New Music
My headphones finally died, so I decided it was time to invest in a quality pair of headphones. I don't know anything about audio equipment, so DavidM hooked me up with some recommendations (and some soldering for the ends) and I settled on the Sennheiser 280 HMD-Pro. In addition to being a great pair of headphones, they also come with a microphone (which is useful for Skype & our office softphones).
It's like I'm listening to my music for the very first time. Even tracks encoded at 128 kbps (now painfully noticeable) have a now exposed depth & richness. I only have a few lossless tracks, but they sound phenomenal. Entire parts of songs I didn't know were there appear, like the weird very low frequency heartbeat in John Murphy's "The Surface of the Sun" from the Sunshine soundtrack.
Questions I have now are:
a. what program is best for audio playback on my Mac?
b. what file format is gives the highest fidelity in digital playback?
c. where do I get music in that format?
No idea if any audiophiles read this blog, but any advice you can provide is much appreciated.
