I will probably NEVER listen to VLV on my computer again!

TracieMorgan · 20-06-2008, 02:26 AM

Because I just got my copy home and put it on my good speakers!! HOLY SHIT!!!! IT's so much better sounding this way. I'm wishing now that I'd sved listening to it until I could put it on my stereo. It's like hearing it again fgor the first time!!

PianoRocker · 20-06-2008, 02:28 AM

Congratz with the copy!!!

Indeed it is alot better and nicer if it is played on a stereo.

And alot better with home cinema..

winigwl · 20-06-2008, 02:29 AM

tracie what do you think of it? where does it rank for you?

Pseudonym · 20-06-2008, 02:30 AM

See, I abstained from the album until I had it on CD and it paid off. This should be a lesson to all of you

Saffire · 20-06-2008, 02:32 AM

My dad is an audio freak and we have a pair of $6000 speakers upstairs with a subwoofer. I set the receiver to Dolby Music and played it on a CD player with optical audio output...

You can hear stuff that you never could with tiny little computer speakers or headphones. And Lost sounds like there are elephants stomping around

Space Cadet · 20-06-2008, 02:32 AM

Sounds like you need better computer speakers/a better sound card, Tracie.

Yes, it is one of those albums that does much better with better equipment. Unfortunatly, that means it's not so easy to hear on a bus. (Unlike Parachutes and AROBTTH, which are two of the best for cars/buses- probably because there's not so much going on in the music.)

Saffire · 20-06-2008, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 2732;2404313
See, I abstained from the album until I had it on CD and it paid off. This should be a lesson to all of you

Actually she enjoyed the music on two levels - the first time for it's thematic and melodic nature, and the second time for its depth and texture. So arguably it's better to hear it in a low bitrate with crappy speakers first, because you can "re-experience" it later.

Pseudonym · 20-06-2008, 02:35 AM

TracieMorgan · 20-06-2008, 02:38 AM

Actually, that's a really good call, Saffire.

My computer speakers aren't really crappy...I'm picky about speakers,lol. But they're no match for my stereo. I think at our next gig I'll plug my discman into our PA and see how THAT sounds!!

I had forgotten that my ENTIRE Coldplay collection is in my stereo, so now I'm back to Parachutes. I think some comparative listening may be in order tonight!!

My God, Don't Panic sounds so simple compared to VLV,lol...but still one of my favorite songs ever! How they've evolved...I could just about cry right now!!!!

mandymcnabb · 20-06-2008, 02:46 AM

Maybe that's the problem...I've been listening to it on shitty speakers...

Space Cadet · 20-06-2008, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mandymcnabb;2404367
Maybe that's the problem...I've been listening to it on shitty speakers...

That could very well be. A lot of the albums strengths this time around are in the really rich, warm textures that get lost on lesser speakers.

Marisa · 20-06-2008, 02:49 AM

Awww. Very cool Tracie. I can't wait to listen to it in the new car my grandparents just bought... it has a very very nice sound system and yeah I'm crazy.

Mandy pooor thing hates it!

TracieMorgan · 20-06-2008, 03:01 AM

WIth any Eno production you know there will be layers hidden between layers, and you really do need a decent system to hear everything. I'm even liking Strawberry wing a little more, although I'm afraid, sweet as it is, it's still my least favorite. (Sorry, Chris...I'm sure it's one of your favorites!)

Glen · 20-06-2008, 04:51 PM

Thats what i did i first listened to the album in the car. I dont have a flash sound system or anything like that but just what came with it. But in any case i find the car the best place to listen to music better than at home or whatever, you can control the sounds and get the real depth out the music. Computer speakers, ipod headphones unless there really good tend to hide the bass etc and hidden sounds.

yamfox · 20-06-2008, 05:31 PM

My computer speakers are Boston Acoustics series, with added Pioneer sub. I think my headphones sound better, but it's much more of a social experience blasting it out so that the Sheriff (Who lives 4 houses away) can hear it and come over telling us we are causing a disturbance of the peace

20-06-2008, 02:26 AM	#1
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	I will probably NEVER listen to VLV on my computer again! Because I just got my copy home and put it on my good speakers!! HOLY SHIT!!!! IT's so much better sounding this way. I'm wishing now that I'd sved listening to it until I could put it on my stereo. It's like hearing it again fgor the first time!! __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

20-06-2008, 02:28 AM	#2
PianoRocker a.k.a stephanbass Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 9,684 My Mood: Location: Antwerp Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Congratz with the copy!!! Indeed it is alot better and nicer if it is played on a stereo. And alot better with home cinema.. __________________ Twitter = YouTube = Facebook = Hyves = Last.fm 3 10 08 \| ~Coldplay~ \| 9 9 09 I ♥ Ellen! >> www.StephanHondeveld.com <<

20-06-2008, 02:32 AM	#6
Space Cadet You have been warned. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,738 My Mood: Location: Nova Scotia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Sounds like you need better computer speakers/a better sound card, Tracie. Yes, it is one of those albums that does much better with better equipment. Unfortunatly, that means it's not so easy to hear on a bus. (Unlike Parachutes and AROBTTH, which are two of the best for cars/buses- probably because there's not so much going on in the music.) __________________ Spoiler http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...trolls_als.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WmxwgW2J0 "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year he had gnawed it near, For meat was hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, And meat was hard to come by. Up came Tom with his big boots on. Said he to Troll: 'Pray, what is yon? For it looks like the shin o' my nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin' in graveyard. Caveyard! Paveyard! This many a year has Tim been gone, And I thought he were lyin' in graveyard.' 'My lad,' said Troll, 'this bone I stole. But what be bones that lie in a hole? Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead, Afore I found his shinbone. Tinbone! Thinbone! He can spare a share for a poor old troll, For he don't need his shinbone.' Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bone over!' 'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins, 'I'll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins. A bit o' fresh meat will go down sweet! I'll try my teeth on thee now. Hee now! See now! I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins; I've a mind to dine on thee now.' But just as he thought his dinner was caught, He found his hands had hold of naught. Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind And gave him the boot to larn him. Warn him! Darn him! A bump o' the boot on the seat, Tom thought, Would be the way to larn him. But harder than stone is the flesh and bone Of a troll that sits in the hills alone. As well set your boot to the mountain's root, For the seat of a troll don't feel it. Peel it! Heal it! Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan, And he knew his toes could feel it. Tom's leg is game, since home he came, And his bootless foot is lasting lame; But Troll don't care, and he's still there With the bone he boned from its owner. Doner! Boner! Troll's old seat is still the same, And the bone he boned from its owner!" Albums of the Year 2011 - Vote Here!

20-06-2008, 02:33 AM	#7
Saffire Classically liberal. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,406 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by 2732;2404313 See, I abstained from the album until I had it on CD and it paid off. This should be a lesson to all of you Actually she enjoyed the music on two levels - the first time for it's thematic and melodic nature, and the second time for its depth and texture. So arguably it's better to hear it in a low bitrate with crappy speakers first, because you can "re-experience" it later.

20-06-2008, 02:38 AM	#9
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	Actually, that's a really good call, Saffire. My computer speakers aren't really crappy...I'm picky about speakers,lol. But they're no match for my stereo. I think at our next gig I'll plug my discman into our PA and see how THAT sounds!! I had forgotten that my ENTIRE Coldplay collection is in my stereo, so now I'm back to Parachutes. I think some comparative listening may be in order tonight!! My God, Don't Panic sounds so simple compared to VLV,lol...but still one of my favorite songs ever! How they've evolved...I could just about cry right now!!!! __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

20-06-2008, 02:29 AM	#3
winigwl Coldplayer Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,169 My Mood: Location: new jersey Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	tracie what do you think of it? where does it rank for you?

20-06-2008, 02:30 AM	#4
Pseudonym Why She Loves Me? Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23,599 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	See, I abstained from the album until I had it on CD and it paid off. This should be a lesson to all of you

20-06-2008, 02:35 AM	#8
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20-06-2008, 02:46 AM	#10
mandymcnabb twitter Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,228 Location: Michigannn. Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Maybe that's the problem...I've been listening to it on shitty speakers... __________________ Curious velocity, brought me to a halt. Oh flatten me my baby, gimme some salt.

20-06-2008, 02:48 AM	#11
Space Cadet You have been warned. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,738 My Mood: Location: Nova Scotia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by mandymcnabb;2404367 Maybe that's the problem...I've been listening to it on shitty speakers... That could very well be. A lot of the albums strengths this time around are in the really rich, warm textures that get lost on lesser speakers. __________________ Spoiler http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...trolls_als.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WmxwgW2J0 "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year he had gnawed it near, For meat was hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, And meat was hard to come by. Up came Tom with his big boots on. Said he to Troll: 'Pray, what is yon? For it looks like the shin o' my nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin' in graveyard. Caveyard! Paveyard! This many a year has Tim been gone, And I thought he were lyin' in graveyard.' 'My lad,' said Troll, 'this bone I stole. But what be bones that lie in a hole? Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead, Afore I found his shinbone. Tinbone! Thinbone! He can spare a share for a poor old troll, For he don't need his shinbone.' Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bone over!' 'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins, 'I'll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins. A bit o' fresh meat will go down sweet! I'll try my teeth on thee now. Hee now! See now! I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins; I've a mind to dine on thee now.' But just as he thought his dinner was caught, He found his hands had hold of naught. Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind And gave him the boot to larn him. Warn him! Darn him! A bump o' the boot on the seat, Tom thought, Would be the way to larn him. But harder than stone is the flesh and bone Of a troll that sits in the hills alone. As well set your boot to the mountain's root, For the seat of a troll don't feel it. Peel it! Heal it! Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan, And he knew his toes could feel it. Tom's leg is game, since home he came, And his bootless foot is lasting lame; But Troll don't care, and he's still there With the bone he boned from its owner. Doner! Boner! Troll's old seat is still the same, And the bone he boned from its owner!" Albums of the Year 2011 - Vote Here!

20-06-2008, 02:49 AM	#12
Marisa A light lit upon a beach. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,207 Location: A wild wind blowing down the corner of my street Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Awww. Very cool Tracie. I can't wait to listen to it in the new car my grandparents just bought... it has a very very nice sound system and yeah I'm crazy. Mandy pooor thing hates it! __________________

20-06-2008, 03:01 AM	#13
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	WIth any Eno production you know there will be layers hidden between layers, and you really do need a decent system to hear everything. I'm even liking Strawberry wing a little more, although I'm afraid, sweet as it is, it's still my least favorite. (Sorry, Chris...I'm sure it's one of your favorites!) __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

20-06-2008, 04:51 PM	#14
Glen Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 142 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Thats what i did i first listened to the album in the car. I dont have a flash sound system or anything like that but just what came with it. But in any case i find the car the best place to listen to music better than at home or whatever, you can control the sounds and get the real depth out the music. Computer speakers, ipod headphones unless there really good tend to hide the bass etc and hidden sounds.

20-06-2008, 05:31 PM	#15
yamfox The Pumpkin King Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,327 My Mood: Location: Fishers, Indiana, USA Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	My computer speakers are Boston Acoustics series, with added Pioneer sub. I think my headphones sound better, but it's much more of a social experience blasting it out so that the Sheriff (Who lives 4 houses away) can hear it and come over telling us we are causing a disturbance of the peace