Shannon's Journal Discussion

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Shannon do you think it would benefit me if I bought more high quality speakers? I'm already getting results so I know my speakers are working but they're laptop speakers from 2006 so Idk maybe I could do better lol.

Oh no, speakers from 2006? They must be out of date! Quick, get new ones!

Seriously? lol If you have speakers that pass the speaker test, you're fine.

And so that your answer can benefit more people: do better speakers make a difference in results? Or is it like, as long as its working then there's nothing beyond that point?

Higher frequency response on the top end is better at reproducing the ultrasonic audio with higher fidelity, and therefore gives you slightly better results. Slightly.

Also do different audio programs make a difference, ignoring effects you can toggle on or off? Edit: but also would any effects help results?

They do indeed. I use Audacity on my laptop. VLC also works well. I don't know any others, so I can't comment, but I can say that WMP (which I hear is deprecated in W10) was terrible for playing subliminals.

Effects help results? What effects? Reverb? You don't want reverb.

I've been using WMP the whole time.
So I downloaded Audacity, and it looks pretty complicated. Do you need to change any setting or you just play it?

Audacity is indeed at first glance looks a bit complicated. But the truth is as simple and easy as any other media player. The difference is in the Audacity audio plays using shortcuts rather than the mouse. Maybe it's to make easier for users, (perhaps) because actually Audacity is a sound editor. Try to read the manual on how to use Audacity to play audio. After using Audacity a few times it will become second nature to play audio using Audacity. I myself am a little surprised because it is very easy and simple.

The drawback is Audacity eat quite a lot of RAM and will lag on my computer. So I prefer to use VLC when I'm using Windows. I most often use Audacity when I'm using Linux. What I like about Audacity is due to differences in how to play the audio in Audacity and also due to some reasons.

VLC is great because it is multifunctional, as well as simple as Audacity, can be minimized to the system tray and also consumes less RAM than Audacity.

If you are using a computer that has a relatively low specification, try using Audacious. It is the default audio player in Lubuntu. Very light. I've tried it and so far so good. Its a bit I do not like is the part that I think the volume slider is less user-friendly. You can also install it on Windows. This audio player has never been tested by Shannon. So it's your own risk, to give it a try.