What do you listen to prog on?

Dayvenkirq wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: colorofmoney91 wrote: I listen to prog on methamphetamine. Me too - helps me blend in at the gym. Everybody's doing it, so why can't I listen to Amon Düül ll whilst benching? Do you guys actually mean what you are saying? On the topic: earbuds & MP3, even though it did cost me some of the hearing ability in the past.

If I could vote I would vote headphones - I need my privacy! And I dont wanna miss a thing

I don't have an option for me here. My micro system, though I have a "proper" stereo too. Can't stand vinyl.

^bad sound. Scratches. Crackles. Pops. When CD was invented I was truly happier.

^ Yes me too, I would always prefer to hear 70's stuff in vinyls, dynamic is much wider and it just sounds better (to my ears at least). I also prefer the mixing in the 70's (of course there are more than some crapy ones) to the mixing done today. I feel today there is to much analizing to the instruments and to the overall mix.

Computer Speakers and my Room Stereo, first and foremost.

sagichim wrote: ^ Yes me too, I would always prefer to hear 70's stuff in vinyls, dynamic is much wider and it just sounds better (to my ears at least). I also prefer the mixing in the 70's (of course there are more than some crapy ones) to the mixing done today. I feel today there is to much analizing to the instruments and to the overall mix.

How do you mean "dynamic is much wider"? From a technical aspect vinyl does not have the dynamic range (volume) of CD and it has poorer channel seperation (width) than CD or tape, there is nothing inherrent in the vinyl medium that would create any objective measure that could be referred to as wider dynamic. I accept that it sounds better to your ears, and I don't mind totally subjective reasoning for preferring vinyl over CD or tape. I too prefer vinyl over tape and CD because it is asthetically pleasing from a purely engineering perspective to see sound being produced from grooves in plastic platter using something as primative as a needle connected to an electromagnet - for a 135 year old invention it is a marvel that it is still so respected today.

Dean wrote: sagichim wrote: ^ Yes me too, I would always prefer to hear 70's stuff in vinyls, dynamic is much wider and it just sounds better (to my ears at least). I also prefer the mixing in the 70's (of course there are more than some crapy ones) to the mixing done today. I feel today there is to much analizing to the instruments and to the overall mix. How do you mean "dynamic is much wider"? From a technical aspect vinyl does not have the dynamic range (volume) of CD and it has poorer channel seperation (width) than CD or tape, there is nothing inherrent in the vinyl medium that would create any objective measure that could be referred to as wider dynamic. I accept that it sounds better to your ears, and I don't mind totally subjective reasoning for preferring vinyl over CD or tape. I too prefer vinyl over tape and CD because it is asthetically pleasing from a purely engineering perspective to see sound being produced from grooves in plastic platter using something as primative as a needle connected to an electromagnet - for a 135 year old invention it is a marvel that it is still so respected today.

^ That is correct, bands, mixing or mastering engineers are trying to find the point where they have enough compression but still maintain some dynamic range. Of course some take it to the extreme of having no dynamic range at all. The idea is that the listener wouldn't have to adjust the volume according to the song dynamics. 70's albums have loud parts against very quiet parts that are barely listenable, and compression solved that "problem", but it did got us to where we are today, not saying if it is bad or good.

But seriously, I only listen to prog on my iPod, and sometimes through my laptop speakers when I'm working out (usually only extreme prog metal though).