Music that sounds better with headphones.
(Ok, I don't know if this is AO material or GD material but since there's no way anyone can bash Bush with this thread, there's NO WAY it's AO material )
Anyway, I'm sitting here listening to music I've heard hundreds of times before but with my Grado SR-60s on and some of this music sounds NEW. Like the last song I listened to (Hello, Goodbye), I swear I never heard that low vocal part before.
So, I guess this thread is about what music you've heard that sounds way better with headphones, esp. good ones...
I'll start:
ok computer by radiohead. If you haven't listened to this cd with good headphones, DO IT NOW. It's awesome.
Anyway, I'm sitting here listening to music I've heard hundreds of times before but with my Grado SR-60s on and some of this music sounds NEW. Like the last song I listened to (Hello, Goodbye), I swear I never heard that low vocal part before.
So, I guess this thread is about what music you've heard that sounds way better with headphones, esp. good ones...
I'll start:
ok computer by radiohead. If you haven't listened to this cd with good headphones, DO IT NOW. It's awesome.
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Originally posted by FormerLurker
The king of all headphone albums is Dark Side Of The Moon.
I've got that somewhere....I'll have to dig it up. (I haven't listened to it in so long because I had some sort of stomach thing going on the last time and I always get that sick feeling when I listen to it....:/)
Originally posted by Ebby
Wasn't there a song that had a woman getting murdered in the background. (You could hear a mufled scream or something if you had really good headphones.) I forget the artist/title. I'll try to look that up.
I think that was an urban legend. I saw it recently on some site...
Ah, here it is.
1. Anything by The Books
2. Anything by The Flaming Lips
Originally posted by torifile
(Ok, I don't know if this is AO material or GD material but since there's no way anyone can bash Bush with this thread, there's NO WAY it's AO material )
I particularly enjoy listening to Dean techno remix songs on my headphones. I especially enjoy when Dean bashes Bush by pointing out that he dodged the draft during the Vietnam war and that Bush's tax policy hurts the middle class. By listening to these liberal rants on my French headphones I feel the angry growls and screams of Dean resonate better in my head.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
Pretty much everything sounds better with headphones, aside from metal, which is best experienced on a set of two honkin'-big speakers. None of that frilly Bose stuff, or the puny satellites either.
I didn't mean just "better" but better and DIFFERENT. Like I said above, some songs, with headphones, sound new. Others just sound better. Maybe I'm not making the distinction clear. (Clear thinking in the midst of writing a dissertation doesn't happen often. )
Originally posted by FormerLurker
The king of all headphone albums is Dark Side Of The Moon.
Dub Side of the Moon -- Easy Allstars.
Best cover album EVER!
C'mon, sing it with me: I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe.
most NIN sounds better with headphones or really, really good speakers.
all of Broken sounds completely different on a set of high quality headphones or speakers relative to what you get with your average setup.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
Pretty much everything sounds better with headphones, aside from metal,...
Oh, I totally disagree. No set of headphones will ever give you that chest-rattling bass of a 15" subwoofer playing PM Dawn's "I'd Die Without You" or any other bassy song. And no, I'm not one of those who only wants bass and nothing else. I'm just saying the physiological effect of sound waves on the body are also important.
The natural room reverberation of normal speakers also helps with classical and choral pieces.
Really, I think only solo instruments sound best with headphones. Hearing every nuance of a solo classical guitar or grand piano is just awesome!
Depends a lot on the quality of your:
Music source (CD, DVD, LP, tuner etc)
Player,
Amplifier,
Headphones,
Connecting cables
Ears,
Brain,
Emotional state,
Peace
eric j