Headphones on my desktop and earphones on my phone.
I used to have speakers on my desktop but they broke and I never really used them much anyway.
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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Youtube videos have terrible audio. Any of the streaming audio services (even Youtube Music) will sound better.
As far as how I listen, I use wi-fi to speakers or wi-fi to streamer/dac/amp/headphones depending.
"Sports" Bluetooth buds so I can quickly take one or both out and not have to faff around with a case.
headphones all the time
I don't want everyone in the room to know what I'm listening to. But if I need to sing because THIS SONG HITS then I get it off the headphones and to speakers or just my phone audio output.
Bluetooth speakers for music in the kitchen, attached sound system for steaming TV, over-ear noise cancelling bluetooth headphones for desk work, over-ear bluetooth ear protection headphones for shop/yard work, earbuds for shopping/etc (fuck store muzak).
I have a pair of Focal Elegia connected to my Pc via a Sabaj a20d DAC. They sound great. Sometime in the future I wanna upgrade them to the Stellia.
Depends on what I'm doing and where I am.
Out of the house? AirPod Pros.
At home? My speaker setup (Focals, forgot what model).
At home but listening to music? My Stax electrostatic headphones. Nothing can beat them, at least nothing I'll ever be able to afford.
All of the above. Depends. Speakers for when I want to share with others, or no one else will be disturbed. Noise canceling headphones when I want to isolate myself from the surroundings. Ear buds when I want to be portable.
I often swap between three:
- a convenient pair (wireless - Galaxy Buds Pro)
- a good sounding pair (IEM with a DAC - Moondrop Aria)
- a sleeping pair (small and cheap - Moondrop Quarks)