...as a music lover who happen to be an audiophile, I don't get why people locally are scared of using Bandcamp. Quite frankly, I am pretty disappointed. Not even the excellent jazz releases were enough to make them try it out.
If you pay to download bandcamp releases you have the choice of lossless file formats... Depending on what the artist uploads, it can support up to 24-bit/96khz (maybe higher?). Analog output stage of the DAC is still more important to sound quality than redbook vs 24/32-bit x 48khz+ sample rate or DSD or MQA or whateverthefuck
@E_Schaaf, funny because I said that there's 24/96 releases if available. However, there is a major age difference in my local community because one pointed out that Bandcamp is aimed for millennials, and found the navigation confusing. I swear the generation gaps are annoying at times.
I started using bandcamp when I was 13. If I could figure it out then, they can figure it out now. ORFAS members will take any excuse just to stay in their comfortable place, spending tens of thousands on gear just to listen to the same 200 albums on loop. Sad.
@E_Schaaf you just gave me inspiration for a thread that I should do: People spend too much money on hardware, but cheap out on "software" like albums. It's something that I been noticing more over the last few years, and I think it is scary.
I'd contribute to that thread! I fill up and wipe my entire spotify acct every year (they actually have limits on how much you can keep in your library even though there aren't any native files), and the few things I'll want to listen to more than a few times I'll buy on tape or wax via bandcamp. I am so afraid of stagnation when it comes to enjoying new things.
@dubharmonic no kidding! Not to mention most millennials and Gen-Z'ers are probably looking forward to a lifetime of poverty, or at least lower income than generations past. Value-mindedness is a big thing. Schiit is one of the few accessible brands to my millennials peers. The industry is moving towards direct sales too...
@dubharmonic it's funny about AXPONA, the guy who runs lives near me in Ormond Beach. First and Third Year of AXPONA were in Jacksonville (which I went both years 2011 & 2013). Unfortunately, the attendees and vendors weren't the biggest fan of headphone users like myself, one told me to get lost. The experience made me avoid audio shows for the most part.
@YMO just a few years after that, headphones had their own (very large) room with decent traffic. We’ll probably look back at this as the weird time that ORFAS and millennial audio enthusiasts coexisted. Sort of.
I love bandcamp. A useful trick: it’s sometimes better to use google than bandcamp’s own native search to find music, especially to buy tracks individually.
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