theoretically I could listen to CDs too, but why? fuck those things.
― wk, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
I've been trying to buy more new vinyl so long as it comes packaged with free mp3 downloads. Sometimes it's great, sometimes not. Just got a vinyl copy of Purity Ring's Shrines and the mp3s sound better.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
I don't have to lug that shit around with me from address to address anymore and I can just pay for access rather than ownership.― Johnny Fever
― Johnny Fever
No doubt it's a large volume of music that needs to be lugged around.... As you, i have also amassed cassette and CD collections as they were "of the day", but i have also always bought LPs. Most of my my main LP stax were attained 15 years before i even owned my first turntable (and probably 10 years for my CDs) -- so i would take most of that material and copy to cassette as full albums/comps/mixes and keep them in long-term storage in the home of a less-transient family member. So far, i have only moved my entire stax twice.
Also, a large part of having physical stax is the "flipping through" that helps choose the next album/track -- i have listened to tons of stuff on my mp3 players, but have little success doing so organically (where each individual track is played "as you go" -- in fact, i'd wager that i could make a better sequenced mix in less time "live" than trying to scroll through and endless list of artists/albums,etc). I love the physicality of music, but never when away from home -- playlists and album selections can be pulled from the stax, dumped to a microSD, and i'm good to go.
In bang-for-buck, your investment is certainly far more wise than mine; but then, i was never in it to spend my dollars wisely ;)
― suspecterrain, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
Can anyone recommend a speaker set I can plug straight into my laptop - or is there more to it than that?― kraudive
― kraudive
Save a second-hand stereo, you need either powered monitors, or, maybe, this el-cheapo TeiNuro
― suspecterrain, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
try this: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=310-500
― suspecterrain, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
suspectterrain not opposed to some quality laptop listening.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
not myself; just something that might help a brother out.
― suspecterrain, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
And it's appreciated! Bought something similar today. Chopping vegetables won't be such a chore in future.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
Weird thing about iPhone app: if it goes down, either by powering down the phone or killing the app, it forgets about certain playlists and that they are supposed to be available offline, but if you reset them to offline right away it will usually realize that it has the files sitting on the device.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 March 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that's not awesome.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 29 March 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
Never had that happen
― Moodles, Friday, 29 March 2013 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe you only have a few playlists?
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 March 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
I've been having a problem with the Spotify app over the last few days where a song will play for a few seconds and then pause for a few seconds and then play again, etc.
It is extremely frustrating.
― Moodles, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
me too, on my desktop as well
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
they don't have any joanna newsom
― markers, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
or the new marnie stern
or the iron & wine/calexico ep in the reins
where's all the fuckin music
i consider their lack of joanna newsom a feature
― Mordy, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Likewise
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
lack of drag city is a drag though
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Monday, 1 April 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
apparently they used to have all of tzadik sometime before they opened in the US
― Mordy, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
who
― markers, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
not enough cattle decapitation
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 1 April 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I remember when they had Tzadik, don't think they ever had the full catalogue though.
― Newgod.css (seandalai), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Is there to download Spotify version 0.6.0 for iPhone? Goole don't help.
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
a way
and neither does Google
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
sucks about drag city but i really don't blame any indie label for not doing spotify
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
Agree with that. Obviously it's in my interest for as many labels as possible to play along but I completely respect any label that decides that being on Spotify is not in their interests.
― Newgod.css (seandalai), Monday, 1 April 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
I buy vinyl of new stuff I hear on spotify. I haven't heard any new drag city artists as a result. So please, Drag City, think of the tens of album sales you could net from joining spotify.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
i'm more pissed about drag city not including downloads with vinyl than i am about them not being on spotify
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's a real bummer
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
Download codes are annoying too. I'd prefer a system where they let you listen to the albums on spotify after you bought a physical copy.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
that's a good idea
― markers, Monday, 1 April 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, April 1, 2013 12:47 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao @ ppl downloading mp3s IS SO HARD WHY GOD WHY??
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
hey I don't want all those mp3s taking up space in my living room
― c21m50nm3x1c4n (wins), Monday, 1 April 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
i just took a couple boxes of mp3s to the salvation army
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
Could always sell the mp3s on the second hand market via ebay
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 1 April 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
works for Amoeba Music
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
if i can't play it on guitar hero it's not real
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 April 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
I want to shazzam an audible code unique to my physical copy of the album that releases all digital content, ie the album should appear on my shelf in Animal Crossing a moment later
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 1 April 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
KK's Moombahton
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 April 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
Can I ask you guys that don't have cds and records etc what you use to play digital dl and streaming on? Not just your computer with headphones right? I do a lot of listening like that, via my laptop - usually late at night but if I can I'll pump cds and records from my separates system but the sound is 20 times better.
Can anyone recommend a speaker set I can plug straight into my laptop - or is there more to it than that?
― kraudive, Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Powered monitors out of the headphone jack are the best compromise I've come up with so far. Sound pretty good. You could also get some kind of usb interface and then run it out through your stereo.
― i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 April 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
KRK Rokit 5's, fwiw. I do pay for the "premium" spotify so I get allegedly better sound quality. For some reason, I notice the inferiority of Spotify sound the most on very old recordings, as though it "flattens" them and accentuates certain flaws. Not sure why.
― i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 April 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
I play digital music off of my computer. Office is next to living room and the speakers are decent enough that it sounds fine to my non-audiophile ears. For kitchen I stream to a little Bluetooth speaker. I wish I had a better one of those.
― Jeff, Monday, 1 April 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
For kitchen I stream to a little Bluetooth speaker.
I should do this -- never thought about it before.
― The Complete Afterbirth of the Cool (WilliamC), Monday, 1 April 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
You could also get some kind of usb interface and then run it out through your stereo.
You don't need a USB interface, just a cord you can plug into the headphone jack that has RCA left/right plugs on the other end.
― timellison, Monday, 1 April 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
I'm about to pull the trigger on the Soundmatters foxlv2 bluetooth speaker, seems to be the best sound in a little package that also supports apt-x.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 1 April 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
You don't need a USB interface
Didn't he say that at the beginning of that paragraph you quote, Tim?
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 April 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link