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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 23, 2023 10:00:51 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
# 13 - Champaign, Illinois - Old 97's
On their 2010 album, The Grand Theatre, Vol. 1, the Old 97's took it upon themselves to re-write Dylan's "Desolation Row." That takes some chutzpah. But they had the talent to do a damn fine job of it. And what you get is the stand-out track from arguably their best album.
"Oh, but if you die fearin' God And painfully employed No, you will not go to Heaven You'll go to Champaign, Illinois"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2023 14:31:50 GMT -5
Thanks, I'm pretty sure I'll end up getting one. Hopefully I won't have an issue with Linux compatibility. I plan to slowly upgrade all of the system little by little anyway (not too much of an upgrade, just so I have a couple steps better than the third-cheapest components I usually settle for), and I figure why not start at the source. Jumping from an on-board sound chip to a dedicated external DAC sounds like it could be the most bang-for-the-buck upgrade."Getting your DAC outside of the rest of your computer couldn't hurt" is probably the only nearly unanimous sentiment I could pick out while reading. Good luck! I'd love to know how it works after you get around to it. I bought the Schiit Modi 3e (there's a brave name for a company). I do hear a difference, but it's not so pronounced that I would stake my life on it not being a psychological effect. Either way, though, piece of mind in knowing that I'm not hamstringing my sound quality is worth it. Now I'm not constantly asking myself if the sound is subpar. Linux compatibility wasn't much of an issue. Five minutes of googling showed me how to switch the default sound device from the command line. My bigger problem was that the volume control on the music-playing app I wrote stopped working. After an hour or two, I learned that some sound output devices have an internal volume control, and some don't. My app was controlling volume by telling the sound device to adjust its volume. Apparently this fancy DAC either is incapable of, or refused to, do that. So I had to learn how to make volume changes to the music stream before it gets to the output device. It was a PITA, but it could have been worse. Pardon the rant.
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Post by impulse on Mar 23, 2023 20:29:50 GMT -5
"Getting your DAC outside of the rest of your computer couldn't hurt" is probably the only nearly unanimous sentiment I could pick out while reading. Good luck! I'd love to know how it works after you get around to it. I bought the Schiit Modi 3e (there's a brave name for a company). I do hear a difference, but it's not so pronounced that I would stake my life on it not being a psychological effect. Either way, though, piece of mind in knowing that I'm not hamstringing my sound quality is worth it. Now I'm not constantly asking myself if the sound is subpar. Linux compatibility wasn't much of an issue. Five minutes of googling showed me how to switch the default sound device from the command line. My bigger problem was that the volume control on the music-playing app I wrote stopped working. After an hour or two, I learned that some sound output devices have an internal volume control, and some don't. My app was controlling volume by telling the sound device to adjust its volume. Apparently this fancy DAC either is incapable of, or refused to, do that. So I had to learn how to make volume changes to the music stream before it gets to the output device. It was a PITA, but it could have been worse. Pardon the rant. Nice! Nothing wrong with a good placebo effect if that’s what it is. And now you know you’re not picking up interference from the PC internals. Sorry it was frustrating but glad you’re up and running.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2023 6:38:07 GMT -5
I play all my digital audio files through old iPods (a 30GB 5th gen classic and a 160GB 6th gen classic) and they still sound good both with headphones and through the car's USB interface. They are both over 15 years old now and still somehow both working great.
I've tried exploring other options with the assumption those devices will some day stop working, but haven't found anything else yet I really like. I still have stacks of CD's and vinyl of course (I still rip new CD purchases through iTunes), but I do enjoy the convenience of the iPod and don't want to play music through my phone.
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Post by impulse on Mar 24, 2023 8:55:24 GMT -5
I do 99.9% of my music listening these days from my phone through either my Bose Bluetooth speaker or my Bose Quiet Comfort headphones. I'm not a Bose shill nor am I on the payroll. I just happened to get the Bose speaker for Christmas a few years back, and I got the headphones for their noise-cancelling benefits when I still worked in the office and needed to tune out coworkers. It also doubles as a headset for phone calls, so it's convenient.
I know Audiophiles poo poo on Bose compared to true high end audio gear (not unfairly in that space) but they're the unchallenged masters of noise cancelling, and they are pretty solidly in "sounds pretty dang good for the money without spending over a grand on your gear" territory.
If I had the money, time, and hearing to really dive deep into super high end audio, I'd love to, but this is easily more than good enough for me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2023 9:56:48 GMT -5
I know Audiophiles poo poo on Bose compared to true high end audio gear (not unfairly in that space) but they're the unchallenged masters of noise cancelling, and they are pretty solidly in "sounds pretty dang good for the money without spending over a grand on your gear" territory. My daughter and I both have misophonia. He suffers more from it than I do, to the point where his high school makes allowances for it, including allowing the use of headphones to block out the noise, in certain situations. Bose works the best for him, although the types of sounds he needs canceled are not caught by the active noise-canceling technology (which is not Bose's fault - noise-canceling just doesn't work for anyone for these sounds), we are really just making use of the mechanical blocking provided by the ear shells (or pods or whatever you call them).
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Post by impulse on Mar 24, 2023 10:09:39 GMT -5
I'm very sorry to hear that. I've suspected I'm borderline with misophonia for a while, so I have at least some idea of what that's like. Chewing sounds sends electric shocks up my nerves, and I once had to walk out of a restaurant while my wife finished paying because an elderly gentleman sat down and started cutting way too hard on the plate, and the sound...even recalling it makes me shudder. Things that annoy other people, I have to leave the room for. I keep a tub of earplugs next to my bed when I sleep.
So yeah, that sucks! And Bose does a good job with their combined physical and active noise cancelling combo!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2023 10:21:03 GMT -5
I'm very sorry to hear that. I've suspected I'm borderline with misophonia for a while, so I have at least some idea of what that's like. Chewing sounds sends electric shocks up my nerves, and I once had to walk out of a restaurant while my wife finished paying because an elderly gentleman sat down and started cutting way too hard on the plate, and the sound...even recalling it makes me shudder. Things that annoy other people, I have to leave the room for. I keep a tub of earplugs next to my bed when I sleep. So yeah, that sucks! And Bose does a good job with their combined physical and active noise cancelling combo! That sounds like more definite than borderline to me. Until five years ago, I thought I was just being a too-sensitive snowflake, incapable of just sucking it up and moving on. It wasn't until my kid described the same symptoms to us that I thought to do any research, and learned that we're not alone. The relief my kid felt was immense, just knowing that his sound disgust is recognized (more or less) as an actual condition. It used to be a source of guilt, like "I'm a bad person to be disgusted by my parents."
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Post by impulse on Mar 24, 2023 11:09:23 GMT -5
I'm very sorry to hear that. I've suspected I'm borderline with misophonia for a while, so I have at least some idea of what that's like. Chewing sounds sends electric shocks up my nerves, and I once had to walk out of a restaurant while my wife finished paying because an elderly gentleman sat down and started cutting way too hard on the plate, and the sound...even recalling it makes me shudder. Things that annoy other people, I have to leave the room for. I keep a tub of earplugs next to my bed when I sleep. So yeah, that sucks! And Bose does a good job with their combined physical and active noise cancelling combo! That sounds like more definite than borderline to me. Until five years ago, I thought I was just being a too-sensitive snowflake, incapable of just sucking it up and moving on. It wasn't until my kid described the same symptoms to us that I thought to do any research, and learned that we're not alone. The relief my kid felt was immense, just knowing that his sound disgust is recognized (more or less) as an actual condition. It used to be a source of guilt, like "I'm a bad person to be disgusted by my parents." Borderline was perhaps not the right word. More like never got around to getting formally diagnosed. I'm glad you found it out! I'm sure it helps to feel better about things. One reason I thought borderline was it's not constant. Sometimes I can tune it out or not notice, but others, I can, and once I lock in on it, good luck ignoring it. There are dozens of us!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 24, 2023 11:22:32 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
# 12 - Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
This song had kind of an interesting genesis. It was recorded in March of '59 at an impromptu session at Keen Records and put in a can. Cooke then signed with RCA in 1960 and his first two RCA singles went nowhere. The folks at Keen found the record and released it and it was a big hit, going to #12 on the pop charts and #2 on the R&B charts.
Just a great pop R&B song that feels like it exemplifies the good music of the era. And who can forget that it is used at the start of the cafeteria scene in Animal House? I still don't know much about the French I didn't took.
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Post by tartanphantom on Mar 25, 2023 14:40:38 GMT -5
I play all my digital audio files through old iPods (a 30GB 5th gen classic and a 160GB 6th gen classic) and they still sound good both with headphones and through the car's USB interface. They are both over 15 years old now and still somehow both working great. I've tried exploring other options with the assumption those devices will some day stop working, but haven't found anything else yet I really like. I still have stacks of CD's and vinyl of course (I still rip new CD purchases through iTunes), but I do enjoy the convenience of the iPod and don't want to play music through my phone. I was a Zune devotee for many years, even after Microsoft ended support. When my last 120Gb Zune player finally bit the dust, I switched to my phone. I've always preferred Android phones over iPhones, and most of my phones have had an expansion slot for microSD storage.
Currently I have a 256gb microSD card in my phone devoted exclusively to music files. I sync/upload files from my computer, which also has a music file-dedicated hard drive. I use the Android BlackPlayer app, which is so much better than iTunes ever was in terms of organization and options. When I'm listening to music, it's usually on the go or while working in the yard or walking. The Bluetooth connection in my truck makes it easy to travel with my music at my fingertips or voice command.
The convenience of having it on my phone means that I can sync it with the odd bluetooth speaker or earbuds just about anywhere, and I don't have to keep up with a separate extra device. As a backup, my current phone also has a physical headphone jack in addition to the BT, and I keep an old school 1/8" stereo cable in the truck in case I have to hook up to an older "luddite" device.
At home, I'm generally just listening through my computer or a remote bluetooth device synced to it.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 27, 2023 17:33:35 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2022
# 11 - Ramblin' Fever - Merle Haggard
The second single off Hagg's 1977 album of the same name. It went to #2 on the country charts, which was pretty decent in the urban cowboy era. A solid Bakersfield hit for the legend. Written by the great Hank Cochran.
"I caught this ramblin' fever long ago When I first heard a lonesome whistle blow If someone said I ever gave a damn They damn sure told you wrong I've had ramblin' fever all along"
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Post by commond on Mar 27, 2023 17:42:53 GMT -5
Ramblin' Fever has always been my favorite Merle song. Dunno why. I particularly like watching him play it live.
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Post by Confessor on Mar 28, 2023 9:12:31 GMT -5
Shameless plug time! My band The Kynd (pronounced "kind") released a new album on 10th March, titled Timelines. The album was recorded with producer Brian O'Shaughnessy (Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Dodgy, Beth Orton etc) at Bark Studios in London and mastered by Barry Grint (Oasis, R.E.M., Wolf Alice) at the legendary Air Studios. It was preceded by two singles, "Whispers & Tones" and "Older", which were both met with enthusiastic reviews and multiple plays on BBC 6 Radio, Radio X, and BBC Radio London in the UK, along with airings on a number of college and commercial specialty radio stations in the U.S. Likewise, we've been very pleased -- and a little surprised -- to see how warmly Timelines has been received, with some lovely words from critics and podcasters in both the UK and America. Renowned UK radio DJ John Kennedy described Timelines as "conjuring up the Paisley Underground and classic period R.E.M.", while Hi-Fi+ magazine said it had "shades of vintage R.E.M., classic British guitar pop -- The Who, The Beatles, and The Kinks -- as well as '90s indie, like Ride and The Charlatans, and '80s post-punkers The Teardrop Explodes." The This Is The Music podcast called it "a masterpiece...contender for album of the year" and The Guardian's rock critic Pete Paphides described the band as "superb janglemeisters & powerpop practitioners", before concluding his review of Timelines with "...I think you'll love The Kynd." If you're interested in buying a copy of Timelines, you can order it on CD or vinyl LP through BandCamp at the link below. It is available new on Amazon and eBay too, I believe, but BandCamp is better for us as they take less commision than Amazon or eBay do... BandCamp link: thekynduk.bandcamp.com/But of course, Timelines is available on all your favourite streaming platforms as well, such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music etc. If you want a little taster before you buy, here are the promo videos for the first two singles that were released from the album... Whispers & Tones: Older:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2023 9:17:15 GMT -5
It’s as great as all the British pop I like. BandCamp it is, then…
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