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Best place to get High Quality Audio?

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  1. Zboy

    Zboy Contributing Member

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    Best place to get High...............Quality Audio?

    I just spend some $$ on high end audio and headset.

    I want to do them justice by listening to music the way it was meant to be heard.

    Anyone know where I can pay for music in high definition audio?

    My genres are rock and progressive trance.
     
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    #2 Joshfast, Aug 3, 2014
  3. Mr. Brightside

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    From the forum home page I thought this thread was titled "Best place to get High"

    I was going to suggest Chuck E Cheese parking lot.

    Oh and for best sound get vinyl.
     
    #3 Mr. Brightside, Aug 3, 2014
  4. Zboy

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    I need digital so that I can take them with me as well.
     
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    yep, thought this was a GanjaRocket thread
     
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    In other words, you got ripped off by purchasing headphones and now blaming it on the audio.
     
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  7. Zboy

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    I have looked at them. Limited selection.

    For example, they only have one or two U2 albums. I would like all of them. They dont have anything by Enigma which I am after as well.
     
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  8. Zboy

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    Knew very well what I was getting myself into. You dont spend $1500 on a headset without knowing what you are after. ;)

    I have always had good audio setup for my living room and I want a similar setup on the go, since I will be traveling a lot this coming year. I have been playing CDs through my receiver but since my new receiver can stream digital, I would love some high quality digital tracks that I can play off the receiver as well as on the go.
     
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    I liked the Transco Tower fountains when I was a kid.
     
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    Have you looked at that player Neil Young created? Supposedly really high quality audio. Pono music player.

    http://www.ponomusic.com/#home

    Well maybe it's not all rolled out yet.
     
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    That looks really good. I think I will pre-order one.

    I am concerned about the music library selection though.
     
    #11 Zboy, Aug 3, 2014
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    It says on kickstarter that the music store goes live at launch, October 2014. I guess we will see soon enough!
     
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    Were you after being able to brag on how much your headphones cost you on a forum?
     
    #13 Bandwagoner, Aug 3, 2014
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    I don't think it's too hard to get full CD quality streaming anymore.

    http://www.marcurselli.com/2014/03/...g-vs-play-music-by-google-vs-rdio-vs-spotify/

    Pandora on the Web plays 64k AAC+ for free listeners and 192kbps for Pandora One subscribers. All in-home devices play 128kbps audio, and mobile devices receive a variety of different rates depending on the capability of the device and the network they are on, but never more than 64k AAC+.
     
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    16 bit /44.1kHz is CD and is technically < 24 bit / 192 kHz.

    Going out on a limb, no one over 40 can hear the difference as they have lost so much of their hearing.
     
    #15 Bandwagoner, Aug 3, 2014
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    FLAC audio, buddy
     
    #16 ohmarioyes, Aug 3, 2014
  17. Zboy

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    Someone thought I got ripped off on a headset without knowing what I was getting into so had to set the record straight.

    You really dont want to know how much I spent on my speakers!!! :grin:
     
    #17 Zboy, Aug 3, 2014
  18. Zboy

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    Yes, FLAC is one of the options but where (with a large selection)?

    The places I have looked at so far have limited selection.
     
    #18 Zboy, Aug 3, 2014
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    Download RealPlayer. Last time I checked, they're the gold standard.
     
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    I did too! I was all ready to make a suggestion, but then I was like:

    [​IMG]
     
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