "Yeet" is extremely good just so I don't completely sound like a crotchety old man here.
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David Bowie looked like a desiccated mummy back in the Ziggy Stardust days. He looked healthier when he was 70 years old and dying of cancer.
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