I got the latest generation of Apple Air Pods fairly recently.
I'm impressed with the difference from the last set I had. The base has really improved... for bud type speakers.
I would say they are the best bud speakers I've heard yet.
my hearing is not the best
legend has it that i was a stowaway in a Who concert PA cabinet for two weeks during the july 1980 leg
my ears? still ringing
but yeah i put some of the latest air pod pros in and was pretty impressed
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May 19, 2022 - 3:01pm
Steely_D wrote:
Agree. Moog Taurus bass pedals via headphones or EarPods don't give you the same sense of awe as a real stereo setup with woofers.
I got the latest generation of Apple Air Pods fairly recently.
I'm impressed with the difference from the last set I had. The base has really improved... for bud type speakers.
I would say they are the best bud speakers I've heard yet.
are speakers/electronics analogous to cars? i agree that a smaller more simplistic footprint is preferred efficiency and downsizing as long as the quality is there? i think islander said "easy and enjoyable" my computer setup is small/compact and gets quite loud if i'm in the same room, it's perfect got my son a klipsch promedia 2.1 (added a bluetooth dongle) and he lights up his garage with it
Nothing wrong with a small setup, nice set of cans. I have a pair of audioengine powered speakers that do a nice job for computer audio.
But for a truly enjoyable listening experience...I love my setup.
are speakers analogous to cars?
i agree that a smaller more simplistic footprint is preferred
efficiency and downsizing as long as the quality is there?
i think islander said "easy and enjoyable"
my computer setup is small/compact and gets quite loud
if i'm in the same room, it's perfect
got my son a klipsch promedia 2.1 (added a bluetooth dongle) and he lights up his garage with it
I listened to RP for a decade on a Dell setup from the late 90's similar to the Klipsch link (2 sats/sub). I'm sure it sounds great and is "contained" so others don't have to hear it all day.
steely_D wrote:
I firmly believe that, instead of the massive 2001 monolith stereo and
end table sized speakers and separate record player and cassette deck
and whatever else, parents need to get their kids 1) a HomePod and 2) an
Apple Music subscription by adding them to a family account. And then,
that's all they need for college. (I have 3 of them old big HomePods and
one small one. They're fantastic.)
I agree 100%. The amazing thing about music now is its portability. I posted a picture of the small B&O speakers I purchased for my kids below. We've had a family Spotify account for over a decade. They haven't purchased a single song in that time, and have a pretty wide appreciation for music.
I listen to almost everything now using Denon Heos wireless speakers. I have them in several rooms around the house, and the sound is very good. I would probably buy Sonos over Heos, but Denon made me an offer I couldn't refuse years ago.
I firmly believe that, instead of the massive 2001 monolith stereo and end table sized speakers and separate record player and cassette deck and whatever else, parents need to get their kids 1) a HomePod and 2) an Apple Music subscription by adding them to a family account. And then, that's all they need for college. (I have 3 of them old big HomePods and one small one. They're fantastic.)
are speakers/electronics analogous to cars?
i agree that a smaller more simplistic footprint is preferred
efficiency and downsizing as long as the quality is there?
i think islander said "easy and enjoyable"
my computer setup is small/compact and gets quite loud
if i'm in the same room, it's perfect
got my son a klipsch promedia 2.1 (added a bluetooth dongle) and he lights up his garage with it
I downsized two years ago...got rid of most of the stuff collected over the years raising 4 kids. We got everything that could fit into one of those small pods., but kept my system and about 200 records.
I only get into that "analytical" mode when I'm buying something new, tweaking...but after that, i can chill and tune out.
I firmly believe that, instead of the massive 2001 monolith stereo and end table sized speakers and separate record player and cassette deck and whatever else, parents need to get their kids 1) a HomePod and 2) an Apple Music subscription by adding them to a family account. And then, that's all they need for college. (I have 3 of them old big HomePods and one small one. They're fantastic.)
I used to have a lot of high end gear. I often rebuilt it for even better sound. I wound my own speaker wire. I've sold most of that stuff now (I still have a pretty nice set of Infinity RS III towers if anyone is looking). Partly because of moving to a boat and having less space, but I was on that trend for a while before. I found that I was spending more time listening to the sound, and not so much the music. I also found myself listening more while I was doing other stuff rather than just sitting and listening, so the quality was less important (and it's really hard to lug big speakers on a mountain bike). So I'm in that same group (although far from a millennial). My music is barely physical anymore, but I still listen a lot. And combined with my other interests, I'd say I get a lot more enjoyment out of it.
I downsized two years ago...got rid of most of the stuff collected over the years raising 4 kids. We got everything that could fit into one of those small pods., but kept my system and about 200 records.
I only get into that "analytical" mode when I'm buying something new, tweaking...but after that, i can chill and tune out.
I used to have a lot of high end gear. I often rebuilt it for even better sound. I wound my own speaker wire. I've sold most of that stuff now (I still have a pretty nice set of Infinity RS III towers if anyone is looking). Partly because of moving to a boat and having less space, but I was on that trend for a while before. I found that I was spending more time listening to the sound, and not so much the music. I also found myself listening more while I was doing other stuff rather than just sitting and listening, so the quality was less important (and it's really hard to lug big speakers on a mountain bike). So I'm in that same group (although far from a millennial). My music is barely physical anymore, but I still listen a lot. And combined with my other interests, I'd say I get a lot more enjoyment out of it.
I have no earthly idea why I'm not just buying, as my "last stereo system so I might as well splurge," all B&O products. I love them so much.
I love the design but have a hard time justifying the 2X to 3X pricing for comparable products. A few years back, they had the speaker below on sale for around $100 each when they were discontinued. They paired with each other, so 2 would deliver stereo. I picked up 4 for my daughters to use in their dorm rooms.
When they work, they're amazing...but they don't seem to wanna work all the time.
As for the turntable, they stopped making those a while back. They had a short "re-issue" of the turntable a few years ago, but the stylus is now only manufactured by others. I needed one about 10 years ago, and was lucky to buy one before they went away. I picked up the turntable in the early 80's...and it still works great.
Last thought...I'm intrigued by these speakers. If I had unlimited funds....maybe....
But can't I just feed it into my relatively new NAD D 3045? This is "just" my office setup. Right now the feed into my NAD is from an M1 Powerbook.
Yes you can, but. If you want to rip, then with this preamp you can send both the TT analogue out straight to the NAD as well as either USB or optical to the powerbook for recording purposes. Play back your rips from your powerbook as always. No switching cables, there are all the in's and out's that you need. You'll just have to have your power book within three meters of the preamp. Three meters is the ideal length for USB cables used for audio purposes. I guess since you already have the puter plugged into the NAD it is indeed close enough. This preamp is good enough to hear those banjos you've mentioned before IIRC.
pm me your email. I've got some 24 bit rips q'd up for a couple of others and a new way to move 2GB files, I'll send you a taste. You can even have your choice of wav or AIFF at the moment, too.
But can't I just feed it into my relatively new NAD D 3045? This is "just" my office setup. Right now the feed into my NAD is from an M1 Powerbook.
with Klipsch RP 600m
and a Jamo c912
wha? people are going back to turntables?
just so everyone knows, there aren't going to be turntables in space, the moon, mars or zero g
ever see a turntable on star trek?
there are turntable museums now...
I remember seeing turntables which didn't use gravity quite a few years ago; some could even be wall-mounted. In the mid-1980s I was in Denmark and went to a Bang & Olufsen showroom in Copenhagen and saw some incredible devices. Even back then a lot of their stuff cost thousands of dollars (well, converted from kroner).
