This problem killed my band. We had a very solid demo that sounded incredible in the million-dollar studio, but once the stuff was played on a car stereo or home system, it sounded thin and crappy. We fought over it for a few days and then my guitarist called it quits and my synth/drummer lost interest and everything fell apart.
Fucking audiophile shit.
I have done all recording work since on decidedly mid-grade equipment ever since.
I live in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture (about 40min from the center of Tokyo, where Tokyo Disneyland, Marine Stadium, and Makuhari Messe are, in addition to just about every multinational under the sun), and I can't get fiber to save my life... Well, I guess I could, but we'd have to pay a LOT more than that (we've checked over and over).
The "24Mb ADSL" line we have was running at about 640k when we first moved in and after I complained enough and proved to the idiotic phone staff that I did actually know what was up with their service, we finally got a guy to come out and look at it. He was awesome. He spent all day tracing lines, looking at network maps, talking games with me, etc., and was able to get the connection up to about 12Mb. Still not what we're paying for, but given the pricing not really enough of a slowdown to justify going to the next level down.
He said most people just don't even notice or know how to check and that sales will sell anyone any speed they want, regardless of what the network and/or building wiring can support.
So although the parent is getting great service here, and it's awesome that he's getting it all the way out in Niigata, the simple fact of the matter is that there is a huge difference between marketing and reality. Just FYI, for all the times on Slashdot you see people blathering on about how fast everything is in Korea and Japan (parent and anyone actually living here excluded, of course).
I have one of those in my bathroom. Don't knock it till you've tried it.
My brother was over here (Japan) for the first time last week. He got home and started looking at them in the US. So did my mother. They are awesome. Why scrape away at your sensitive anus when you can just do the big cleanup with paper and let a calming jet of warm water get the tough parts? You are cleaner and far more comfortable.
That is, of course, unless you like walking around with a shit-encrusted arsehole all the time, you fucking sicko.
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This problem killed my band. We had a very solid demo that sounded incredible in the million-dollar studio, but once the stuff was played on a car stereo or home system, it sounded thin and crappy. We fought over it for a few days and then my guitarist called it quits and my synth/drummer lost interest and everything fell apart.
Fucking audiophile shit.
I have done all recording work since on decidedly mid-grade equipment ever since.
I live in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture (about 40min from the center of Tokyo, where Tokyo Disneyland, Marine Stadium, and Makuhari Messe are, in addition to just about every multinational under the sun), and I can't get fiber to save my life... Well, I guess I could, but we'd have to pay a LOT more than that (we've checked over and over). The "24Mb ADSL" line we have was running at about 640k when we first moved in and after I complained enough and proved to the idiotic phone staff that I did actually know what was up with their service, we finally got a guy to come out and look at it. He was awesome. He spent all day tracing lines, looking at network maps, talking games with me, etc., and was able to get the connection up to about 12Mb. Still not what we're paying for, but given the pricing not really enough of a slowdown to justify going to the next level down. He said most people just don't even notice or know how to check and that sales will sell anyone any speed they want, regardless of what the network and/or building wiring can support. So although the parent is getting great service here, and it's awesome that he's getting it all the way out in Niigata, the simple fact of the matter is that there is a huge difference between marketing and reality. Just FYI, for all the times on Slashdot you see people blathering on about how fast everything is in Korea and Japan (parent and anyone actually living here excluded, of course).
I have one of those in my bathroom. Don't knock it till you've tried it.
My brother was over here (Japan) for the first time last week. He got home and started looking at them in the US. So did my mother. They are awesome. Why scrape away at your sensitive anus when you can just do the big cleanup with paper and let a calming jet of warm water get the tough parts? You are cleaner and far more comfortable.
That is, of course, unless you like walking around with a shit-encrusted arsehole all the time, you fucking sicko.
This is the best thread ever.