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Why Does Music Feel So Good?

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Somewhat tangential, somewhat related: people listen to music a lot, and yet the great majority of people do so with their stock iPod earbuds - or cheap alternatives. I don't like to consider myself an Audiophile (and I really don't think I would classify as one anyways) but I don't understand why people are okay with paying hundreds of dollars (sometimes over $1,000) on HD TVs and yet stick with free headphones or c…

> I don't like to consider myself an Audiophile (and I really don't think I would classify as one anyways) but I don't understand why people are okay with paying hundreds of dollars (sometimes over $1,000) on HD TVs and yet stick with free headphones or cheap speakers. I cannot understand this myself. I mean, why pay thousands of dollars for HD TVs, period. As for the cheap headphones part, who cares. They like the b…

> I mean, why pay hundreds of dollars for HD TVs, period.

Can you get a good HD TV for less than "hundreds of dollars" (not sure where the limit is, $199?) that is any good, though?

Sure, there are cheap TVs. The cheapest LED TV in the 40-44 range on Amazon is $349, and it's some cheap no-name brand I have never heard of. It's probably not very good.

Of course, most people probably don't know much about what differentiates TV quality. I frequently see people watch horribly badly calibrated TVs (with things like motion smoothing turned on), and I frequently see people watch non-widescreen broadcasts stretched to 16:9. Whenever I ask, they say they don't see any difference, and some people even get upset when I offer to fix the settings.

Re: Why Does Music Feel So Good?

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post #22

Somewhat tangential, somewhat related: people listen to music a lot, and yet the great majority of people do so with their stock iPod earbuds - or cheap alternatives. I don't like to consider myself an Audiophile (and I really don't think I would classify as one anyways) but I don't understand why people are okay with paying hundreds of dollars (sometimes over $1,000) on HD TVs and yet stick with free headphones or c…

People have different interests. I know someone who spends thousands of dollars on coffee and coffee equipment. I think that's ridiculous. I think it's a cool hobby though. It sucks that your friends make you feel bad for things you enjoy! The new Apple Earpods are acceptable though (compared to the Sennheiser 429 I own which are too big to wear in public).

I agree, I find the new Apple Earpods to be a very enjoyable listening experience. I recently picked up a pair of $100.00 on ear Sony's and I have all but retired them as they make my ears really hot and the Earpods actually give me a much more balanced sound. I'm a musician of most of my life, but definitely not an audiophile. I'd like to be an audiophile someday...
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