@bogdan@arachnid.town Maybe I should get into piracy sites. I would like to get more FLACs (aka very-high-quality music), but downloading music off of Youtube means I only get lower-quality OPUS/MP3 music.
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For music I recommend using rutracker.org and nicotine+ (sooulseek client)
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I can help you navigate it and make an acc cuz rutracker is all in Russian and I know a fair bit. They got great music releases on there like whole discographies in FLAC and stuff.
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yt audio bitrate is 192kbps tops so it is kinda ass
opus bitrates are like double MP3, and 360kbps MP3 is sold as perceptually lossless.
What? YT audio is 192kbps on opus.
360 kbps MP3 is sold as perceptually lossless
Not true.
@icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
Yeah Opus is more efficient but a CD rip in FLAC will sound better than 192kbps Opus, if you have good enough gear that is.
@icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
Wasn't sure what you were talking about at first lol, ik it's more efficient than mp3.
@icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
bitrate and compression efficiency are two completely different things
360 kbps MP3 is sold as perceptually lossless
Not true.
Well unless you have shitty gear then you may not be able to tell the difference between that and a CD rip in FLAC
@dushman @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town the real problem with opus vs mp3 or flac is that opus was designed for speech not music so even at a high bitrate encoded directly from a flac, the range is trash in comparison, you can hear the difference very clearly vs an equivalent hq mp3 on any even remotely decent pairs of headphones. it works perfectly fine for what like youtube and shit use them for or casual listening but if you actually are caring about audio quality in music opus should go straight into the trash. it will always have a noticably duller sound to some degree. could just be audiophile placebo given what the ranges are exactly but i digress
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Well I don't use opus for any music I have so I wouldn't have known lol. I have the vast majority in FLAC with a tiny bit in 320k mp3, AAC and ALAC.
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Oh yeah you're right, it has two separate ones you reminded me. Mumble for example uses Opus speech by default.
@icedquinn@blob.cat @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town i dont listen to enough aac to draw a comparison there, i think i have maybe 2 or 3 niche apple music rips in it?
@m @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
AAC is more efficient than mp3 also not an Apple exclusive thing. Like if you're gonna make your own lossy encodes then it's better to use it than mp3.
@m @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
I think Opus is more efficient still though
@dushman @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town i havent played around much with aac and i dont really care to. in the scheme of modern computing an mp3 320k is still tiny enough and i know it works and a well encoded one generally i can't tell a difference from a decent flac rip in my headphones so that's all i care about
@m @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
I got Bayerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones and a fiio k5 pro dac/amp combo, and I can definitely tell the difference. If you're using cheapo headphones then yeah probably won't be noticeable.
@dushman @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town i'm gonna keep using my expired patent codec thank you very much fosstard. all the music on my phone is converted by ffmpeg to from flac to mp3 320k and its a tiny tiny miniscule amount of space there's literally no reason to compress it further, considering i'm not using good headphones on my phone i might as well go 192k or 128k if i wanted to do that anyways, no?
@m @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
I don't care about the patent part I also use mp3 lol
@m @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
I could do a test myself by encoding opus and mp3 with the same bitrate on a couple different songs from a FLAC CD rip source. Kinda curious how it stacks up and I have good enough gear to be able to tell a difference.
@dushman @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town damn that's pricy shit. i been rockin audio technica m20x atleast until like 2017/2018 now and even i can tell the opus/mp3 difference i dont know about aac/mp3 though havent tested again. most my computers and my phone have more than fine dac like the builtins are rarely so bad but my current netbook i bought out of desperation has an atrocious one, main issue is its quiet as fucking i regularly find myself at full volume on this thing. but it is what it is, i just wish my thinkpad didn't shit itself
actually i have had two pairs of m20x, the first one my cats as kittens destroyed it in a way that just wouldn't seem to work again after repair for some reason, the second is this pair which i had to repair ones relatively recently but it was quite easy, cable broke off in the ear basically
audio technica m20x
Those are good bang for the buck when it comes to budget headphones. I’ve tested those myself.
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I have the 250 ohm variant of DT 770 Pro so no internal DAC could even drive them lol
@m @icedquinn@blob.cat @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @bogdan@arachnid.town
I got them used in very good condition and just replaced the pads. Got the Fiio k5 pro dac/amp new tho. Still you'd need to spend like ~350-400$ total so kinda expensive.
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If you're gonna use them with an internal DAC then don't bother tbh
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Some lower power internal dacs may not be able to drive that. I mostly meant the audio quality tho, get the 250 ohm ones and a good desktop DAC/AMP otherwise it's not really worth it. Internal dacs tend to suck ass lol.
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If you want good budget headphones get like audio-technica ATH-M20x internal dacs will drive those just fine
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They cost like 60 euro and they sound p good for that price. If you want better bang for the buck though you can get IEMs around that price that will sound better than those headphones.
@getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @icedquinn@blob.cat @bogdan@arachnid.town @m@hollow.raccoon.quest
Moondrop has some really good IEMs in that price range
@getimiskon @radmin @icedquinn @bogdan @m
I made a review of Moondrop May IEMs which do sound better than those headphones I mentioned. They cost around 70 euro and have their own built in dac specially tuned for them.
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Well look at the review of the Moondrop May I quoted. They will sound better than M40x as well. Also better build quality lol they feel really nice and sturdy. Around 70 euro so like you should be able to afford them.
@thatbrickster @radmin @icedquinn @getimiskon @bogdan @m
Yeah I have been using them a lot and I’m definitely satisfied. Check out the review I made.
they aren’t black and white
wdym
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They are super comfy imo, more than most others I have tried. Personal prefernce tho ig. I use my headphones at my desk and IEMs elsewhere.
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I'll list the ones I own but I have tried more. I prefer a balanced sound signature with maybe a tad emphasis on the bass.
TinHifi T2 DLC
Moondrop May
Moondrop Chu II
TRUTHEAR x Crinacle ZERO:RED
Also I have Bayerdynamic DT 770 Pro 250 ohm paired with a Fiio K5 Pro Dac/Amp for my desktop setup.
@getimiskon @radmin @icedquinn @thatbrickster @bogdan @m
especially my computer
Dawg USB A to C adapters exist. This is just standard USB audio and will work on literally anything that supports USB audio.
@dushman @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top @icedquinn@blob.cat @getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz @bogdan@arachnid.town @m@hollow.raccoon.quest you know a man is dead serious when he pulls out a graph
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Yeah lol. Bit of emphasis on the low end which I like but it's tasteful and not overdone.
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Slap an expansion card in there or like hub if it's a laptop
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Fiio k5 Pro sometimes I also use it for the iems and Fiio BTR5 which is the portable one
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Had KZ ZS10 Pro and they fucking died a year and a half wouldn't recommend. Never buy anything from KZ.
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I got CCA CRA+ from them. Weird how the sister brand is better overall lol.
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Graphs aren't everything ofc but the Moondrop Mays have a sound signature that hits the spot for me