My 17 year old daughter just asked me to ...

[Gandahar]

Turn my PC down whilst playing music whilst she was in a different room .

OK, I have a lot of hifi kit hanging off the PC and I have been drinking but what the fk?

WHO IS 51 years old and who is 17 for christ sake? Surely I should be harranguing her for being too loud.


Kid's nowadays? This is what happens when Monsters of Rock gets replaced by Glastonbury

The dog with his dog ears never complains !

wkers the lot of them.

[Getragdogleg]

I have wireless headphones, I can listen at decent volume and I don't have to interact with anyone else while im having my private concert.

[Turn7]

Funnily enouogh, I have just noticed the door between me and the other half has been closed for the last 20 minutes...

[Gandahar]

Getragdogleg said:

I have wireless headphones, I can listen at decent volume and I don't have to interact with anyone else while im having my private concert.

How do you get the bass notes though?

Headphones are great for listening to TMS cricket during the small hours as the England cricket team play NZ.

But not for music where you need the full panoply of Hz.

[Gandahar]

Point of note, Grado headphones leak far too much compared to AKG when listening to Aggers and Simon Mann.

[Watchman]

Listen to some modern headphones.

[FN2TypeR]

In the wise words of Homer J Simpson:

"Sweetie, if we didn't turn it down for the cops, what chance do you think you have?"

[dodsi2000]

Monsters of rock was replaced by Download.

[anonymous-user]

Gandahar said:

Turn my PC down whilst playing music whilst she was in a different room .

OK, I have a lot of hifi kit hanging off the PC and I have been drinking but what the fk?

WHO IS 51 years old and who is 17 for christ sake? Surely I should be harranguing her for being too loud.


Kid's nowadays? This is what happens when Monsters of Rock gets replaced by Glastonbury

The dog with his dog ears never complains !

wkers the lot of them.

Leaving aside the fact you called your own daughter a ‘wker’... you have a ‘PC’?

Were you using it to send an email on AOL or searching something on Yahoo?

[Downward]

How do kids cope now listening to music with only ear phones or a mobile phone.
Back in our day at least we had stereos with big speakers...

[anonymous-user]

Downward said:

How do kids cope now listening to music with only ear phones or a mobile phone.
Back in our day at least we had stereos with big speakers...

I actually made this same point with some friends a while ago.

I grew up in the 80’s/90’s and most of us ‘kids’ had some kind of hifi system in our bedrooms.

My first one was an old B&O system that my dad didn’t want anymore, progressing to a pretty nice Aiwa, then finally an all singing all dancing Sony 6 CD, MiniDisc, Tape and Radio SuperMegaXtra Bass hifi thingy.

They all sounded great because they all had decent amps and decent 3 way speakers of a good size.

For the last 15 years or so kids have suffered listening to music on stty computer speakers, terrible iPod docks, Bluetooth speakers, crap headphones or just off their phones.

It’s only in the last few years that portable Bluetooth speakers have started to sound good, but even now they don’t compare to some proper hifi speakers.

It’s a disgrace and it needs to stop.

I’ll have to start a campaign or something...

[jjaack]

Lord Marylebone said:

Downward said:

How do kids cope now listening to music with only ear phones or a mobile phone.
Back in our day at least we had stereos with big speakers...

I actually made this same point with some friends a while ago.

I grew up in the 80’s/90’s and most of us ‘kids’ had some kind of hifi system in our bedrooms.

My first one was an old B&O system that my dad didn’t want anymore, progressing to a pretty nice Aiwa, then finally an all singing all dancing Sony 6 CD, MiniDisc, Tape and Radio SuperMegaXtra Bass hifi thingy.

They all sounded great because they all had decent amps and decent 3 way speakers of a good size.

For the last 15 years or so kids have suffered listening to music on stty computer speakers, terrible iPod docks, Bluetooth speakers, crap headphones or just off their phones.

It’s only in the last few years that portable Bluetooth speakers have started to sound good, but even now they don’t compare to some proper hifi speakers.

It’s a disgrace and it needs to stop.

I’ll have to start a campaign or something...

Totally agree, utter garbage or very expensive headphones, earbuds are uncomfortable, big speakers B&W and enjoy, even my kids get it!

[g3org3y]

Lord Marylebone said:

For the last 15 years or so kids have suffered listening to music on stty computer speakers, terrible iPod docks, Bluetooth speakers, crap headphones or just off their phones.

It’s only in the last few years that portable Bluetooth speakers have started to sound good, but even now they don’t compare to some proper hifi speakers.

I was under the impression that a really decent pair of headphones would outperform many hifi systems (especially when you are comparing similar spends).

Edited by g3org3y on Sunday 10th November 07:11

[alorotom]

Lord Marylebone said:

... you have a ‘PC’?

Were you using it to send an email on AOL or searching something on Yahoo?

I was thinking the same lol

[RegMolehusband]

I have a PC, an iPad and a top end smart phone. Give me the PC any day for searching, browsing, buying and booking online. The trend to do these things on the smallest of screens is mystifying to me. But I suppose the comment about AOL and Yahoo is amusing.

[CooperS]

alorotom said:

Lord Marylebone said:

... you have a ‘PC’?

Were you using it to send an email on AOL or searching something on Yahoo?

I was thinking the same lol

[CrunkleFloop]

Nooooo!! The last thing we want is Justin Bieber being blasted out with crisp High fidelity on a pair of B&W Nautilus'

There's a very good reason the kids have crap speakers these days. Its self preservation.

[Davie_GLA]

CooperS said:

Alta vista surely.

Here's hoping you're daughter is up and about and waking your hangover up.... wkers indeed....

[Mike335i]

jjaack said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Downward said:

How do kids cope now listening to music with only ear phones or a mobile phone.
Back in our day at least we had stereos with big speakers...

I actually made this same point with some friends a while ago.

I grew up in the 80’s/90’s and most of us ‘kids’ had some kind of hifi system in our bedrooms.

My first one was an old B&O system that my dad didn’t want anymore, progressing to a pretty nice Aiwa, then finally an all singing all dancing Sony 6 CD, MiniDisc, Tape and Radio SuperMegaXtra Bass hifi thingy.

They all sounded great because they all had decent amps and decent 3 way speakers of a good size.

For the last 15 years or so kids have suffered listening to music on stty computer speakers, terrible iPod docks, Bluetooth speakers, crap headphones or just off their phones.

It’s only in the last few years that portable Bluetooth speakers have started to sound good, but even now they don’t compare to some proper hifi speakers.

It’s a disgrace and it needs to stop.

I’ll have to start a campaign or something...

Totally agree, utter garbage or very expensive headphones, earbuds are uncomfortable, big speakers B&W and enjoy, even my kids get it!

Problem is, if the youngster stop using headphones then they will subject the rest of us to their music

I mainly use headphones to not bother others as no one I know shares my taste.

[CooperS]

It's the same for food and health.

At one of end of the scale kids are being far more health conscious - not drinking to excess and not binging on crap food. But at the same time there's a crisis of people just eating takeaways and becoming obese.

Its all down to education and motivation either driven by the individual or imo more honestly the parents.

Its the same with music. Alot of kids have grown up on Bluetooth headphones but at the same time you have little sts who think it's socially acceptable to blast iPhone speakers whilst on a train......