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SomeGuyUO
10/04/23 5:27:51 PM
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of for audio equipment. Sad.
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AnsestralRecall
10/04/23 5:29:37 PM
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Oh no, music is being made for things people own instead of expensive artifacts of the past! What a tragedy
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neccis
10/04/23 5:33:09 PM
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AnsestralRecall posted...
Oh no, music is being made for things people own instead of expensive artifacts of the past! What a tragedy
What a stupid thing to say

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Ar0ge
10/04/23 5:45:09 PM
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AnsestralRecall posted...
Oh no, music is being made for things people own instead of expensive artifacts of the past! What a tragedy

No offense, but this really is one of the dumbest things I've heard in a while.
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AnsestralRecall
10/04/23 5:47:01 PM
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neccis posted...
What a stupid thing to say

Most people don't have dedicated audio equipment so the vast majority of (mainstream) music being produced isn't going to be made with stereo equipment and speakers in mind

They might keep in mind mid-range ear buds and maybe headphones, but thats about it.
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Doe
10/04/23 5:48:16 PM
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Does being mastered for phone speakers just mean less effort and quality

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MatzoTov
10/04/23 5:52:11 PM
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neccis posted...
What a stupid thing to say

Ar0ge posted...
this really is one of the dumbest things I've heard in a while.
...What? He's right.

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PeteyParker
10/04/23 5:53:48 PM
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If most of your audience is listening to music a certain way it makes sense to master it so it sounds great on that, especially when that same audience won't hesitate to complain about it all over social media if it sounds bad.

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SimulationSwarm
10/04/23 5:54:16 PM
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What exactly are we even talking about here

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UndefeatedGOAT
10/04/23 5:54:29 PM
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Shouldnt you be buying physical for your hifi setup generally?
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LoZguy709
10/04/23 5:55:39 PM
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Doe posted...
Does being mastered for phone speakers just mean less effort and quality

It probably means maximizing the desired frequencies coming out of those speakers so that the song won't sound like crap to other people being subjected to the music being played on the person's phone.

I listen to most music on cheap USB computer speakers, headphones, or non-fancy car speakers, but I'd much rather that music for the most part be produced so that it can sound best when played on the optimal sound system, which phone and ear buds are not. Hopefully there will still be a strong market for music mastered for higher grade equipment through Tidal and the other high-end streaming companies, but I don't really know how the industry works or what big market incentives are currently in place.
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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 5:55:50 PM
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Waaah businesses are making money off what they know people spend money on.

Don't like it?

Topple capitalism.

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ai123
10/04/23 5:56:25 PM
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This is about loudness levels more than anything else. Spotify listeners don't want a big jump, or reduction, in volume between songs.

And those mixing and mastering music in the studio have always considered how it sounds on popular equipment.

Good equipment for physical media, or hi res streaming, will always sound better than Spotify on your phone.

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MarthGoomba
10/04/23 5:58:13 PM
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Mainstream music is doodoo anyway so how it's mastered isn't going to make a difference

Just listen to Touhou stuff, most of which is mastered extremely competently

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AnsestralRecall
10/04/23 5:59:55 PM
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MarthGoomba posted...
Just listen to Touhou stuff

no
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Heavy_D_Forever
10/04/23 6:00:32 PM
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Video games are being made to take advantage of the highest PC specs and best console hardware. Shouldn't music be the same?

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ai123
10/04/23 6:04:47 PM
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Heavy_D_Forever posted...
Video games are being made to take advantage of the highest PC specs and best console hardware. Shouldn't music be the same?
Video games are also made so that they can be played tolerably well on a less than ideal set up.

And it's more or less the same thing with music. It is still going to sound much, much better on your audiophile gear than it will on your phone.

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Doe
10/04/23 6:05:26 PM
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Heavy_D_Forever posted...
Video games are being made to take advantage of the highest PC specs and best console hardware. Shouldn't music be the same?
I see your logic but they are pretty different markets. Most music consumers don't buy stuff to experience the latest developments in audio quality.

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Ratchetrockon
10/04/23 6:06:22 PM
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Music today have better bass

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ai123
10/04/23 6:09:03 PM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
Music today have better bass
Mastering for Spotify means less bass boost, less treble.

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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 6:09:23 PM
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Doe posted...
I see your logic but they are pretty different markets. Most music consumers don't buy stuff to experience the latest developments in audio quality.
And gamers do? Look at Steam hardware reports. GTX 10 series is still dominating the graphs. Switch is the third highest selling game console of all time. Steam Deck is incredibly popular.

Most people don't want high end, they want accessible. Which is what audio producers are doing.

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Smackems
10/04/23 6:12:59 PM
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AnsestralRecall posted...
Most people don't have dedicated audio equipment so the vast majority of (mainstream) music being produced isn't going to be made with stereo equipment and speakers in mind

They might keep in mind mid-range ear buds and maybe headphones, but thats about it.
Cars and Bluetooth speakers

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Doe
10/04/23 6:14:02 PM
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Waxitron_Gazer posted...
And gamers do? Look at Steam hardware reports. GTX 10 series is still dominating the graphs. Switch is the third highest selling game console of all time. Steam Deck is incredibly popular.

Most people don't want high end, they want accessible. Which is what audio producers are doing.
A ton of videogame marketing is about advances in technology, yes. PS5 SSD is a recent example. Ratchet & Clank was sold on the instant loading speed of switching dimensions. A lot of gamers may not get their hands on the latest cards (and current numbers are skewed by the supply issues with advanced cards in recent years), but they certainly think about them. Music is fundamentally different on that front, you don't buy the newest Drake album or Beats by Dre headphones because of the state of the technology, you do it because you like the artist's style or the branding.

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ai123
10/04/23 6:19:13 PM
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I can't remember the last time I saw someone with Beats.

They were everywhere a few years ago, then vanished.

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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 6:19:13 PM
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Doe posted...
you don't buy the newest Drake album or Beats by Dre headphones because of the state of the technology, you do it because you like the artist's style or the branding.
ok, and if the music is mastered for the newest beats by dre headphones, how is that any different than if videogames are marketed as seamless loading, like ratchet & clank?

they're both taking advantage of what's on the market and what's hot.

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Ratchetrockon
10/04/23 6:19:22 PM
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ai123 posted...
Mastering for Spotify means less bass boost, less treble.


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Doe
10/04/23 6:30:35 PM
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Waxitron_Gazer posted...
they're both taking advantage of what's on the market and what's hot.
well yeah, but that's not really in contention. The difference is you don't need to buy a certain hardware set of headphones to listen to a certain song, and your library of songs isn't limited by your hardware set of headphones. Music consumers don't have an expectation that they need a pair of Beats to appreciate Dre's new album.

There's a significant market of both say AirPods users and over-ear headphone users, and music distributors want both groups to know their equipment is just fine. Meanwhile you have the developers of Starfield throwing shade at players' hardware for reporting performance issues.

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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 6:31:56 PM
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that's literally the exact same thing and you just admitted it in far more words.

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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 6:34:54 PM
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you CAN play starfield on bad equipment. dude was just saying you may need to upgrade if you want the experience as they intended.

which is exactly what music producers are doing.

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Guide
10/04/23 6:36:43 PM
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People listening to music from phones aren't going to know shit from apples either way. Stop turning good stuff into corn syrup.

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Doe
10/04/23 6:37:07 PM
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Waxitron_Gazer posted...
that's literally the exact same thing and you just admitted it in far more words.
I think you're stuck on "both game devs and music devs are responding to the market", which as I said is trivially true. The difference is game devs intentionally push hardware such that you literally can't play a modern game on an older system, and this is desirable by gamers.

You originally responded to me in post #21 by disagreeing that gamers look to buy newer technology to enjoy innovations in games that their old tech can't play. I'm telling you it's true for a significant number of gamers in a way that simply isn't for music listeners. On top of that, gamers with weaker hardware generally still aspire to have more updated hardware, while music listeners are often skeptical of the hi-fi niche.

Waxitron_Gazer posted...
which is exactly what music producers are doing.
It quite literally isn't. The premise of the topic is music producers are targeting more widespread, less powerful/precise audio equipment. If it was the same, then the Starfield devs would be throwing shade at people with a 4090 for feeling that the graphics aren't next-gen enough.

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ArsGoetia
10/04/23 6:39:06 PM
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you can buy USB speakers with a low end subwoofer for like $20 at any dept store and it will change your fuckin world
will never listen to music without a sub ever again
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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 6:40:35 PM
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that's a stretch and you know it.

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Cephalopods
10/04/23 6:41:44 PM
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Doe posted...
Does being mastered for phone speakers just mean less effort and quality
Yes

I'm just glad we've gotten past the loudness wars
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Doe
10/04/23 6:45:05 PM
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Waxitron_Gazer posted...
that's a stretch and you know it.
Could you elaborate and not just declare I'm arguing in bad faith?

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Trumble
10/04/23 6:48:48 PM
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AnsestralRecall posted...
Oh no, music is being made for things people own instead of expensive artifacts of the past! What a tragedy


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Questionmarktarius
10/04/23 6:50:33 PM
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Wasn't Thriller mastered for car speakers?
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UndefeatedGOAT
10/04/23 6:53:05 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Wasn't Thriller mastered for car speakers?

it was mastered for a fisher price boys bedroom stereo
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Waxitron_Gazer
10/04/23 6:55:25 PM
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Doe posted...
Could you elaborate and not just declare I'm arguing in bad faith?
I don't think you've created a convincing enough argument to be in bad faith tbh.

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mustachedmystic
10/04/23 6:57:44 PM
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I have a sound bar w/woofer on my TV to listen to music and its great. Shoulda got one years ago.

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