What Sounds Better In This Case

Does Thai sounds better to you or Vietnamese?

You know that as Vietnamese, I love Thai people. Almost Vietnamese love these countries naturally: Thailand, Korea (we, as ordinary Vietnamese, usually call Korea to mention South Korea), Japan, England, Germany, US, Italy, Brazil, Argentina,… For those countries, Vietnamese love them because mostly of their famous in high quality industrial products that Vietnamese consumes every day (daily use product with reasonable price) or choose to buy when we compare with same products from other countries (like the case of Japanese or Germany products such as car or other vehicles). The case of Brazil, Argentina is because of their football!! The case of Thai is not only because of their daily-consumed products from very small things like soaf, toothbrush, every things are cheaper and better than the things produced Domestically inside Vietnam. We love Thai products because your assurance in quality with the price fitting to all Vietnamese affordability!! We also love Thai football even though Thai football is always taken to compared with Vietnamese football by Vietnamese people!! This is true. Vietnamese is not selfish, we compare Thai people, Thai football with us, but we admire them ;+). We always to gain more success than Thai, do same or better than Thai does. However, when we gain more success than Thailand, we continue to think to be like Korea or Japan… Almost Vietnamese nowadays think this way. As same as joining into international labor market, Vietnamese young people now try to confirm their ability in international labor market. We also go working abroad like Thai, Malaysian or Singaporean,…

Which sounds like a better idea in this case: jazz piano or jazz guitar?

Thanks for the A2A.You've started in piano, and by your own admission, have some level of accomplishment. There is nothing to say you cannot learn both, but no good reason to switch either. Also, Debussy is a good choice for what you want to do, since he is a composer who was influenced by American jazz. That's a good start.As you progress with piano, I would say the next thing you want to learn is jazz chord voicings. Since you're playing classical, you probably know finger positions for written music, but not necessarily chords. The chord voicings will be your starting place for improvising. Other things to work on to help with your stated goal:Learn the chords then begin playing with those chord inversions you've started with and you will have the basis for improvisation. Try playing scales and chord inversions with the right hand while keeping a solid accompaniment with your left. Then you can work on playing a melody line with the right while you accompany yourself with your left.Finally, when you play with other musicians, you will want to learn to vary the accompaniment and switch from a solo left hand accompaniment to a band context. In other words, when you are playing solo, you will play a fuller self-accompaniment than you will when playing with, for example, a jazz bass player.Keep practicing and Godspeed to you!

Why do MP3s sound better than .wav files in some cases?

On a technical level that is impossible. The nature of the mp3 format is that is removes detail from the source file (.wav, .aiff, etc), so an mp3 will always be a degraded version of the source at some level.There are some reasons you may prefer the mp3 recording:The ear tends to prefer louder sounds. If the mp3 was played even slightly louder you would tend to favor it.You may prefer the artifacts of the data reduction. Most listeners don’t, but your preferences are your own.The mp3 you are listening to may not have been derived from the same source as the .wav you are comparing it to. Sometimes albums get remastered in subsequent releases without much notification to the consumer.

Why does the same song sound better on TV than on computer?

Better speakers and possibly better acoustics in the room. Computers rarely have great speakers…headphones are more commonly picked out to be cheap & small by most people, rather than to replicate the acoustics of a symphony hall.They get lost or broken as the headphones get taken to various rooms or just abused - ever turned your chair away from the computer and jerked the jack out of the hole? Wires get bent or broken, jacks get bent or scratched, and so forth & so on…it’s a wonder that the headphones work at all, sometimes.

How do you make high-ish quality headphones sound better?

Trevor’s answer is good; EQ’ing can help any pair of headphones sound more natural, if they don’t already sound good. You can also alter the sound to add more bass if that’s what you’re into.As to using a headphone amp, it can help some $200+ headphones, but not all.I own a pair of Sennheiser HD 598’s, which run for $150 on Amazon, and this past summer I got a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, which is an external USB audio interface, including its own DAC and amp. Using that introduces a subtle, but noticeable improvement in audio fidelity and liveliness compared to onboard audio from my iPod Touch or my Dell laptop. I haven’t done any side-by-side comparison between it and my desktop’s onboard audio interface. But the general consensus in the audiophile community is that the 598’s work well on integrated audio, but also open up quite nicely when paired with a higher-end audio interface. I also own a pair of Sennheiser HD 280 Pro’s, about $100 on Amazon, which I’ve also noticed sound a bit better when using the 2i2 compared to my iPod or laptop.But there’s an important distinction here: the 280’s are professional studio headphones with an impedance of 64 ohms. And the 598’s are entry-level audiophile headphones with an impedance of 50 ohms. Both are designed for maximizing audio fidelity at the $100~150 price range. That means they’re fairly power-hungry, enabling more audio fidelity but requiring more power to achieve that.Skullcandy does not make these kinds of headphones. Like Beats, they are fashion headphones, designed for portability, stylishness, “fun” sound, etc. It is possible that they might sound a bit better with a good audio interface, but I wouldn’t count on it. They’re probably designed to achieve their maximum audio fidelity when powered by a phone or computer, so adding more power wouldn’t really change anything.

Why do acoustic 'unplugged' versions of most songs sound better than the originals?

I don't think this is the case, but I see where you are coming from.  For example :vs ---In most cases of songs that you like, you've already listened to the song over and over again and are starting to grow bored of it. In such a case, anything that reminds you of the song in a different way without totally massacring it will probably appeal to you. It turns out that an acoustic/unplugged version is just this - the basic tunes of a song are intact, and there are not many extraneous beats that mess with the character of the song ( unlike a remix).Hence it's not a case of better, it's just a case of different. For instance, if you'd started out by listening to the acoustic unplugged version, after multiple listens, you would appreciate the non-acoustic version more.

Which are the best wired earphones either JBL or Sony in case of bass, sound clearity and noise cancellation?

JBL