Well, (a) the sound on my computer is not working properly (it was working indifferently, and now it's stopped altogether; prior to that I never had a computer with a working soundcard, so I don't feel I'm missing anything), and (b) the quality of sound from my stereo is much superior to that from the little speakers in my computer monitor.
Now, admittedly I could get decent speakers for my computer, but I'm also a bit of a snob when it comes to music quality. Fifteen years ago music lovers were turning their noses up snootily at CDs because the digital sound wasn't as good as old-fashioned analogue; nowadays everyone seems to be happy to listen to MP3, which is a lossy format: it's not as good as CD quality.
Now, admittedly, on an iPod with ear plugs you're not likely to notice the difference, and further, on my stereo I'm possibly not likely to notice the difference either (not having had any experience with MP3s, I can't really tell). However, I don't want to be building up a music collection of second-rate quality music. Even if I can't tell the difference now, all I have to do is replace my stereo* or my speakers with better ones and the difference, in my existing music collection, which I expect I will be continuing to listen to large parts of over the following decades, will become manifest.
* Which, given it's twenty years old will no doubt end up happening sooner or later anyway, though later if I can help it: They don't make things to last nowadays. Besides, apart from the worn tape heads (and one broken speaker wire attachment gizmo), my stereo remains in good nick, and my philosophy, spurning fashion, and taking environmental concerns seriously, is: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Date: 2006-03-14 06:16 pm (UTC)Now, admittedly I could get decent speakers for my computer, but I'm also a bit of a snob when it comes to music quality. Fifteen years ago music lovers were turning their noses up snootily at CDs because the digital sound wasn't as good as old-fashioned analogue; nowadays everyone seems to be happy to listen to MP3, which is a lossy format: it's not as good as CD quality.
Now, admittedly, on an iPod with ear plugs you're not likely to notice the difference, and further, on my stereo I'm possibly not likely to notice the difference either (not having had any experience with MP3s, I can't really tell). However, I don't want to be building up a music collection of second-rate quality music. Even if I can't tell the difference now, all I have to do is replace my stereo* or my speakers with better ones and the difference, in my existing music collection, which I expect I will be continuing to listen to large parts of over the following decades, will become manifest.
* Which, given it's twenty years old will no doubt end up happening sooner or later anyway, though later if I can help it: They don't make things to last nowadays. Besides, apart from the worn tape heads (and one broken speaker wire attachment gizmo), my stereo remains in good nick, and my philosophy, spurning fashion, and taking environmental concerns seriously, is: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.