God Bless Headphones - Well Done Fireball!!!!

badger · 21 Jun 2003, 00:01

I always like to hear an album through headphones when I get it, as I think it is by far the best way to hear it properly, but when I got CHSIB my proper headphones were broked.

Finally I have got them working again and this evening I listened to CHSIB through my headphones for the first time and WOW!

I have loved this album since its release, but this gave me a brand new passion for it. The different sections intertwining, sometimes just hidden in the background, are superbly done, and make this such a great piece of music.

If you have only heard this through the stereo or car, I streongly suggest getting out some decent headphones for a listen, it can transform the way you hear some tracks.

Well done to Fireball and all the producers once again for this album, the work you have done is simply amazing.

JulesB · 21 Jun 2003, 00:23

Badger, I totally agree. Each album has to get a proper listen with headphones before making any judgement on the quality of the music. I don't know what I would do without my headphones, it's the only way to listen to an album and experience all the ear candy. Course I love torturing the neighbors with a full volume stero blast as well.

Jules

Rushour · 21 Jun 2003, 00:41

I always listen to this new record with my headphones, always when i have to go with bus or the tram, then i turn on my md player as loud as it gets, and the other passengers always look at me as if i'm a totally crazy girl. but i don't mind I LOVE THE NEW RECORD IT'S G R E A T ! ! !
Greetings Rushour

PS: The passengers are right, i am totally crazy and nuts

sherrie87 · 21 Jun 2003, 01:12

Oy, I can't believe I haven't done this yet! I was so excited to hear the new album that I tend to play it in the car, when I'm cleaning the house, while doing dishes- basically any chance I get. What I haven't done yet is to just sit down with headphones and enjoy it. What the heck was I thinking? Now I'm really looking forward to this- I'll take some time this evening to just listen, rather than messing with that multitasking mess I've been doing.

Sherrie

Terri · 21 Jun 2003, 20:54

Don't know why I haven't thought of this before

. Will try it a.s.p can't wait!

Chris · 21 Jun 2003, 22:54

I do this a lot in the summer. Get my lunch and sit on the green opposite work wiht a good album on full blast and lie back watching the clouds!!!!

Then i regale the village by singing along!!!!!

Cathie · 21 Jun 2003, 23:59

I've always using headphones, more because the last time I didn't use them i got shouted at. but i agree, there is nothing like it. luv Chris's idea. i usually get all the odd looks where i live for singing along. or it could just be me i suppose...nah. luv the album and this way can turn volume up and up!

Jayd · 21 Jun 2003, 23:59

Not listened to CHSIB on headphones because gret Rock should be loud, but I will be trying it.

Jayd · 22 Jun 2003, 00:00

Great Rock, sorry bad typing

R. · 22 Jun 2003, 00:06

Next time, please click the edit button:

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That's what it's made for.

Garrett · 22 Jun 2003, 01:11

I don't like headphones. And it isn't the best way to listen to music. I always prefer dolby surround speakers! I have all the songs copied to my hard disk and saved it as MP3 files. Then, I hear them via my 5.1 dolby surround sound system, which is connected to my PC. This is the very best way, music can ever be listened and it has the very best quality. It sounds as if you're standing in the middle of an orchestra.

tukayaway · 22 Jun 2003, 01:59

I'm a big fan of headphones, but they have to be the huge DJ style ones and of good quality. Its amazing how much more you can pick up listening through them.

But it's also the reason why I can't hear well anymore! It's got to be everything louder than everything else!

Lady B · 22 Jun 2003, 02:02

That's the reason us DJ's lose our hearing (or at least a good deal of it) at a younger age if we've been in the studio a lot!

But I like listening to music in a good set of phones because I can just block everything out and listen to all the nuances of the music. (I know, big word for me.) You really can pick up more of the little things.

Lady B

sherrie87 · 22 Jun 2003, 06:27

I listened to the whole CHSIB CD several times last night with headphones, and I noticed so much that I had not heard before. A short piano roll here, a guitar than runs from channel to channel, some cool vocal effects there- and that was with some truely cr*p headphones- someday soon I'll be getting some good headphones and I'm sure I'll hear even more little surprises!

Sherrie

Lady B · 22 Jun 2003, 07:56

Sherrie,

You want a really good one to listen to with the phones ~ Elton John's Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from Goodbye Yellowbrick Road! The Guitar work of Davey Johnstone and piano of Elton just gives me wonderful chills to listen. Just as much as listening to Home By Now/No Matter What. In fact, the first time I listened to AFL and HBN/NMW with just the phones on I cried by the time the songs were done because there was so much that pulls you emotionally to REALLY listen and allow yourself to get carried away. (And no, I wasn't on any drugs at the time either.

)

Lady B ~ who thinks it's just having too much of a music background.

Shane · 22 Jun 2003, 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garrett

I don't like headphones. And it isn't the best way to listen to music. I always prefer dolby surround speakers! I have all the songs copied to my hard disk and saved it as MP3 files. Then, I hear them via my 5.1 dolby surround sound system, which is connected to my PC. This is the very best way, music can ever be listened and it has the very best quality. It sounds as if you're standing in the middle of an orchestra.

I agree!

I find that headphones are better than listening through my stereo or tv, but when I listen/watch something with 5.1 surround sound, it's even better!

jcmoorehead · 22 Jun 2003, 15:51

Headphones are a great way to listen to the songs. I partically enjoy listening to them walking down the street with my MP3 Player.

badger · 22 Jun 2003, 23:45

For music I think headphones are so much better than dolby. 5.1 is superb for films for the surround effect, same as SDDS etc, but you simply cannot physcally hear every aspect through speakers as some sound is lost before it gets to your ear. A proper set of large headphones, as opposed to earphones (which can still be cool though) directly put all of the music into your ear.

Seeing as a standard audio cd is never recorded in 5.1 anyway, nothing can be gained from it really (although I also have a 5.1 setup on my pc, i agree it rocks for dvds

)

badger · 22 Jun 2003, 23:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayd2

Not listened to CHSIB on headphones because gret Rock should be loud

I agree rock should always be loud, which is why I have it turned up on full

headphones don't mean quiet

Frying Pan · 23 Jun 2003, 21:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady B

Sherrie,

You want a really good one to listen to with the phones ~ Elton John's Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from Goodbye Yellowbrick Road! The Guitar work of Davey Johnstone and piano of Elton just gives me wonderful chills to listen. Just as much as listening to Home By Now/No Matter What. In fact, the first time I listened to AFL and HBN/NMW with just the phones on I cried by the time the songs were done because there was so much that pulls you emotionally to REALLY listen and allow yourself to get carried away. (And no, I wasn't on any drugs at the time either.

)

Lady B ~ who thinks it's just having too much of a music background.

I love Funeral for a Friend as well, its an extraordinary piece of music. I've always liked listening to music on the headphones they certainly bring new life to CHSIB.
PS This is my first post, it seems like a fun place.

Lady B · 23 Jun 2003, 21:34

Hey, welcome NP!

The cool thing is that Davey Johnstone was in the movie Roadie with Meat!

Lady B

badger · 23 Jun 2003, 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nocturnal Pleasure

I love Funeral for a Friend as well, its an extraordinary piece of music. I've always liked listening to music on the headphones they certainly bring new life to CHSIB.
PS This is my first post, it seems like a fun place.

Hey, I agree, and yes it is a fun place :)

Welcome.

21 Jun 2003, 00:01	#1
badger Super Loafer Join Date: 23.10.2002 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 511	God Bless Headphones - Well Done Fireball!!!! I always like to hear an album through headphones when I get it, as I think it is by far the best way to hear it properly, but when I got CHSIB my proper headphones were broked. Finally I have got them working again and this evening I listened to CHSIB through my headphones for the first time and WOW! I have loved this album since its release, but this gave me a brand new passion for it. The different sections intertwining, sometimes just hidden in the background, are superbly done, and make this such a great piece of music. If you have only heard this through the stereo or car, I streongly suggest getting out some decent headphones for a listen, it can transform the way you hear some tracks. Well done to Fireball and all the producers once again for this album, the work you have done is simply amazing.

21 Jun 2003, 00:23	#2
JulesB Senior Loafer Join Date: 07.02.2003 Posts: 188	The Only Way! Badger, I totally agree. Each album has to get a proper listen with headphones before making any judgement on the quality of the music. I don't know what I would do without my headphones, it's the only way to listen to an album and experience all the ear candy. Course I love torturing the neighbors with a full volume stero blast as well. Jules

23 Jun 2003, 21:34	#21
Lady B Super Loafer Join Date: 06.02.2003 Location: Colorado ~ USA Posts: 334	headphones Hey, welcome NP! The cool thing is that Davey Johnstone was in the movie Roadie with Meat! Lady B

21 Jun 2003, 00:41	#3
Rushour Junior Loafer Join Date: 20.06.2003 Location: Graz/Austria Posts: 30	I always listen to this new record with my headphones, always when i have to go with bus or the tram, then i turn on my md player as loud as it gets, and the other passengers always look at me as if i'm a totally crazy girl. but i don't mind I LOVE THE NEW RECORD IT'S G R E A T ! ! ! Greetings Rushour PS: The passengers are right, i am totally crazy and nuts

21 Jun 2003, 01:12	#4
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	Oy, I can't believe I haven't done this yet! I was so excited to hear the new album that I tend to play it in the car, when I'm cleaning the house, while doing dishes- basically any chance I get. What I haven't done yet is to just sit down with headphones and enjoy it. What the heck was I thinking? Now I'm really looking forward to this- I'll take some time this evening to just listen, rather than messing with that multitasking mess I've been doing. Sherrie

21 Jun 2003, 20:54	#5
Terri Super T Join Date: 14.05.2003 Posts: 1,235	Don't know why I haven't thought of this before . Will try it a.s.p can't wait!

21 Jun 2003, 22:54	#6
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I do this a lot in the summer. Get my lunch and sit on the green opposite work wiht a good album on full blast and lie back watching the clouds!!!! Then i regale the village by singing along!!!!!

21 Jun 2003, 23:59	#7
Cathie Sweet But Sadistic Join Date: 18.06.2003 Location: Lincolnshire/Essex depending on the time of year! Posts: 4,098	I've always using headphones, more because the last time I didn't use them i got shouted at. but i agree, there is nothing like it. luv Chris's idea. i usually get all the odd looks where i live for singing along. or it could just be me i suppose...nah. luv the album and this way can turn volume up and up!

21 Jun 2003, 23:59	#8
Jayd If I could bust into hell....... I would Join Date: 13.06.2003 Location: Montclair, New Jersey Posts: 1,314	Not listened to CHSIB on headphones because gret Rock should be loud, but I will be trying it.

22 Jun 2003, 00:00	#9
Jayd If I could bust into hell....... I would Join Date: 13.06.2003 Location: Montclair, New Jersey Posts: 1,314	Great Rock, sorry bad typing

22 Jun 2003, 00:06	#10
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	Next time, please click the edit button: . That's what it's made for.

22 Jun 2003, 01:11	#11
Garrett Super Loafer Join Date: 30.05.2002 Location: In the room at the top Posts: 291	I don't like headphones. And it isn't the best way to listen to music. I always prefer dolby surround speakers! I have all the songs copied to my hard disk and saved it as MP3 files. Then, I hear them via my 5.1 dolby surround sound system, which is connected to my PC. This is the very best way, music can ever be listened and it has the very best quality. It sounds as if you're standing in the middle of an orchestra.

22 Jun 2003, 01:59	#12
tukayaway Super Loafer Join Date: 12.05.2002 Location: Luton, England Posts: 485	I'm a big fan of headphones, but they have to be the huge DJ style ones and of good quality. Its amazing how much more you can pick up listening through them. But it's also the reason why I can't hear well anymore! It's got to be everything louder than everything else!

22 Jun 2003, 02:02	#13
Lady B Super Loafer Join Date: 06.02.2003 Location: Colorado ~ USA Posts: 334	That's the reason us DJ's lose our hearing (or at least a good deal of it) at a younger age if we've been in the studio a lot! But I like listening to music in a good set of phones because I can just block everything out and listen to all the nuances of the music. (I know, big word for me.) You really can pick up more of the little things. Lady B

22 Jun 2003, 06:27	#14
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	I listened to the whole CHSIB CD several times last night with headphones, and I noticed so much that I had not heard before. A short piano roll here, a guitar than runs from channel to channel, some cool vocal effects there- and that was with some truely cr*p headphones- someday soon I'll be getting some good headphones and I'm sure I'll hear even more little surprises! Sherrie

22 Jun 2003, 07:56	#15
Lady B Super Loafer Join Date: 06.02.2003 Location: Colorado ~ USA Posts: 334	Sherrie, You want a really good one to listen to with the phones ~ Elton John's Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from Goodbye Yellowbrick Road! The Guitar work of Davey Johnstone and piano of Elton just gives me wonderful chills to listen. Just as much as listening to Home By Now/No Matter What. In fact, the first time I listened to AFL and HBN/NMW with just the phones on I cried by the time the songs were done because there was so much that pulls you emotionally to REALLY listen and allow yourself to get carried away. (And no, I wasn't on any drugs at the time either. ) Lady B ~ who thinks it's just having too much of a music background.

22 Jun 2003, 15:51	#17
jcmoorehead Super Loafer Join Date: 09.04.2003 Location: Edinburgh, formerly Teesside Posts: 672	Headphones are a great way to listen to the songs. I partically enjoy listening to them walking down the street with my MP3 Player.

22 Jun 2003, 23:45	#18
badger Super Loafer Join Date: 23.10.2002 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 511	For music I think headphones are so much better than dolby. 5.1 is superb for films for the surround effect, same as SDDS etc, but you simply cannot physcally hear every aspect through speakers as some sound is lost before it gets to your ear. A proper set of large headphones, as opposed to earphones (which can still be cool though) directly put all of the music into your ear. Seeing as a standard audio cd is never recorded in 5.1 anyway, nothing can be gained from it really (although I also have a 5.1 setup on my pc, i agree it rocks for dvds )