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Because I'm a dork 

  On 5/31/2020 at 2:13 PM, beer badger said:

Because I'm a dork 

No, that's why you would use an iPhone.

Without wanting to derail the thread, which Walkman do you have, if you don't mind sharing? WM1A? (Sorry, just always interested in gear.)

I've got a Sony NW-A45. Very nice! 

  On 6/2/2020 at 4:59 PM, Aural Unrest said:

I've got a Sony NW-A45. Very nice! 

Yeah, it's quality gear that's often a bit overlooked but really, really well-made. I recently dropped my WM1A while biking. Was going pretty fast too. It dropped from about waist-high and landed on the street, and there was hardly a scratch on it. Screen was completely intact too. But I think it chipped the asphalt a little, lol.

  On 6/5/2020 at 5:36 PM, IDEM said:

Yeah, it's quality gear that's often a bit overlooked but really, really well-made. I recently dropped my WM1A while biking. Was going pretty fast too. It dropped from about waist-high and landed on the street, and there was hardly a scratch on it. Screen was completely intact too. But I think it chipped the asphalt a little, lol.

LOL, wut? Who bikes with gear in their arms?

  On 6/5/2020 at 8:28 PM, Joyrex said:

LOL, wut? Who bikes with gear in their arms?

It's a media player.... 

  On 6/5/2020 at 8:32 PM, Tim_J said:

It's a media player.... 

... whoops.

Still - put it in a backpack or pocket!

Not sure @ IDEM 

I'll get back to you tomorrow, I'm sat in a comfy chair listening to Panopticon with a gin & tonic and feel a bit like a happy sloth (can't move much but grinning)

  On 6/5/2020 at 8:28 PM, Joyrex said:

LOL, wut? Who bikes with gear in their arms?

drug dealer kids without a drivers licence?

  On 6/5/2020 at 8:33 PM, Joyrex said:

... whoops.

Still - put it in a backpack or pocket!

 

I had it in my jacket pocket, which even has a zipper, but I hadn't closed it fully and must have pushed it out with the pedaling motion of my very muscular left leg. Anyway, the point being that Sony makes very well-built stuff.

  On 6/5/2020 at 8:33 PM, Joyrex said:

... whoops.

Still - put it in a backpack or pocket!

 

I put it in my pocket ☺ 

The Walkman is....NWZA 15 A

It's a few years old now but is in perfect condition, had the one before that as well for many years. Always served me well.

Because of Spotify I don't use it as much now, but obviously it comes in handy for stuff that isn't there. Like Soundcloud dump or FLACS like Elseq (even though it's up on Spotify now) or ripping cds like Tool (even though it's up on Spotify now) or like King Crimson (even though it's up on Spotify now!!) . I know the quality isn't as good as FLACs but you know I'm the least lazy person I know and even I admit defeat with the user friendly Spotify. 

I've never used torrent sites because I'm wary of bugs, my computer confidence is low with stuff like that so I just avoid. And so the only way I can access Analord is youtube. Unless one of you bright sparks is going to enlighten me otherwise?

  On 6/7/2020 at 2:14 PM, beer badger said:

The Walkman is....NWZA 15 A

It's a few years old now but is in perfect condition, had the one before that as well for many years. Always served me well.

Because of Spotify I don't use it as much now, but obviously it comes in handy for stuff that isn't there. Like Soundcloud dump or FLACS like Elseq (even though it's up on Spotify now) or ripping cds like Tool (even though it's up on Spotify now) or like King Crimson (even though it's up on Spotify now!!) . I know the quality isn't as good as FLACs but you know I'm the least lazy person I know and even I admit defeat with the user friendly Spotify. 

I've never used torrent sites because I'm wary of bugs, my computer confidence is low with stuff like that so I just avoid. And so the only way I can access Analord is youtube. Unless one of you bright sparks is going to enlighten me otherwise?

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Yeah, I can see that. I've made it a personal rule not to listen to mp3's (well, except for a quick peek into some album or whatever. And except those mighty fine Aphex SC dump things, just to keep it OT). Not out of some sort of audiophile snobbery, but because I feel that it actually makes my life easier. Otherwise, the amount of stuff I have access to would just be overwhelming and start to stress me hard. One of my mates basically has everything out there on his hard disk, often before it's even released. Whenever I tell him what I like at any given moment, he's sure to have downloaded it weeks ago. Thing is, he never seems to actually listen to anything, lol. Every once in a while, I tell him what to check out, but I don't know if he ever does. I recently deleted thousands of files I had from him that had been sitting inside my own HDD for years, untouched.

I pretty much stopped using torrents after college, and  I'm better off for it IMO. But being in the process of digitizing my whole fucking music collection, I can appreciate why one would resort to even lossy streaming. I don"t think I'd be able to do it if I didn't work from home. But yeah, my own Analord vinyl rips sound so fucking good, even on that Walkman.

Also, I sometimes (very rarely) have Spotfy running in the background while cooking or when we have guests over who are into more mainstream stuff.

  On 6/7/2020 at 5:07 PM, IDEM said:

Yeah, I can see that. I've made it a personal rule not to listen to mp3's (well, except for a quick peek into some album or whatever. And except those mighty fine Aphex SC dump things, just to keep it OT). Not out of some sort of audiophile snobbery, but because I feel that it actually makes my life easier. Otherwise, the amount of stuff I have access to would just be overwhelming and start to stress me hard. One of my mates basically has everything out there on his hard disk, often before it's even released. Whenever I tell him what I like at any given moment, he's sure to have downloaded it weeks ago. Thing is, he never seems to actually listen to anything, lol. Every once in a while, I tell him what to check out, but I don't know if he ever does. I recently deleted thousands of files I had from him that had been sitting inside my own HDD for years, untouched.

I pretty much stopped using torrents after college, and  I'm better off for it IMO. But being in the process of digitizing my whole fucking music collection, I can appreciate why one would resort to even lossy streaming. I don"t think I'd be able to do it if I didn't work from home. But yeah, my own Analord vinyl rips sound so fucking good, even on that Walkman.

Also, I sometimes (very rarely) have Spotfy running in the background while cooking or when we have guests over who are into more mainstream stuff.

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When you talk about your friend, I feel like you could be talking about me...but I still can 100% get down with what you say.

In fact, I am kind of envious.

My listening in the past 15 years is vastly different compared to before that...

Maybe it is time for a Walkman again.

  On 6/7/2020 at 9:58 PM, DucksOpinion said:

When you talk about your friend, I feel like you could be talking about me...but I still can 100% get down with what you say.

In fact, I am kind of envious.

My listening in the past 15 years is vastly different compared to before that...

Maybe it is time for a Walkman again.

There are surely people who handle this better than me, but yeah, I mean we're just getting flooded with stuff, don't we? When's the last time you've actually enjoyed a fucking album, and how long has it been in rotation? How much music from 2017 is still relevant or at least being fucking listened to in 2020? It's like everyone is just throwing shit at the walls and seeing what'll stick. Okay, I'm overdramatizing a bit, but still ... And that's just music. How many other things are constantly vying for our attention? It's fucking insane. So my strategy to cope with that is pretty much retreat to my inner sanctum. I know which artists mean the most to me, and I know that they're not gonna be surpassed every two weeks. In a sense, I could almost just listen to Autechre forever and not feel like I'm missing out on a lot, because I really love that shit, and it's diverse and plentiful enough to last me a lifetime.

I'm currently in the process of listening to my who knows how many thousand CD's and records, many for the first time in literally decades, some perhaps for the second time ever, and many, many for the last time, because I have no desire to keep them as they just haven't stood the test of time. I still have a collector's mindset and the urge to own the things I'm really into, but I get so much more selective and discerning. If I love it, I'll buy it, if I don't love,it, I don't need it in my life, which is too short for mediocre art, and I just don't have the time to keep up with shit anyway. I just buy a 1TB micro SD card or two, put my best tunes in FLAC on there, set it to shuffle and listen to FM IDEM all day, the best fucking radio station in the world as far as I'm concerned. All I need really.

Anyway, sorry everyone, didn't want to derail the thread. 

^i am feeling this HARD. i don't think i've heard anything in the last three years that makes it into the ever-shrinking circle of albums i play regularly. one day i realised i didn't need the entire discography of an artist because i like one particular song. now i'm seriously considering going out and about with c90 mix tapes... sure would be a lot easier to find good new music if there wasn't so much shit-throwing these days.

Since October 2013

I've only listened to RDJ

no other music sounds alive to me

hope that helps, Ha:)

  On 6/8/2020 at 9:07 AM, diatoms said:

Since October 2013

I've only listened to RDJ

no other music sounds alive to me

hope that helps, Ha:)

 

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youre missing out on good music mate

  On 6/8/2020 at 9:20 AM, thumbass said:

  On 6/8/2020 at 9:07 AM, diatoms said:

Since October 2013

I've only listened to RDJ

no other music sounds alive to me

hope that helps, Ha:)

 

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youre missing out on good music mate

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you're right

i don't own akunk:)

  On 6/7/2020 at 11:59 PM, IDEM said:

There are surely people who handle this better than me, but yeah, I mean we're just getting flooded with stuff, don't we? When's the last time you've actually enjoyed a fucking album, and how long has it been in rotation? How much music from 2017 is still relevant or at least being fucking listened to in 2020? It's like everyone is just throwing shit at the walls and seeing what'll stick. Okay, I'm overdramatizing a bit, but still ... And that's just music. How many other things are constantly vying for our attention? It's fucking insane. So my strategy to cope with that is pretty much retreat to my inner sanctum. I know which artists mean the most to me, and I know that they're not gonna be surpassed every two weeks. In a sense, I could almost just listen to Autechre forever and not feel like I'm missing out on a lot, because I really love that shit, and it's diverse and plentiful enough to last me a lifetime.

I'm currently in the process of listening to my who knows how many thousand CD's and records, many for the first time in literally decades, some perhaps for the second time ever, and many, many for the last time, because I have no desire to keep them as they just haven't stood the test of time. I still have a collector's mindset and the urge to own the things I'm really into, but I get so much more selective and discerning. If I love it, I'll buy it, if I don't love,it, I don't need it in my life, which is too short for mediocre art, and I just don't have the time to keep up with shit anyway. I just buy a 1TB micro SD card or two, put my best tunes in FLAC on there, set it to shuffle and listen to FM IDEM all day, the best fucking radio station in the world as far as I'm concerned. All I need really.

Anyway, sorry everyone, didn't want to derail the thread. 

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Yeah, even though I probably buy as much music as ever, the size of my collection is still gradually shrinking over time. I always tell myself I'm only going to buy something I can guarantee I'll love, but obviously it doesn't work that way. Still, it happens quite often that I listen to an album I absolutely love and in the back of my mind I start thinking "why the fuck do I even own half the albums I do when I could just be listening to stuff like this?"

Sometimes a bit of variety is necessary, and I do turn to less-listened-to albums that I might not love as much just for a change, but I've long since stopped being completist with artists and buying things I like one or maybe two tracks on, 'classic' albums that I feel I should own, etc. I probably have enough music in my collection now to last me the rest of my life, although I'm always on the lookout for albums that are the same quality as my favourites, and they'll still come along.

There are a handful of albums from the last three years that I still listen to loads, but realistically, as time goes on, and we have larger and larger recorder collections and more experience, there's just less and less time to get into new records. There are loads I know I love that I just haven't given the time to, and I'd love to be able to really get lost in in the way I did when I was a teenager and discovering things for the first time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQcvuftqXFY

He is really into the conspiracies right? 

or he's a troll the likes of which we've never seen 

i don't believe sharing vids that promote mistrust of vaccines is such a good idea though. unless that vid too is a troll and the sarcasm went over my head

damn they're all troll jedis aren't they

That feeling when you start to realize one of your musical idols might be an idiot.

Need to stop with the Bill Gates conspiracy bullshit, not really a good look.

  On 6/7/2020 at 11:59 PM, IDEM said:

There are surely people who handle this better than me, but yeah, I mean we're just getting flooded with stuff, don't we? When's the last time you've actually enjoyed a fucking album, and how long has it been in rotation? How much music from 2017 is still relevant or at least being fucking listened to in 2020? It's like everyone is just throwing shit at the walls and seeing what'll stick. Okay, I'm overdramatizing a bit, but still ... And that's just music. How many other things are constantly vying for our attention? It's fucking insane. So my strategy to cope with that is pretty much retreat to my inner sanctum. I know which artists mean the most to me, and I know that they're not gonna be surpassed every two weeks. In a sense, I could almost just listen to Autechre forever and not feel like I'm missing out on a lot, because I really love that shit, and it's diverse and plentiful enough to last me a lifetime.

I'm currently in the process of listening to my who knows how many thousand CD's and records, many for the first time in literally decades, some perhaps for the second time ever, and many, many for the last time, because I have no desire to keep them as they just haven't stood the test of time. I still have a collector's mindset and the urge to own the things I'm really into, but I get so much more selective and discerning. If I love it, I'll buy it, if I don't love,it, I don't need it in my life, which is too short for mediocre art, and I just don't have the time to keep up with shit anyway. I just buy a 1TB micro SD card or two, put my best tunes in FLAC on there, set it to shuffle and listen to FM IDEM all day, the best fucking radio station in the world as far as I'm concerned. All I need really.

Anyway, sorry everyone, didn't want to derail the thread. 

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Don't apologise IDEM this is very great post. 

I like you have adopted similar strategies in navigating the never ending mountain of music. I just focus most of my time on stuff I know I'm into (and the back catalogues of such) and then I spend a modicum of time trying to find new stuff. I'm very happy with this balance.