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protips: be patient and always think the best of your partner until you have ~actual~ reason to assume otherwise (ldr brotip unless yr bf is an adorable hermit like mine) the couple that watches spooky videos together STAYS together when u show him ur vk and he doesnt run in the other direction he's a keeper make sure you know your boundaries and your self-esteem so you never end up dependent on another person...no one can fulfill you like you fulfill you don't be in a relationship for the sake of being in a relationship, be with someone who teaches you stuff about the world and about yourself that you wouldn't be able to learn otherwise, being single is vastly underrated

Yohio, it's time to delete your MH account.

lol you are really trying your hardest to make YOHIO happen, aren't you?

::essay-battling over differences in human hearing fidelity using fucking traces vol. II as an example::

protip:

Far East Dizain new mini-album "DIZAINERVE" will be released at 2017/05/24 (6 tracks, including 1 guitar instrumental track, 2916 yens)

^To be fair, the people organizing this concert are also trying to hold more non-convention shows. They just brought NoGoD last year for a concert at a regular venue. Dunno how it went since I don't care about NoGoD, but I assume well since they mentioned that they're planning to organize another regular concert.

it probably is :S

Good for him....?? You'd think after the "Opinions on" thread that the point was made that a lot of people here don't care for Yohio or what he does lol. I really don't get the need to constantly update the forum on ol boy.

Pro Tip: Before you consider cutting yourself, call this numbers first; USA: +1-800-273-8255 UK: +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90 AUS: 13 11 14 JP: 03 5774 0992 The rest of countries: http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international/

I listen to my music by cassette only. because trVu kulT quality. All other forms are obsolete. But in all seriousness I couldn't hear a difference In the two types. Probably because I haven't listened to either one.

A ProTip is a piece of advice, from a pro, to help someone become a pro themselves (I'm no pro btw, I'm just using the word) I'd like to dedicate this thread to those of us, who have seen our fair share of dates, or relationships, and may have some wisdom to share for those who are new to dating/relationships, or would like to read our tips in order to help them improve/gain some insight from others experiences. I hope that with this thread, we can answer some people's concerns, or prove/debunk myths when it comes to dating/relationships. I hope I can learn a thing myself. I created the thread, so I guess I'll add the first one. Pro Tip: Don't EVER, under any circumstance, make assumptions about the person you are dating/seeing. It's up to you to ask questions (point of a date) and shed some light on things (you want to get to know them, right?), so you don't go assuming and acting on what may have been, taken out of context. Some examples of phrases I've heard/said myself before on dates, confirming that assumptions can be/were made: "Oh. You're one of those...." "Well, that explains things"/"Ah, makes sense now"/"Hmm. Well, no wonder."/"OK then." "You're not like the others..." "You're all the same" "You must/must not get that a lot" IF, by chance, you have those thoughts, DON'T SAY IT TO THEM. They are your thoughts, not facts. What can happen is, you will be DROPPED/LET GO, because your assumptions caused them to make assumptions. The irony. No one wants to be grouped into something that they may not even be a part of. This is why asking questions and getting answers are the best alternative.

I'm glad the bois are getting some overseas exposure and hopefully people will go and see them, but at the same time i'm still kind of miffed that VK bands so often end up relegated to anime con-tier fwiw meto's comeback album was p solid imo

That con actually gets lots of bands, and Canada has LOTS of fans. They are just a bit scattered because the country is so big. It's nice that they get to play there, I hope lots of people go.

I'm sure your tags are just being sarcastic, but Canada (although by "Canada", I basically just mean Toronto) actually gets a surprising number of J-rock bands. That being said, I go to AN every year, and this is the first time since umbrella that a band I actually like is playing, so I'm super excited. It was fun when Fukusuke came as ADAPTER, so I have faith that it's going to be even better with the full band.

Pro tip #1 Don't get someone pregnant, or be the one that gets preganant Pro tip #2 Don't get married Pro tip #3 Get some sort of education, be it formal, technical or vocational ( if this isn't possible skip to the next tip) Pro tip #4 Get a job and aim to be the best at it. Pro tip #5 Self educate. Read a ton of books, attend lectures or classes on a variety of subjects from health, to fiances, to social interaction, or anything that will help you with your current job. Profit You'll move from being a poor weeb who can barely afford your vk indie rarez, to a financially stable, possibly wealthy adult with built up confidence/self esteem and a good well of knowledge to get the best out of life and the know how on how to deal with all the bullshit people or crappy situations life will throw at you. From there you can snatch a waifu/husbando of your liking or choose whatever direction you want to go in life. Kinda hard to fuck up at that point.

Stay on topic, people. This is the news section, if you don't care then don't comment.

Old school and hardcore TW/MH members - message me if you are interested in be involved in a short project. :)

This CD is also available on closetchild: http://www.closetchild-cd.jp/product/56563 I haven't tried ordering from there cos I got it from their live but it seems like you have to contact them to add it to your cart though (try the お問い合わせ button). Maybe someone can try and let the rest of us know? Oh and taro didn't leave the band, he "graduated" and changed his stage name to tsukimi lol.

Of course Hi-Res sounds better than a 256kbps mp3. A 320kbps mp3 will sound better too, and a 44.1/16 file will too as @YuyoDrifthas mentioned. The real question should be does a Hi-res 24/96 file sound better than a cd quality 16/44.1 lossless rip. You're putting Hi-Res against a straw man to make yourself feel better about it, or you just don't actually realize how silly this is. The fact that you made this thread after I pointed out how foolish you were in the Gazette thread (1 2 3) as some sort of attempt to prove yourself right (?) just further shows how little of your obsession with this is confounded in actual understanding. Because you still don't seem to get it in the other thread, here is all the things wrong with your reply to me there @Aeolus: >"And yes, depending on the vinyl they are the same" @Naaaaani tried to help you out – it doesn't matter what quality digital source you burn to vinyl, it doesn't quantize the information into steps like digital has to. You just can't physically write into a vinyl like that. Go read about the difference between digital and analogue. I don't see how can you be any semblance of an audiophile and not understand this basic distinction. >"never said anything about mp3 haha." Exactly the problem. Throughout your whole initial post you say what I have = 24 / 96, and what everyone else is itunes/cd quality (44/16). You were making no distinction between a 256kbps mp3 (variable bit depth as inherent to mp3 codec) and an actual 16 bit 44.1khz CD rip: two very different things. In that thread you were comparing your files to Himi like they were "CD quality", even calling them "16/44.1". I tried to point that problems in saying that, because while the sample rate is maintained the bit depth is severely reduced in an mp3 from a 16 bit lossless file. And yet again, you run off and make THIS thread where you are again seeming to confuse an iTunes store quality mp3 and a lossless CD rip (??). >"I'm not saying i can here 50khz, all I said was that I can hear a noticeable difference between the itunes store quality and Hi-Res," Ahh, I think I'm starting to understand that you either didn't read my initial post it all, or gave it 0 energy to understand, or maybe tried and still don't. But I don't think you tried at all really. The whole point of what I'm saying, what Yuuyo and Shmilly is saying, is that there is an argument to be had over a 44.1 or 48k 16 bit lossless WAV/ALAC/FLAC etc etc file being superior to even a high quality 320 kbps mp3 encode, HOWEVER !!!! believing that the extra 24 or 32 bit audio or 96k (when you yourself admit your DAC can't play it back) is what makes it sound better is bullshit, petty semantics at best. How do you not understand this is what people are saying? Many things will be better than a itunes store quality mp3 that aren't a 24 bit 96k HI RES PLACEBO. If you seemed to have even the slightest knowledge on these subjects, I would respect and consider your insistence on the additional fidelity compared to a CD quality lossless codec – but you don't have that, so I think I should give up explaining any of this. >"I can say I like this version of 絲, I'm not much of a fan of pre-NIL. (*gasp* I'm gonna get a lot of hate for this huh?)" Again, your completely missing the point. When I referenced just how shit the first 15 seconds of Ito sound compared to the original, it has nothing to do with "the GazettE" changing and everything to do with how fucking awful the Guitar tone and mixing/mastering sound. It's the same exact riff!!! That's why I pointed it out. It's literally just to do with the engineering and the reason I emphasized it was that its so PAINFULLY obvious how much better the recording and frequency balance is on the original guitar tone. It doesn't matter whether your a fan of pre-NIL or post-NIL. Play the two intros side by side to a panel of industry professionals and they'd tell you the same story. Regarding what was said in the thread, YuyoDrift's overall point is good, but also said some things I want to clarify. >"8bit (Think Video Game Music), 16bit (FLAC Quality), and 24bit (HD, Hi-Res, SACD)" The whole 8bit = video game music or chiptune quality is largely a myth and just poor understanding of the system. As I sort of went into in my initial reply to Aeolus , mp3's function outside of the domain of bit depth in the traditional sense, and are very often far below 8 bits!! Furthermore, a 16 bit audio file can be reduced in bit depth by processes that will make the file compression 100% transparently. And finally, as @Shmillyintelligently gathered, there is no audible difference between 16 bit and 24 bit of the same sample rate. Which leads me to: >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)." The RAW analogy doesn't make any sense as the systems can't really be compared. The whole point of 24 bit audio as a superior tool in the studio is you have a wider signal to noise ratio (144 db vs 96 db of a 16 bit file). On playback, what you're hearing in this release is slammed through a limiter at 0db the whole time anyway. The argument for 24 bit playback could only be made if you were listening to incredible dynamic music, something that had passages at like -50db, which is something you don't find in any music period these days. Also, low-pass filtering has 0 to do with why people use 24 bit.

I didn't realize ep 10 of Konosuba S2 was the final one. I really hope for a season 3 cuz this show has been so entertaining. This dysfunctional rpg party is so lovable.

protip: don't date people online. long-distance relationships are exhausting and stressful.

DIAURA's school shooter youtube video album cover is the worst in vk history

MAH, vocalist of SiM, has announced on Twitter that he has gotten married to singer/model/actress Alisa Durbrow. Congrats to the happy couple~♥

Gotcharocka have been announced at their oneman-live "Black Pop Parade" at Akasaka Blitz that their 3rd full album will be released in May 2017! They also announced their new tour for the "5th anniversary" of the band which will begin on May 13 at Nishikawaguchi Hearts and will end on July 29 at Esaka Muse, after which they will celebrate their 5th anniversary on August 18 2017 at Tsutaya O-East (1300 seats) They also held two live concerts for members of the fan club! : - 14/2/2017 at Takadanobaba Club Phase - 14/3/2017 at Takadanobaba Club Phase In Additions, the band has already announced the next dates for the birthdays of the band members! : JUI BIRTHDAY LIVE -> At Tokyo Cinema Club on 30/6/2017 TOYA BIRTHDAY LIVE -> At Shin-Yokohama NEW SIDE BEACH!!! on 11/8/2017 JUN BIRTHDAY LIVE -> At Kobe Varit on 17/11/2017 They will hold their event "Awesome Prison Vol.3" at Takadanobaba Area and share the stage with The Thirteen, Fest Vanquier and Mitsu!

ユメリープ(Yumeleep) (Formerly known as ナイトメアシンドローム(Nightmare Syndrome) new live-limited single "うつつまたー" will be released at 2017/04/25.

HIZAKI will release his new live DVD, "Crimson Rose -JAPAN-" on May 3; it details his solo live that took place at Mt.RAINER HALL SHIBUYA PLEASURE PLEASURE on September 11, 2016. The DVD will also be made available at the webshop at his fanclub, "Grace", on March 31.

XD haha I actually just shaved my legs for the first time in ages. you live in a mirror world

protip: don't have children. like, at all.

DEEP MORE DEEP #5 (3240 yen) [tracklist] 1.VRZEL / CIRCUS 2.マルコ (Marco) / 月曜日 (Getsuyoubi) 3.MISERIA / MAD BRAIN 4.君は鋭く (Kimi wa Surudoku) / I eat sickness【case2】 5.DIVEIN / 盲目の枷 (Mōmoku no Kase) 6.sith. / 体温 (Taion) 7.Durandal / Desire -Bloom in the Hell- 8.G.S.I / カルト (Cult) 9.Chronus / 【Brand New Days】

I know, DELUHI was and probably still is my favourite VK band ever. And WHITE HOLE is an amazing track. Just having a laugh. Also, +1 to 'more Japanese'.

I second this.

Takashi's bday live was fun! Also first live performance and full PV screening of MASTURBATION!

01. 悦楽の底へ産み落とされし大罪のワルツ (Etsuraku no Soko e Umiotosa Reshi Taizai no Waltz) 02. Grimoire 03. 絲 (Ito) 04. 涙雨 (Namidaame) 05. GOLD 06. finale… 07. [Re]:birth(2016/03/29 Shinjuku ReNY LIVE)

The distinction between solo artists and bands don't matter too much to me. If it appeals to me, it appeals to me. The problem I have with using "legitimate" to describe anything is that its impossibly vague. With a definition that nebulous, you can retrofit it to suit any argument you like. A lot of it probably does have to do with what artist or band we were exposed to first, and if we had to lose one to gain the other that could create strong feelings about the whole situation. But it comes down to if the "new" act or the "old" act appeals to them more and they will build their worldview around that. I'll use Gackt as an example again. When he originally left Malice Mizer to do his own thing, some MM fans were pissed and boycotted the new project. But as MM lost steam and Gackt gained momentum, these detractors were silenced until they were no more. There are still people that don't like Gackt, but no one will ever use the reasoning that it's because he "destroyed" his band for his solo career. We've all made peace with Malice Mizer's fate. Same thing with Miyavi to be honest - he left Due le Quartz and fan girls were not happy and did not follow his solo project in a different style but he ended up gaining more new fans than he lost old ones. Now his solo project is more successful than that visual kei band ever could have been. tl;dr - Legitimacy is a useless metric that is too subjective to even have a conversation about

Here's the original movie poster it's parodying as reference to appreciate it's greatness.

jk come thru with all this love <3

Protip: make them a homemade meal of Doritos and soda for dinner.

Really nice Visutox, I really really dig Buckethead too! I've been listening to his pike series a lot, tho I only like the heavy riffing ones haha. His mellow stuff is also nice, but what I really like is when he just shreds and noodle it haha.

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.

People who unfriend you over your voting choice on a political election. Oh, the ease of Facebook's anonymity and the safety behind a computer screen.

^ they're really trying to connect with their American audience with that cover :^)

I feel like I'm mired in sewage every time I come by this thread.

GazettE's 2nd SE in DIM is one I always skip. I can't stand it, it's just too gross. Starts at 30:55.

The fist track that comes to my mind is Girugamesh's 13 from 13's reborn. IMO, it's sooooo annoying. lol

Oh? He is justifying and embracing that pose. (Laughs) will be that his trademark?