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Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community

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30 Day song challenge got a bit abstract today, so tossing out a 2nd question.... what's your favorite music tech?

From a pair headphones or maybe you make music or you have a record player that you live and die by, maybe it's an old iPod that still cruising along... What's that one piece of music tech you just Mmm Mmm LOVE!

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[–] zecg 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JBL Flip (I have Flip5), it's a great design well made. The bass never fartingly resonates no matter what surface you place it on, battery lasts like 25 hours and it's IPX rated, I regularly wash mine. You can also pair two of them for double the volume and stereo sound, but I only have one and haven't tried it.

[–] ren 1 points 1 year ago

that's awesome!

[–] rhacer 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plexamp plus my Plex-based media server.

24K tracks and growing.

Plexamp is by far the best music player I have ever used

[–] ren 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know a few people now who live and die by their plexes, good stuff!

[–] rhacer 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly don't know what I would do if I actually had to subscribe to a service!

[–] ren 1 points 1 year ago

haha! I'm happy with Spotify - every blue moon I run into an issue of something not available, then I just buy it.

[–] ren 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, as much as I love my myriad of headphones and used to love my record player and my iPod Classic - I think it's now my iPad Pro. I've made 10 albums on that thing (new one out this Thurs), which not only was a dream come true, but has allowed me to build an even deeper connection with my daughter (a real full-blown professional musician) as we build songs, share, talk music & music theory together.

Here's her band, Tyche https://songwhip.com/tyche

Here's my DIY little alternative rock pop "band of one" - https://songwhip.com/fairy-eyelashes (all songs made 100% on my iPad)

[–] weeoooweeooo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You and your daughter are both so talented!

P.S. I tried to listen to Such Wonder and I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong but it wouldn’t let me listen on Spotify or Qobuz. On Spotify it’s grayed out, on Qobuz I got an error msg. It could just be my phone but I thought I’d say something in case it’s a larger issue.

[–] ren 2 points 1 year ago

thanks so much! Yeah, I pulled that song & a couple others and reworked them a little - it's on the new album on Thursday!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will probably swear by CDs until the day I die. Small, physical, hard-wearing, and with excellent sound quality: they are perfect. I'm also fond of the Ogg Opus file format.

In terms of actual devices, though, I don't really know anything.

[–] ren 4 points 1 year ago

CDs work! Good stuff. I had a huge collection that got stolen once. Turned out to be the best thing to happen to me as it forced me to start over and keep my music discovery going.

[–] weeoooweeooo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My Sony headphones for sure. I have the WH-1000XM4. I’m sure there’s something better out there but I’m not enough of an audiophile to know, lol. As bluetooth headphones go, they’re pretty solid.

[–] ren 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I LOVED my XM3s! They were literally my lifeline for the past 3 years or however long I had them. I passed them on to my youngest when she needed a pair and I got a pair of Bose (good quality, but better mics so I could use them in meetings). But XM3s and XM4s are GOAT for music. XM5s they changed the driver to be smaller or something and they sound (imo) like crap.

[–] weeoooweeooo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn well I’m glad I got the XM4 then. They were so highly recommended everywhere I read about them online, and I think they mostly live up to the hype.

[–] ren 1 points 1 year ago

they really are great. A little bass-heavy, but the equalizer lets you scale it back if it's too much. I looooove good ANC cans!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ren 2 points 1 year ago

that's super fair - it has access to infinite content!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

First thought: MP3s. I still own about 400 records and about 300 CDs, but when digital music became a thing, and I could sample everything online, my music collection just exploded. Thanks, clever compression software engineers.

After that, Navidrome, my current home music server software, which let's me play all those files from any computer at home or my phone wherever I am.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I absolutely love my Aftershokz (now branded Shokz) bone conduction headphones. Are they the best sound quality ever? No. Do they lack depth in the bass? Yes. But I listen to a lot of podcasts and the talking voice is right in the sweet spot. But what is fantastic is I never have to take them off (unless I'm at work) because there is no actual obstruction to hearing. I love going for a walk in the woods with some low level post rock playing adding a layer of beauty. It's Iike having my own private soundtrack.

[–] ren 1 points 1 year ago

tried my first pair of bone induction headphones recently while waiting for my oil change - so bizarre!!! still blows my mind that it's even possible.