Comment by dylan604

Comment by dylan604 10 months ago

6 replies

My dad was into music, so we had a decent set up with turntable, cassette, 8-track, and even reel to reel. I’m very thankful that crappy Bluetooth speakers were not a thing growing up. I had full speaker cabinets with sub, mid, tweeter for rich full sound. I also had lots of time where I was the only one at home and could push those speakers to release the full potential of songs.

Volume makes a difference to be sure, but full wall of sound vs loud earbuds are totally different experiences.

frankus 10 months ago

There's no shortage of crappy modern audio hardware, but compared to like a bedside clock-radio, or an 80s economy car, a decent bluetooth speaker is actually an upgrade, and something like a HomePod (that costs around $115 in 1988 dollars) is revolutionary.

Which is not to say you couldn't find a Hi-Fi system from that era that would put a HomePod to shame, but it was the sort of thing only rich people and music geeks would have access to.

eesmith 10 months ago

I went to a record store a few months ago, with a full speakers, connected with actual wires.

I hadn't realized how much I missed that sound quality over the laptop and headset sound I've been listening to for years.

  • swiftcoder 10 months ago

    I feel like a good set of headphones on that laptop will get you there for far less than the cost of a full speaker system. But emphasis on good headphones (i.e. intended for audio reproduction, and not a gamer-focussed headset).

    Even a cheap pair of something like the ATH-M40x will give you a drastically better soundscape than the average headset.

    • eesmith 10 months ago

      I've got a Jabra Evolve 75 headset, so a business headset, and you are right, not really meant for music audio reproduction.

  • kamma4434 10 months ago

    Get a good pair of analog headphones, plug them into your Mac and you won’t regret it.

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