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Originally Posted by eligit  Is it just me?
It seems like whenever i hang at a friend's place their "go to" way of listening to music is on the built in speakers on their lap top.
the funny thing is that many of the new albums that come out seem to translate very well to this listening environment and the amount of detail is impressive for such a terrible set up.....but then i listen to the same album on a real system and have to turn it off after one song.
this is truly a strange thing. we are not even talking about ipods here....this is lap top computer built in speakers......is this the new standard listening environment? is this what mastering houses do the "final check" on? |
No, it's not you. I have an all-tube McIntosh preamp/amp system running into some nice 4 way speakers with 15" woofers and after 2 minutes, I have to turn it off due to hearing fatigue and ear ringing. FM radio is just as bad.
Back when I was a kid, yeah, we all carried around those crappy plastic Zenith transistor radios with the single ear piece for portability, but when we got home, we all had nice Hi-Fi stereos to listen to.
Today, the crappy plastic Zenith transistor radios have been replaced with mp3 players and at home, the nice Hi-Fi systems have been replaced with crappy digital systems which need subwoofers to boost the bass. Today 98% of consumer stereos are crap and cheap. And the average Joe can't afford premium high end audio. It's really a shame because I know alot of today's music could sound really, really great. *off soapbox*