Audiophiles

[The Pi]

I'm no Audiophile but I refuse to use anything other than apple earphones.

apple earphones?! BAHAHA. xD those are awful.

I don't care what anyone says. I love them

 

[vergilite]

well i use AAC and my astros have pretty good highs and some clear and deep bass but i guess because their gaming headphones you could find better music orientated headphones for the same price

 

[ProtoKun7]

Dunno what audiophile means but my headphones are cheap ones I picked up from a 99p store. They work fine so I see no real reason to pay anything extra. They sometimes seem to emphasize odd parts of songs so some of my MP3's have a different feel when I listen via headphones, but that's actually kinda cool.

Basically, a person who is obsessed with getting the highest quality sound.

Audio = sound
phile = attraction/affinity

 

[remixer]

i've never been what you'd call an audiophile. but i like high quality music ..i can't stand kids who think the only range in music runs less than 1000hz (bassy for the uninformed)
i cant see the point in people paying the earth for headphones with a range only whales and dogs can hear ..

Simple test.. get some GOOD high quality headphones with a WIDE frequency response.. get a signal generator and test yourself and the headphones

Usually headphones run from 20hz to 20000hz they say the average human can hear up to 18000hz (note i said average)

i was tested about 20 years ago (when i was 16) they cranked they signal generator up in a BLIND test turning it of and on and me telling them when i could hear the noise.. i got to 21275hz before i couldn't hear anything higher .. therefore a good set of headphones is good for me as i need that dynamic range
however some people we tested couldn't get beyond 16000hz .. so any shitty headphones would work for them

i guess my point being is .. get tested for YOUR frequency response .. then purchase headphones and audio equipment accordingly..
i've seen people who could'nt hear a jet engine go off next door, purchase some real nice audio equipment .. and i know they aren't hearing half of what the system is capable of .. i know i enjoy it much more than they do .. PITY ..

 

[imshortandrad]

I'm no Audiophile but I refuse to use anything other than apple earphones.

apple earphones?! BAHAHA. xD those are awful.

I don't care what anyone says. I love them

That's the attitude to have.

I'm happy for you.

 

[iffy525]

Not an audiophile, do prefer FLAC though
But I've gotten to the point that my MP3 player is too full to put anymore flac on, I think I converted them to AAC at like 500 kbps?

500kbps is not very reasonable (is it even possible? idk). I would suggest using ~170kbps for an mp3 player.

 

[gameboy13]

I LOVE high-quality sound, but I'm not an audiophile.

 

[The Pi]

I'm no Audiophile but I refuse to use anything other than apple earphones.

apple earphones?! BAHAHA. xD those are awful.

I don't care what anyone says. I love them

That's the attitude to have.

I'm happy for you.

Thanks

 

[Rydian]

J-shaped cord (the kind where one earphone has a longer cord than the other and you're supposed to drape it round the back of your neck)

OH. That's how you do it. ^^;

Anyways for me I don't care as long as the artifacts aren't normally noticeable. If you have to turn it up and look for them, then you're trying too hard and I'd be happy with the current quality.

Circum- or supra-aural headphones are my preference (supra and behind the neck =

 

[ProtoKun7]

I hate J-cords.

They disagree with me and the left side phone always seems to fall out of my ear.

 

[The Pi]

I hate J-cords.

They disagree with me and the left side phone always seems to fall out of my ear.

Same

 

[Deleted User]

Nmm?

 

[Diablo1123]

Not an audiophile, do prefer FLAC though
But I've gotten to the point that my MP3 player is too full to put anymore flac on, I think I converted them to AAC at like 500 kbps?

500kbps is not very reasonable (is it even possible? idk). I would suggest using ~170kbps for an mp3 player.

Its not possible with MP3, but I lied, it's Ogg Vorbis I used not AAC
Amazingly I've got a MP3 player that supports

Not as good as FLAC, but better than 320kbps MP3

 

[Mantis41]

I'm no Audiophile but I refuse to use anything other than apple earphones.

Apple earphones!

My god! I think we will call you an anti-phile. I've had £7 phones sound better then those things.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I'm no Audiophile but I refuse to use anything other than apple earphones.

Apple earphones!

My god! I think we will call you an anti-phile. I've had £7 phones sound better then those things.

Audiophobe, perhaps. Not anti-phile.
Haven't used Apple headphones, and I'm not in any hurry either.

 

[Aucix]

I was obsessed with getting the best quality music I could.

QUOTE(juggernaut911 @ Jul 13 2010, 12:12 PM) I use FLAC. I'm not an audiophile though.

I'm perfectly happy with 320kbps MP3's. But I do prefer FLAC.