SwampMan

Listened to this song once, and didn't feel the need to listen to it again. Predictable, bland and formulaic. The message it tries to convey is meaningful, more so for a certain part of their fan base but in my opinion this song doesn't have anything else going on worth mentioning other than that. I'm not implying they should strive for a more "rock" sound but for better music (it could be with more electro elements or whatever they want). Unfortunately this is in no way better than what they made in the past. I'm not hearing this "maturity" many are pointing out, at least not compostion/songwriting-wise and it certainly doesn't bode well for the upcoming album, happy to be proven wrong though.

I agree, the language barrier is a huge factor but not the only one. Wanting to understand what the song is about/lyrics is relevant mostly to native/english speakers, but what about the rest of the world? I'm gonna take my country as an example (Italy), the vast majority of people here have very limited english knowledge to say the least (familiarity with the english language will be different from country to country), they do not actually understand 95% of the words they hear in the songs they so much love. I've tested this numerous times with different people of all ages, yet songs sung in english are fine. As another example let's think about the huge surge of latino/reggaeton music in recent years, how much do non-spanish speakers understand? I'm gonna take a guess and say very little, yet people all around the world seem to be enjoying them regardless. When I pointed this out the only motivation that was given to me was that japanese music "sucks", despite me proposing different genres from VK and songs that were either very similar to western music or more "exotic" (in an attempt to capture their interest).

Had to be in Milan... never a japanese band that comes to Rome . Wish I could go but 600km of distance makes it a costly trip.

What the hell... I'm at a loss of words. RIP.

3 hours ago, YuyoDrift said:

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.

 

 

I don't have a cd/flac rip to compare it against so the slight edge the hi-res has is the usual difference between an mp3/flac. Talking about hi-res music in general I do admit I can hardly ever hear any notable, if at all, differences between a normal flac and a 24bit one, 9 out 10 times it sounds the same to my ears. With some recordings I've listened to I had the feeling I could hear something more than the usual, could've been just a placebo effect though. The better audio quality is there but our physical limitations don't exactly allow us to perceive said quality, maybe some can more than others but I'm not one those with super hearing. I have a decent entry-level stereo system (2 monitor audio bronze 6 speakers+marantz 6005) but I can almost never tell the difference and I don't care. As you said if you can get 24/96 why not? xD

It sounds very similar, it's not a mindblowing difference and I can hear it mostly if I focus; during normal listening when I'm not paying much attention but just enjoying the music I can't spot any evident audio quality difference, subtle as it may be it doesn't take away the fact that it's present. Generally speaking there's more overall clarity and fullness to the sound. Still better to have the best quality available, it just makes me feel mentally more at peace xD.

Sounds really awesome. I'mma pre-order this tomorrow. Can't wait to hear the full songs.

43 minutes ago, Amoz said:

It could be that Avex was unclear and Amazon JP decided to play it save until they get clarification, it could be something else, we'll probably know eventually.

Anyhow I always went with Lawson HMV myself, so you can try them or you could try CDJapan.

I've used both in the past, cdjapan quite a lot actually but amazon is way faster, not to mention they take care of custom charges in advance and somehow these end up being significantly lower than what I used to pay when ordering from cdjapan or hmv. I will wait a bit more, there's still time till the release of said album, hopefully things will go back to normal in the meantime.

So why doesn't amazon.jp allow for avex music releases to be shipped to the west? Just tried to pre-order wagakki band's new album but can't finalize my order unless I change to a japanese address. Some confusion on amazon's side?

And here I was just about to pre-order the upcoming wagakki band album for glorious blu-ray PVs. R.I.P. my wagakki collection.

I'm so hyped for this album, also 15 tracks, it's gonna be awesome.

13 hours ago, Original Saku said:

NSFW!

Those covers yo! XD

 

 

Boobs are awesome. Will buy the album just to display the cover in my collection.

CD Tracklist:
１．告白
２．接吻とフレンド
３．音楽家になりたくて
４．グッバイ・マイマリー
５．戦争を知らない大人たち
６．恋人ができたんだ
７．mendo_931
８．ワーカーインザダークネス
９．革命はいつも
10. 沈黙と陳列 幼少は永遠へ
11. 真赤
12. 卒業
13. また来年になっても

DVD Tracklist:

１．真赤
２．18歳よ
３．新曲
４．白熱灯、焼ける朝
５．月に群雲
６．クリサンセマム
７．ディアウェンディ
８．フロムナウオン
９．最近のこと
１０．悪い癖
１１．ドラマみたいだ
１２．優しさの行方
１３．アフターアワー

Covers

Regular edition:

Limited edition:

On 14/9/2016 at 0:55 AM, seurong said:

please let oddloop die

 

Edit:

WAITWAITWAIT THEY ARE FINALLY RE-RELEASING バジルの宴?!? i thought that song would never see the light other than being in their indie release

I agree with you on oddloop. Maybe it's a re-recording/remix? Like the song came out a few years ago and it makes no sense to have it on the new album unless it's a new version, same thing for バジルの宴.

Another awesome song.

Sounds quite good when compared to their last singles.

RADWIMPS will release their new original album and overall 8th studio album on 2016.11.23. The currently untitled album will include album versions of "Zen Zen Zense" and "Sparkle", which will be arranged differently from the movie versions included in the soundtrack "Kimi no na wa."

The album will be available in 2 editions:

Regular Edition: CD/通常盤 ￥3,000+tax / UPCH-20436

Limited Edition: CD+DVD/ 初回限定盤 ￥4,500+tax / UPCH-29241  DVD Contents:  13 songs from their one-man live held on 2015.12.23 「10th ANNIVERSARY LIVE TOUR FINAL RADWIMPSのはじまりはじまり」

No tracklist and covers have been released yet.

Just messing around with random effects at midnight... I don't have anything better to do than to stare at a webcam....

CD Tracklist:

01. Signal

02. Wonder Palette

03. dead end complex

04. Addictive Dancer

05. white out

06. Secret Sensation

07. Showcase Reflection

08. like there is tomorrow (album version)

09. 罪の宝石 (Tsumi no houseki)

10. invalid phrase

Blu-ray/DVD: TK from 凛として時雨 TOUR 2016 “Secret Sensation”

01. Secret Sensation

02. Crazy Tampern

03. unravel

04. Fantastic Magic

05. like there is tomorrow

Pulmo Light will release their 2nd mini-album titled "Reincarnation" on 2016.10.12

DLCR-16101 ¥1,200 (tax out)

Tracklist:

01. 8回目のマニフェスト0

02. ぼくのスペクタクル

 03. さよなら、リベルタ

04. scape goat

05. 真実の瞳

06. 絶対的幸福論