People have forgotten what "audio quality" is

RetroComputingCollector

RetroComputingCollector

Everyone now is just listening to compressed MP3s on low-wattage bluetooth speakers with SBC compression. No-one builds their own Hi-Fi systems with good speakers and amps anymore. Almost no-one listens to lossless or analog anymore. Even though the sound quality is technically worse, I go for analog almost always because of this awful loudness war that is ruining our music. I would not call myself an audiophile because that implies I have magic rocks and $1000 dollar extsnsion cords, instead I would just call myself a person who can't take the sloppy shit that is passed off as "listening" anymore.
 
I still play my old vinyl albums on a Technics SL-1300 though not as much as 25 years ago. And I haven't repaired my old speakers (using Bose AM-6 speakers). I regret getting rid of Marantz 2245 receiver in one of the moves. On the other hand, in my golden years I no longer have golden ears.... I did stop buying CDs -- streaming is too damn convenient!
 
I would argue that most people through history have listened to music on less than ideal hardware. Old record players were in general terrible but people bought what they could afford and listened to what they loved as best they could. The difference now is that most people do not value music. It's just a noise they put on to fill in the background while they do something else.
 
dazza said:
The difference now is that most people do not value music. It's just a noise they put on to fill in the background while they do something else.
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Sitting in a dark room, relaxing, listening to some good album (and no forward/back jumping)... With tapes, music was linear. Now it's a mosaic of 90 second snippets.
 
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