IronHipstercan. Prog rock. You're doing it wrong

[midnightpulp]

The only way to listen to prog:
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http://i37.tinypic.com/2lwvcw4.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/4u6wir.jpg

You insult the genre by listening to it via MP3, streaming, or some other bullshit digital medium. I assume you don't like your bass lines like you like your women: thin and insubstantial. A prog record going digital is like a fine, healthy girl being transformed by anorexia into a hollow and skeletal version of her former self.

Now get your beaner ass to eBay and start winning some auctions. If you have no money to listen to prog rock properly, I suggest selling oranges on some freeway off ramp, like your people have been doing since the beginning of time.

And remember, always in Stereo. Accept no 5.1, 7.1, bastardization.

[Mister Sinister]

Did someone say pretentious hipster douchebag? No, but close enough!

[midnightpulp]

Did someone say pretentious hipster douchebag? No, but close enough!

IronMessican is the hipster.

I'm just imploring him to keep it real, know whatta I'm saying?

[Dave Mustaine]

IronCoconut is entry level. He's not ready for this step yet, tbh.

[midnightpulp]

IronCoconut is entry level. He's not ready for this step yet, tbh.

Indeed, that's why we must mentor him. Show him the path to true hipsterdom and get him away from 4chan's weak definition of it.

BTW, do you like Judas Priest, Dave? Ever party with Rob Halford and KK Downing?

[badfish22]

>IMs face when he sees this thread

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[midnightpulp]

>IMs face when he sees this thread

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I'd love to hear how Radiohead sounds on vinyl.

[Dave Mustaine]

Halford tried to come on to me but I'm not down with the queer stuff. However Judas Priest is alright, they inspired me to become the badass that I am today.

[Dave Mustaine]

I'd love to hear how Radiohead sounds on vinyl.
They guy sounds like he's gonna start crying at any moment on mp3 or vinyl.

[midnightpulp]

They guy sounds like he's gonna start crying at any moment on mp3 or vinyl.

At least the crying will be easier to bear on vinyl. Treble and high-notes are incredibly harsh on CD, mp3, streaming, etc...

[IronMexican]

My dad gave all his vinyl to his brother.


:tu on the Genesis, though. But where's the Tull? Can't be doing it right unless you have some Thick as a Brick.

Prog is also the one genre I won't tell people I listen to. Most people don't even know what it is, and if I showed it to them, they'd laugh at me for liking music with flute's(Folk-Prog).

[IronMexican]

And I never listened to Spirit, but is that the album with the real Stairway to Heaven song?

[IronMexican]

But where's the Tull? Can't be doing it right unless you have some Thick as a Brick.


My own post put me in the mood for some Thick as a Brick:tu

Selling England by the Pound, Animals, and Thick as a Brick are the three greatest 70's albums.

[midnightpulp]

And I never listened to Spirit, but is that the album with the real Stairway to Heaven song?

That song is Taurus, and it's not on this album.

Sardonicus is a good album. Check it out.

[IronMexican]

>IMs face when he sees this thread

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>implying that was my face
>my face when prog thread

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[midnightpulp]

My dad gave all his vinyl to his brother.


:tu on the Genesis, though. But where's the Tull? Can't be doing it right unless you have some Thick as a Brick.

Prog is also the one genre I won't tell people I listen to. Most people don't even know what it is, and if I showed it to them, they'd laugh at me for liking music with flute's(Folk-Prog).

Prog isn't one of my favorite genres, so I really don't have an extensive collection. I find it too indulgent, and at times, borderline campy.

ELP wrote a goddamn album about a futuristic tank called "Tarkus," for Christ's sake.

[IronMexican]

I could never get into ELP. Not to mention they had the worst pop-phase during the 80's of all the Prog bands.

And I love self-indulgence.

[Mister Sinister]

IronMessican is the hipster.

I'm just imploring him to keep it real, know whatta I'm saying?
Oh, I know. I just haven't had nearly as many chances to use that phrase as I'd have liked today.

[midnightpulp]

I could never get into ELP. Not to mention they had the worst pop-phase during the 80's of all the Prog bands.

And I love self-indulgence.

Not to mention ELO, the Alan Parson's Project, etc. Only a few bands have made prog work. One false step, and it goes from legitimate into pretense.

How about Can, you like Can? Greatest prog rock group of all time, imo.

[IronMexican]

Haven't listened to Krautrock yet.

I'll get around to it eventually.

And you can't have a vinyl collection without Close to the Edge and Relayer.

[midnightpulp]

Haven't listened to Krautrock yet.

I'll get around to it eventually.

And you can't have a vinyl collection without Close to the Edge and Relayer.

Every early YES record I find always seems to be beat up beyond repair, so I never buy it. I do have 90215, but as you know, that's when they were in their 80s pop-phase.

[midnightpulp]

Halford tried to come on to me but I'm not down with the queer stuff. However Judas Priest is alright, they inspired me to become the badass that I am today.

http://i35.tinypic.com/15qeq3c.jpg

[Cry Havoc]

The only way to listen to prog:
http://i33.tinypic.com/9861lh.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2lwvcw4.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/4u6wir.jpg

You insult the genre by listening to it via MP3, streaming, or some other bullshit digital medium. I assume you don't like your bass lines like you like your women: thin and insubstantial. A prog record going digital is like a fine, healthy girl being transformed by anorexia into a hollow and skeletal version of her former self.

Now get your beaner ass to eBay and start winning some auctions. If you have no money to listen to prog rock properly, I suggest selling oranges on some freeway off ramp, like your people have been doing since the beginning of time.

And remember, always in Stereo. Accept no 5.1, 7.1, bastardization.

And your "holy grail" of vinyl, which is a degradable medium, bows to the Super Audio CD.

2822.4 kHz sampling frequency, 120 dB of dynamic range, and frequencies up to 50 kHz.

Plus, it doesn't get worse every time you listen to it, and it doesn't depend on an easily movable reading signal (the needle) hitting just the right groove, nor can it be damaged by your drunken friend falling off the couch and causing it to drag across your disc when the floor shakes.

Don't talk hi-fi audio gear when all you can do is regurgitate the bullshit you've heard at your local stereo store. Do records sound good? Yes. Do they sound good enough to justify the massive inconvenience of not being able to port them around to listen to music? Maybe. Do you do them justice when you are putting the bass all the way up on your shitty 1200 Watt Sony Home Theatre in a Box you bought from Best Buy? No fucking way.

Bloated, overbearing speakers that blow the midrange out of any due proportion, tinny headphones, a receiver that can't even properly give you a flat audio response to allow your gear to really take advantage of what it's being dealt.... it all matters. Unless you have really decent audio equipment, you have no business talking about how good vinyl sounds.

A well-produced regular CD sounds fine, as long as the man on the soundboard knows WTF he's doing. Lossless audio is fine for an MP3 player, if you want audiophile quality on the go.

[IronMexican]

:rollin

I hope no one reads that post.

[midnightpulp]

And your "holy grail" of vinyl, which is a degradable medium, bows to the Super Audio CD.

2822.4 kHz sampling frequency, 120 dB of dynamic range, and frequencies up to 50 kHz.

Plus, it doesn't get worse every time you listen to it, and it doesn't depend on an easily movable reading signal (the needle) hitting just the right groove, nor can it be damaged by your drunken friend falling off the couch and causing it to drag across your disc when the floor shakes.

Don't talk hi-fi audio gear when all you can do is regurgitate the bullshit you've heard at your local stereo store. Do records sound good? Yes. Do they sound good enough to justify the massive inconvenience of not being able to port them around to listen to music? Maybe. Do you do them justice when you are putting the bass all the way up on your shitty 1200 Watt Sony Home Theatre in a Box you bought from Best Buy? No fucking way.

Bloated, overbearing speakers that blow the midrange out of any due proportion, tinny headphones, a receiver that can't even properly give you a flat audio response to allow your gear to really take advantage of what it's being dealt.... it all matters. Unless you have really decent audio equipment, you have no business talking about how good vinyl sounds.

A well-produced regular CD sounds fine, as long as the man on the soundboard knows WTF he's doing. Lossless audio is fine for an MP3 player, if you want audiophile quality on the go.

I'm aware of all that. Quit taking my playful troll attempt of Iron Mexican so seriously. :lol

Now step off before I club you over the head with a Thorens.

[Leetonidas]

And your "holy grail" of vinyl, which is a degradable medium, bows to the Super Audio CD.

2822.4 kHz sampling frequency, 120 dB of dynamic range, and frequencies up to 50 kHz.

Plus, it doesn't get worse every time you listen to it, and it doesn't depend on an easily movable reading signal (the needle) hitting just the right groove, nor can it be damaged by your drunken friend falling off the couch and causing it to drag across your disc when the floor shakes.

Don't talk hi-fi audio gear when all you can do is regurgitate the bullshit you've heard at your local stereo store. Do records sound good? Yes. Do they sound good enough to justify the massive inconvenience of not being able to port them around to listen to music? Maybe. Do you do them justice when you are putting the bass all the way up on your shitty 1200 Watt Sony Home Theatre in a Box you bought from Best Buy? No fucking way.

Bloated, overbearing speakers that blow the midrange out of any due proportion, tinny headphones, a receiver that can't even properly give you a flat audio response to allow your gear to really take advantage of what it's being dealt.... it all matters. Unless you have really decent audio equipment, you have no business talking about how good vinyl sounds.

A well-produced regular CD sounds fine, as long as the man on the soundboard knows WTF he's doing. Lossless audio is fine for an MP3 player, if you want audiophile quality on the go.

Man, fuck all that noise son. A joint and a record player shits on your new-age crap.

Unless you're on e...

[redzero]

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/5656/audiophile.png (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/audiophile.png/)

[midnightpulp]

Oh, and don't try to front like you need some super advanced set-up to enjoy high-fidelity. Denon and Pioneer receivers from the 70s are still desirable in the audiophile community, and the pair of late 60s era 3ft tall Pioneer loud speakers (complete with woofers, mids, and horns), are just as capable as any KEFs, Infinitys, etc. In fact, those speakers, if I chose to sell them, would command similar prices as high end speaker sets of today.

Quote one audiophile, "Speaker technology hasn't changed much in the past 50 years."

[midnightpulp]

And another thing about SACD, the selection sucks and it's expensive. I really feel like paying 50+ for Velvet Underground and Nico when I can buy a 180g reprint for a quarter of that.

[midnightpulp]

Right here are my Speakers: CS-99A

http://cgi.ebay.com/VTG-PIONEER-CS-99A-Speakers-FB-Excellent-Condition-NR-/390222680659?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item5adb159253#ht_30567wt_1137

But I have a Sony Home Theater in a Box!!

[redzero]

Nice speakers.

[midnightpulp]

Nice speakers.

Not mine exactly. His are a notch better cosmetically. Mine have drink/glass rings and the like, but are still completely functional.

[Cry Havoc]

I'm aware of all that. Quit taking my playful troll attempt of Iron Mexican so seriously. :lol

Now step off before I club you over the head with a Thorens.

Bahahaha. Got you riled up, didn't I? :king

[midnightpulp]

Bahahaha. Got you riled up, didn't I? :king

Not at all. Notice my Thorens joke.

[Cry Havoc]

Not at all. Notice my Thorens joke.

Imma kill u foo.

[thedong]

LOL this is the most hipster post everrrrrrrrrrr

[greyforest]

hooray for pops and clicks!

realpost: download 24-bit 192khz .flac

[midnightpulp]

hooray for pops and clicks!

realpost: download 24-bit 192khz .flac

Where can you find those?

How much music has been really remastered at that rate, anyway?

It's not like you can just go to any old torrent, type in your artist of choice, and find tracks of that quality.