Comments on: Tea with Hungry Lucy #96 (Don't Believe the Skype!) http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/ read, hear and see what Hungry Lucy is up to Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:51:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Laurens http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-84834 Laurens Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:52:25 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-84834 I'm all for a call in show! let us hear some others burping and the like... I'm to be added to the list of Hard copy Albums. (I really miss the beautiful artwork potential you got with VINYL, looking at the booklets on CD's just isn't the same, having one large enough to hold in your hands is spoilt by all the folds. My EQ settings on my pod are either ELECTRONIC, or ACOUSTIC, they satisfy my desire for full audio range without pushing one specific part to the forfront. My favorite 'phones are SURE E2's ( noise ISOLATING, not cancelling) they have three different kinds AND sizes of fittings for your eats, soft rubber, firm rubber, and my favorite, spongy foam, in small, medium and large like the industrial hearing protection ear pieces. they are comfortable, and block out most extraenous sound, resulting in your listening volume being much lower than you have to use with other headphones. These are a small step down from those ear pieces used by musicians for live performances, but if you want to, you can go to a hearing specialist and have custom fitted ear-pieces made for them without having to shell out 500 bucks plus the mould for your ear. The frequency response is intense and expansive, much deeper bass than I've ever heard in an 'IN THE EAR' type of phone. Only cost about 100 bucks, and you can buy replacement pieces for when yours finally wear out. for those tecky types like War-N, they also make one that patches into your PMD and cell phone, so you can talk without having to pull out the buds and re-insert them after your call. Some complane about the insertion being difficult, but with a wee bit o' practise, it's easy, and they are washable too, to keep your ears healthy. I've rattled on enough, so... I’m all for a call in show! let us hear some others burping and the like…

I’m to be added to the list of Hard copy Albums. (I really miss the beautiful artwork potential you got with VINYL, looking at the booklets on CD’s just isn’t the same, having one large enough to hold in your hands is spoilt by all the folds.

My EQ settings on my pod are either ELECTRONIC, or ACOUSTIC, they satisfy my desire for full audio range without pushing one specific part to the forfront.

My favorite ‘phones are SURE E2’s ( noise ISOLATING, not cancelling) they have three different kinds AND sizes of fittings for your eats, soft rubber, firm rubber, and my favorite, spongy foam, in small, medium and large like the industrial hearing protection ear pieces. they are comfortable, and block out most extraenous sound, resulting in your listening volume being much lower than you have to use with other headphones. These are a small step down from those ear pieces used by musicians for live performances, but if you want to, you can go to a hearing specialist and have custom fitted ear-pieces made for them without having to shell out 500 bucks plus the mould for your ear. The frequency response is intense and expansive, much deeper bass than I’ve ever heard in an ‘IN THE EAR’ type of phone. Only cost about 100 bucks, and you can buy replacement pieces for when yours finally wear out. for those tecky types like War-N, they also make one that patches into your PMD and cell phone, so you can talk without having to pull out the buds and re-insert them after your call. Some complane about the insertion being difficult, but with a wee bit o’ practise, it’s easy, and they are washable too, to keep your ears healthy.

I’ve rattled on enough, so…

]]> By: War-N http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-80688 War-N Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:25:50 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-80688 I never use the equalizer within iTunes or the iPod either. I typically listen through my fave headphones (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TDXPSC?&camp=212361&creative=380781&linkCode=wsw&tag=hungrymedia-20" rel="nofollow">Sennheiser HD 25 SP</a>). I use these on-stage and while mixing HL music as well. I think I still have a few of the earbuds that come with the iPod still in their wrapping. I don't like the way those things sounds at all. In fact, I'm not a fan of in-ear buds at all. There's a lot more to our ears than the canal. With over-ear headphones you make better use of all those glorious ear folds. :) It seems that the shift to in-ear buds is more a visual thing that anything else. It strikes me as funny that the appearance of something designed for hearing is important. Anyway ... I totally got off the point. I don't use equalizers when listening to music in headphones. I'd rather hear what the original mix intended. I never use the equalizer within iTunes or the iPod either. I typically listen through my fave headphones (Sennheiser HD 25 SP). I use these on-stage and while mixing HL music as well. I think I still have a few of the earbuds that come with the iPod still in their wrapping. I don’t like the way those things sounds at all. In fact, I’m not a fan of in-ear buds at all. There’s a lot more to our ears than the canal. With over-ear headphones you make better use of all those glorious ear folds. :)

It seems that the shift to in-ear buds is more a visual thing that anything else. It strikes me as funny that the appearance of something designed for hearing is important.

Anyway … I totally got off the point. I don’t use equalizers when listening to music in headphones. I’d rather hear what the original mix intended.

]]> By: Christa Belle http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-80679 Christa Belle Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:26:07 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-80679 I never use an equalizer. I just let 'em play. I tried when I first got my iPod, but never liked how things sounded with an equalizer. I prefer it straight from the music box :) I rarely listen through headphones or earbuds either. I never have a need to. But if I did, I'd use the big headphones!! ;) As far as HL is concerned, I think since we mix and master ourselves, we don't get the "oh so tight" sound that a mass-produced album has. I prefer it that way, too! It becomes more of a representation of how we felt than how much compression we could squeeze into our music. I have been told by a few that my vocals are always too quiet. I disagree, but I'm sorry people feel that way. After all, it's not just me in Hungry Lucy ;) Hope that helped! Much Love, cb I never use an equalizer. I just let ‘em play. I tried when I first got my iPod, but never liked how things sounded with an equalizer. I prefer it straight from the music box :) I rarely listen through headphones or earbuds either. I never have a need to. But if I did, I’d use the big headphones!! ;)

As far as HL is concerned, I think since we mix and master ourselves, we don’t get the “oh so tight” sound that a mass-produced album has. I prefer it that way, too! It becomes more of a representation of how we felt than how much compression we could squeeze into our music. I have been told by a few that my vocals are always too quiet. I disagree, but I’m sorry people feel that way. After all, it’s not just me in Hungry Lucy ;)

Hope that helped!

Much Love,

cb

]]> By: Bibo http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-80637 Bibo Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:38:16 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-80637 I find no equalization to be best. If you are using the stock Apple earbuds get a better pair as they only have a frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz. I have a pair of over the ear headphones with a Frequency Response of 5Hz - 30kHz. And a pair of vertical in-ear headphones with a Frequency Response of 10Hz - 23kHz. The do a great job on the highs and lows. You can feel the bass! Most of the time I listen though speakers with a line-out connection (a sendstation mini-dock) that bypasses the iPods equalization. I find no equalization to be best. If you are using the stock Apple earbuds get a better pair as they only have a frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz.
I have a pair of over the ear headphones with a Frequency Response of 5Hz - 30kHz. And a pair of vertical in-ear headphones with a Frequency Response of 10Hz - 23kHz. The do a great job on the highs and lows. You can feel the bass!

Most of the time I listen though speakers with a line-out connection (a sendstation mini-dock) that bypasses the iPods equalization.

]]> By: Grant http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-80039 Grant Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:45:23 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-80039 Albums for me - it's a very tactile and sentimental thing; those old gatefold sleeves were the canine's nadgers. Even now I like to get the physical CD. It has he advantage of being able to be ripped at much higher quality than you get when you buy from somewhere like iTunes, plus it's yours forever and has no DRM. Skype would be fun - only used it for real on Saturday to speak to my folks & sis in Houston, and when they turned on their webcam it was even more amazing. I'm just catching up on shows I missed over the hols. Two Loons For Tea - I played 'Sunset Room' and 'Monkey' on Three From Leith <a href="http://grantmason.co.uk/wp/?p=163" rel="nofollow">Show 108</a> on Oct 2nd. Good stuff :-) Albums for me - it’s a very tactile and sentimental thing; those old gatefold sleeves were the canine’s nadgers. Even now I like to get the physical CD. It has he advantage of being able to be ripped at much higher quality than you get when you buy from somewhere like iTunes, plus it’s yours forever and has no DRM.

Skype would be fun - only used it for real on Saturday to speak to my folks & sis in Houston, and when they turned on their webcam it was even more amazing.

I’m just catching up on shows I missed over the hols.

Two Loons For Tea - I played ‘Sunset Room’ and ‘Monkey’ on Three From Leith Show 108 on Oct 2nd. Good stuff :-)

]]> By: Laura http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-79822 Laura Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:37:06 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-79822 Howdy, kids. Jumping on the bandwagon here with the album preference. A brand spanking new album is a spiritual experience for me. Sit down with the liner notes and lyrics and have a little private moment. That is my new album ritual. Neil and I vote for the Skype show. I recently started using Skype, and if you're somewhat patient, you can usually get it to work. Not perfect, but for free it's a pretty amazing little do-jiggy. Finallly, big fan of the jingles, so can't wait to hear new ones. Cheers to a great 2008! Howdy, kids. Jumping on the bandwagon here with the album preference. A brand spanking new album is a spiritual experience for me. Sit down with the liner notes and lyrics and have a little private moment. That is my new album ritual.

Neil and I vote for the Skype show. I recently started using Skype, and if you’re somewhat patient, you can usually get it to work. Not perfect, but for free it’s a pretty amazing little do-jiggy.

Finallly, big fan of the jingles, so can’t wait to hear new ones. Cheers to a great 2008!

]]> By: Lord Tyr http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-79754 Lord Tyr Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:19:04 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-79754 Hey there, Tyr here from Palm Springs California… Albums: I prefer to buy the whole Album, mainly because I want to support the artist. There’s been times when I would love just about 3 songs & the rest were rubbish, however the artist won’t know that because I bought the whole ‘CD’… I love being able to purchase singles if I know the compilation is ‘bleh’… Example: if one of my mates plays it while we’re on the road to Los Angeles for a concert & I’m like ‘well track 2 & 8 were great, who where they?’… Hence I purchase just singles… Skype: Well I personally think it’s a great Idea… I find myself calling into other podcasts like Mugglecast & Pottercast whenever they have a live show… so it would be nice hearing the two of you via skype…. & then later hearing it on the podcast once the bloody iPod downloads/sync it… Speaking of iPod’s… I had a question that maybe the two of you could answer or possibly post about. I love Hungry Lucy ‘duh’ ... & like most of the characters out there I use iTunes to get my podcast & to load my music library; as well as purchase extra songs. Now m question is about “Equalizers�… I wondered if you War-N or Christa Belle have a preference equalizer in iTunes that we as listeners should be using to get the best sound out of your albums? I normally use the Pop option because the sound tends to come out clearer & the vocals seem to get a boost… However there are tracks like ‘harvest’ & ‘cover me’ were ‘Pop’ is too loud? Not sure if that makes much sense… So I wondered what’s the ‘best’ one to use or if you could post a personalized equalizer that would be awesome… I wonder if anyone else has asked this? Any other posters here wondered the same thing? Anyways, keep up the great work… & can’t wait to hear the new work… & the podcast of course… it helps me have a laugh before hitting the hay… Hey there, Tyr here from Palm Springs California…

Albums: I prefer to buy the whole Album, mainly because I want to support the artist. There’s been times when I would love just about 3 songs & the rest were rubbish, however the artist won’t know that because I bought the whole ‘CD’… I love being able to purchase singles if I know the compilation is ‘bleh’… Example: if one of my mates plays it while we’re on the road to Los Angeles for a concert & I’m like ‘well track 2 & 8 were great, who where they?’… Hence I purchase just singles…

Skype: Well I personally think it’s a great Idea… I find myself calling into other podcasts like Mugglecast & Pottercast whenever they have a live show… so it would be nice hearing the two of you via skype…. & then later hearing it on the podcast once the bloody iPod downloads/sync it…

Speaking of iPod’s… I had a question that maybe the two of you could answer or possibly post about. I love Hungry Lucy ‘duh’ … & like most of the characters out there I use iTunes to get my podcast & to load my music library; as well as purchase extra songs. Now m question is about “Equalizersâ€?… I wondered if you War-N or Christa Belle have a preference equalizer in iTunes that we as listeners should be using to get the best sound out of your albums? I normally use the Pop option because the sound tends to come out clearer & the vocals seem to get a boost… However there are tracks like ‘harvest’ & ‘cover me’ were ‘Pop’ is too loud? Not sure if that makes much sense… So I wondered what’s the ‘best’ one to use or if you could post a personalized equalizer that would be awesome… I wonder if anyone else has asked this? Any other posters here wondered the same thing?

Anyways, keep up the great work… & can’t wait to hear the new work… & the podcast of course… it helps me have a laugh before hitting the hay…

]]> By: Christa Belle http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-79322 Christa Belle Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:33:28 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-79322 Cool. Glad to know most of you prefer the album road to the iTunes or digital download song-by-song road. I prefer an album any day!! Sometimes I get that disappointed feeling when shuffling on my pod. I'll listen to a song and then expect the song that comes after it on it's album! I usually go and start the whole album over :) Yeah. They don't make album covers like they used to. I'm/we're putting a LOT of thought into our next one for sure!!! It would be funny to make it as large as an old LP and have a cd inside. Well, we'll not go THAT far ;) Shipping would be insane! Thanks guys! Keep the feedback comin'! cb Cool. Glad to know most of you prefer the album road to the iTunes or digital download song-by-song road. I prefer an album any day!! Sometimes I get that disappointed feeling when shuffling on my pod. I’ll listen to a song and then expect the song that comes after it on it’s album! I usually go and start the whole album over :)

Yeah. They don’t make album covers like they used to. I’m/we’re putting a LOT of thought into our next one for sure!!! It would be funny to make it as large as an old LP and have a cd inside. Well, we’ll not go THAT far ;) Shipping would be insane!

Thanks guys! Keep the feedback comin’!

cb

]]> By: tyim http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-78940 tyim Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:49:53 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-78940 i grew up on concept albums... ya know.. your pink floyds, genesis, the who. so i tend to buy the whole cd rather than a song just because it's ingrained in me. what do kids roll those funny cigarettes on these days? i mean thats what big ole album covers were made for! i grew up on concept albums… ya know.. your pink floyds, genesis, the who. so i tend to buy the whole cd rather than a song just because it’s ingrained in me. what do kids roll those funny cigarettes on these days? i mean thats what big ole album covers were made for!

]]> By: Bibo http://blog.hungrylucy.com/2007/12/30/tea-with-hungry-lucy-96-dont-believe-the-skype/#comment-78524 Bibo Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:43:45 +0000 http://blog.hungrylucy.com/?p=537#comment-78524 I do like Aerial quite a bit. I like the 2nd CD better than the 1st CD and I don't really care for "Mrs. Bartolozzi". I do like Aerial quite a bit. I like the 2nd CD better than the 1st CD and I don’t really care for “Mrs. Bartolozzi”.

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