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High Volume or sound quality ?

Assuming you can't get both, wich one matter the most to you?

Sound quality.

Fuck high volume. I don't want my senses bludgeoned all the time. It seems all the mastering technicians these days are former members of Spinal Tap.

sound quality to many clowns have a the louder the better mentality

sound quality...is anyone really going to answer high volume...

edit: oh wait....clubs ?

Low volume high quality > high volume low quality, obviously...

But I like my music loud.

it really depends

personally I prefer quality of signal and sound, but if I am playing a house party where we're all going to be fucked up anyways I will go for the volume

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Originally posted by julien2 sound quality...is anyone really going to answer high volume... edit: oh wait....clubs ?

if you're lucky you might find a club with great sound quality :X

here in Montreal we do have clubs with good sound quality.

One of the biggest venues for all kinds of show called Metropolis has one of the best sound system I heard.

We used to have an afterhour called Aria which also had a very very good sound system

And we have Stereo, another afterhour which is considered to have the best sound system in North America

I don't know. I think the two are interdependent. No point in having brilliant quality sound if the music isn't loud enough for you to hear the details. No point taking shit sound and ramping up the decibels- it just highlights the shitness.

I like volume, but not in the stupid way a lot of people (the kind who have monstrous stereos in shitty little hatchback cars) do. A lot of people seem to revel in volume for its own sake, perhaps just getting a kick (pun) out of the primal thump of bass. I like loud music so I can hear it properly, and be surrounded by it.

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Originally posted by julien2 here in Montreal we do have clubs with good sound quality. One of the biggest venues for all kinds of show called Metropolis has one of the best sound system I heard. We used to have an afterhour called Aria which also had a very very good sound system And we have Stereo, another afterhour which is considered to have the best sound system in North America

that sounds great! ive never been up that way but if i do i'll have to check them out.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I like loud music so I can hear it properly, and be surrounded by it.

+1
Needs to be reasonably loud to appreciate it fully but theres excessiveness as well. Once you reach that level louder is not necassary.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I don't know. I think the two are interdependent. No point in having brilliant quality sound if the music isn't loud enough for you to hear the details. No point taking shit sound and ramping up the decibels- it just highlights the shitness. I like volume, but not in the stupid way a lot of people (the kind who have monstrous stereos in shitty little hatchback cars) do. A lot of people seem to revel in volume for its own sake, perhaps just getting a kick (pun) out of the primal thump of bass. I like loud music so I can hear it properly, and be surrounded by it.

depends what we are talking about in terms of volume. if we are talking about very very very low volume, of course there is no point in having quality...

the thing is that too many people actually think that

more watts = more quality...

lolz

Sound quality. I only like loud music up to a point.

Luckily we do have clubs with good sound quality over here, i don't go out clubbing often though.

the volume has to be loud enough to completely involve you, and on two equal systems, louder will sound better.
it's a common sales trick in audio, compare two systems but make sure the one they want you to buy is a bit louder.

i would pick sound quality over volume, but i want both...

all the songs on my PC are 192-320kbs so they are good quality and sound great. i use my stereo system to play music via a usb cable to my PC. and i use winamp which has equalizer settings to adjust the sound settings plus i use DFX which is an audio enhancer.

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Originally posted by AustralianGQ winamp which has equalizer settings to adjust the sound settings plus i use DFX which is an audio enhancer.

winamp eq is poo

Sound quality. You can usually turn up the volume if something is too low anyway.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Sound quality. You can usually turn up the volume if something is too low anyway.

x2

Why would you want a loud mp3, when you can just turn the volume dial up to full anyway?

Most sound systems go up way, way louder than you will ever need.

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Originally posted by AustralianGQ plus i use DFX which is an audio enhancer.

How does it enhance audio, exactly?

quality for sure.

what a bonkers question....quality > volume

What about compression? Hard Ratio or no compressor ?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery How does it enhance audio, exactly?

In a way that makes music sound better with it than without it.

i have to agree with everyone here, there's no point in having a loud track if you can't make anything ouf of it because of the poor quality.

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Originally posted by Gauss In a way that makes music sound better with it than without it.

Ah, magic.

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