Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexK79
You weep for me because I don't enjoy listening to a horrible, 96kbps stream of an album that I can listen to in far greater quality on CD or vinyl? Go listen to the Pandora stream. Then listen to Big Whiskey on CD and tell me you can't hear the difference. Listen to how tinny and hollow the drums and bass sound on the stream compared to how warm and full they sound on the album.
I'm not 'convincing myself' that something sounds better. It's a fact. Some people don't have sensitive enough ears to hear the difference, but that doesn't mean it isn't true.
|
That's a misrepresentation of many of us who aren't audiophiles though.
I can tell a difference between the stream and the CD for sure. Yet I still was able to enjoy the hell out of listening to the stream last week. I can also tell the difference between the CD and the 128kbps MP3s I rip of all my albums and do most of my listening to for convenience (and rip at that size to get more on my MP3 players).
Some of us just don't care as much about the sound quality and just like listening to music. Like I said, I'm tone deaf pretty much, don't play any instruments, can't sing, and don't know the first thing about song writing or music theory. I just like listening to music, and clearly I do it much less critically than someone like you.
And I'm the same way with video. I have an HDTV and bought a Blu Ray player. But I have over 300 DVDs that I'm still perfectly fine watching, and don't feel compelled to upgrade many to Blu Ray. The movie is just as good, content wise, regardless of the resolution. But to videophiles, the resolution is part of their hobby and enjoyment, and many have ditched any DVD they could replace with a Blu Ray.
But there's nothing wrong with either view. It's hobbies and people should enjoy them however they see fit. No need for people like me to insult (or weep for) the audio/video philes who need good quality to enjoy a move, nor for them to weep for those of us who just like music and movies etc. and are less picky about the quality.