Aeolus

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Lets meet up ^^ 

If I cant get my hands on VIP next month I'm down to meet up. Depending on the time you plan on going again haha

Just got my bday present 3 months early, anyone else going? Might spring for VIP next month.

Got my ticket for Toronto. Pretty excited, they always put on a good show.

Just got my bday present 3 months early, anyone else going? Might spring for VIP next month.

Protip:
 
If his dad is also gay, it's probably best to not mention you've found his profile on Grindr too. Most normal people don't like literal father / son roleplay and they'll probably call the police.
 
On the plus side, this does open up for the most golden opportunity to be petty. If you get in a fight, now you can potentially yell "I've fucked your dad!"

The answer is a little complicated.
 
Does this Hi-Res copy sound better than say, a 320kbps copy? Yes, by a mile.
Does it sound better than a FLAC copy? That's to be debated.
 
People would be correct to conclude that the human ear is not capable of distinguishing anything higher than 20KHz, and so it would be a waste.
What they don't know is that that is 1/2 the truth.
 
In reality, we actually can hear the difference.
The only problem is, the volume would have to be turned up so high, that it would cause hearing impairment at those frequencies. So not the most pleasant listening experience.
Plus, most listeners aren't even aware as to what to look for in differences between the two.
Finally, you'd have to be in a dead silent room (the average environment is about 30db of noise) in order to even get the chance to do any of this.
 
Another issue is that NO DAC/Amp, or device on the market in 2017 is even remotely capable of, or ever will, be able to reproduce anything higher than 20Bits.
Trust me, I've looked (and even done a research paper on this lol). Modern Tech is just not at that point yet to reproduce frequencies that high.
What this means is that no HD/Hi-Res copy will be capable of being 24bit due to tech being shit still. So we are stuck with 20bit max.
 
Why is it called 24bit then? Well techies will tell you that we count bits by 8.
So:
 
8bit (Think Video Game Music), 16bit (FLAC Quality), and 24bit (HD, Hi-Res, SACD)
 
24bit Hi-Res is not intended to be used by the average consumer, but it is made available to us because well, why not?
It is intended for Audio Engineers, who use low-pass filtering for master recording and/or editing (kinda like a graphic designer/photo editor using RAW formatted images).
So this quality of music is really only able to be used in software, otherwise the raw frequencies of sound can kill your audio devices.
Plus, the recording companies are greedy SOBs that would never share master records with the average consumer. Those golden days are over.
Our entertainment systems have been made possible  to listen to at least 60db of sound affordably (on purpose, some might say), because any more would require more power (current) and amplification, to the point that we'd all be broke as shit if we wanted to hear this to it's real sound.
 
This can go way deeper in explanation, but I will stop here.
 
TL;DR
 
Take advantage of @Aeolus' kind gesture, and add this copy to your Music Collection.
You'll NEVER be able to play this in 24bit, because not even master recording equipment can. So don't BS anyone about your 5K sound equipment lol.
Record companies have purposely made audio sound like shit nowadays for their own profit.
Unless you listen to this in a sound booth at ear exploding volumes, then it'll probably sound the same as FLAC.
 
So enjoy this Hi-Res album, using a simple DAC/Amp and a really nice set of Noise-Cancelling Headphones for now.
Your crappy HP laptop headphone port isn't gonna cut it folks.
 
 

As soon as I get my paycheck I will be sharing traces 2 hi-res.
If you want to be tagged when I share like this post so I know to tag you
^.^

As soon as I get my paycheck I will be sharing traces 2 hi-res.
If you want to be tagged when I share like this post so I know to tag you
^.^

As soon as I get my paycheck I will be sharing traces 2 hi-res.
If you want to be tagged when I share like this post so I know to tag you
^.^

I think a lot if people are being very overly negative and overly critical about this release.
 
I mean it's not the best gazette release, but it's also not the worst.
 
The reason this lacks the youthful energy these songs once had is because they're not in their youth anymore, they're in their mid-30's, and this album shows how they've developed as musicians over the past 15 years. I like that the tracks have been polished, the track list could've been better (they really missed out on Okuribi, and why pick 'UNTITLED'?) 
 
I dunno...maybe just picking out every single flaw in a gazette release rather than highlighting the good stuff about it is just the trend now.

yes,guren,shiroki no yuutsu and without a trace too.and  dim scene and nakigahara are ballads from DIM,and this album  represents gazette's
"new era",in my view...them both are already good enough.but re record okuribi,hanakotoba,chizuru,shiawase na hibi or sumire would be so much more exciting
 
people keep complaining that the gazette is not the same,and the disorder days were better
but,god...that was around 10 years ago.everyone changes a lot in 10 years
after 3 average albums since DIM,DOGMA came as something really conceptual.i'm curious to know if they gonna keep this dark atmosphere
 
 

TRACE VOL.2 BALLAD
Cassis and Guren  sound incredible IMO

I'd prefer a re-recording album to only be comprised of rare oldies and STACKED RUBBISH songs that are not so great, and I'm not really dying for more reila or Cassis. Still though, I'm really looking forward to this. And I'm with those hoping against some UNRAVELING-esque reinterpretations.

too pricey, $80 so my gf and I can play together without our hands cramping I dont think so.
 
also, seriously nintendo? charging for their shitty online they're insane. betting they want to charge $60/month as well which is why they haven't said anything about pricing.
 
people really need to stop paying Sony and Microsoft, and now nintendo, just so they can use what they already paid for.

too pricey, $80 so my gf and I can play together without our hands cramping I dont think so.
 
also, seriously nintendo? charging for their shitty online they're insane. betting they want to charge $60/month as well which is why they haven't said anything about pricing.
 
people really need to stop paying Sony and Microsoft, and now nintendo, just so they can use what they already paid for.

I was at the wiltern too! But I was on the balcony, which suited me cause I got a good view of most of the band 

Really I'm just excited because there's a small chance that I might be in it even for a split second. It's a good memory for me too.

There is a chance that it has full songs in between backstage/behind the scenes. I have a few dvds like that and last i check Dir en Grey's Age Quod Agis is like that as well.

I love how the DVD is about a world tour but the cover is in Japanese traditional art and all words in Japanese katakana. It makes me wonder if GazettE is doing this for Japanese fans so to tell them even though this is a world tour documentary DVD, they will still be loyal only to Japanese fans.
 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

their first album "PANDEMIC" sounds like a blender making a cover of dir en grey

^ Pretty much this for me too though I'm only really a fan of Dream Theatre's first album. I also love Rush myself. 

Dream Theater cause me to crave hour long masterpieces, I loved that they take me on a journey. The problem that I have now is when I listen to a 35-40min album I feel like the album has just come to an abrupt stop like when I listen to classic Rush or 80 metal albums. Because of this I'm determined to have all b-sides and non album tracks just so I can have complete recording sessions.