Listening To You
By RHCPfan24 17 Comments
Well, I haven't properly blogged in awhile, but I am here to talk about sound quality in games, movies, music, and, subsequently, my birthday present: a Bose Cinemate sound system.
I would consider myself an audiophile that doesn't want to spend like a madman on equipment. So, if I go to an Apple store, Best Buy or something of that sort and see a decked out sound system, I am going to check it out and not leave until I have had my fill. Yes, one time I watched approximately the last half of Raiders of the Lost Ark in a Circuit City. I don't think my parents were happy with me that time. Nonetheless, I really appreciate sound and its design, but I never get the proper experiences to witness them in all its glory, at least on my own accord. I am a musician, as I play the alto saxophone and am starting to pick up the guitar. I also am a huge music junkie, with my CD collection filling up two, 8-foot tall shelves and my iTunes library numbering in the 10,000's. So....I like music. And sound as a result of this.
OK, enough about my likes and dislikes, blah blah blah, how is that sound system you are thinking? Well, so far, I am blown away. For $499.99, I have yet to come across a better bang-for-buck ratio for a home theater system. I looked at a nice Yamaha system as well, but, even with about 6 speakers, the clarity and bass-centered sound did not come close to Bose's system shown here. For the "test", I popped in a bit of Bad Company and witnessed its excellent sound design in a proper way, and I plan on playing Dead Space again to see how this will make a difference. I also logged a few hours into Fallout 3 with these speakers cracking, and, wow, does it make a difference. I was currently in a Party Chat with one of my friends over Live when I saw a Yao Guai, threw myself into vats, and threw a few grenades and that was that. The volume was loud enough that he heard the familiar sound (he already played it I believe 2 times) and later, I talked to a Ghoul and that raspy voice caused him to cringe. It was pretty hilarious actually. Oh, and to you Fallout vets out there, I leveled up and got the Animal Friend perk, so that Yao Guai encounter shouldn't be a problem anymore, eh?
I also watched Alien (the first) with a few of my friends and that was impressive. I already saw the movie a few years ago, and I was surprised how such an old audio track (1979) sounds this good this many years later. However, I'm talking purely movie talk right now, I think I just prefer John Carpenter's The Thing to Alien, as it is a bit more entertaining, gory, and, at least I believe, scary. And my copy of the Thing is on Blu-Ray so that is a bit of a bias. Nonetheless, both are great movies and I did play both of them on my sound system and I did witness some great things happening.
Anyway, besides from playing some Rock Band 2 and watching The Office and 30 Rock, that has been my experience so far with my sound system. The two speakers are currently resting on top of my PS3 and next to my 360, and the distance between them may be too little, but, oh well, it still works fine for me. And my room is sort of small so maneuvering them around will be a bit archaic.
So, that is my blog. Hope you enjoyed it, and feel free to post your experiences about sound quality, sound systems, Dead Space, Fallout 3, movies, all that good stuff. See you around.
* Oh, and I did another music reference as my title. Not a hard one, mind you. It's just my favorite band, and I did the same for my last proper blog as well. I might be saying too much.