I meant neutral as in they have nothing to do with this particular threat. But honestly, after this, it might be time to hang it up.
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They haven’t posted anymore since 25th September, so yeah it might have been finally the death sentence to that account. I don’t mind it, I actually prefer it.
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They posted the email from kinetic vibe later too, but deleted it apparently already
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what this person said like 3 years ago…idk if i’ve truly been alive since then lol
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I’m afraid of talking like a boomer when i say this but - i’ve not seen that level of melancholy fine art kei imitated, let alone matched, since then.
Sukekiyo’s the closest on some of their works, but devils in bedside & black rain were like, front to back exactly my shit.
Maybe MORE got close enough too…
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pretty good endorsement then! never listened to sukekiyo but if it can bring back those vibes to me, i am all about it. also, uta is in this band??? omg!
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start with ADORATIO then, imho! as someone who loves dir en grey - they sound legitimately nothing like dir en grey.
i think Kyo’s referred to sukekiyo as the band where he expresses a more feminine side, and it really shows with an exploratory, soft, and romantic atmosphere.
and yeah you’re right! at least one successor of 9goats! allegedly Kyo saved him from being a salesman at a furniture store
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I’m back with an unpopular opinion, because I’ll never let this topic die.
Give DSD A Chance!
Oh boy, is Zeus on his lossless soapbox again? Yes, but not quite. You see, I’ve never had the opportunity to properly digest DSD files and I somehow have not acquired an SA-CD version of any album in my collection. So I’ve been navigating lossless waters for a while, hearing rumors about what DSD is and sounds like…and I pretty much wrote it off.
I’ll be the first to tell you that 24-bit audio is overkill for listening and doesn’t do much to improve the listening experience. It’s good for archiving music and for audio editing, but unless you have golden ears you’ll be hard pressed to differentiate between 24-bit FLAC and 16-bit FLAC.
DSD is different.
I’m listening to an ALAC rip of Gackt’s MOON album, sourced from DFF files (these are compressed DSD files, like how FLAC is compressed WAV), and I can confidently say that these sound way, way better than anything I have ever heard. I’ve listened to the songs off these albums over hundreds of times over the years. I had FLAC copies of all of these albums! The DSD versions blow them out of the water.
What makes them so much better is a combination of two things:
- Much better dynamic range. The quieter parts are quieter and the louder parts are louder and fuller.
- The spacing and imaging of the instruments are so much more precise. The levels between the instruments are also different. I’m hearing new things in the mix for the first time! Asrun Dream from MARS knocked me on my ass the first time - how did I go thirteen years without hearing whatever is going on in the left ear?
But I don’t want you to take my word for it. I want you to try your ears out. If you’re curious, hit me up on the side. I’m going to send you a ZIP file of snippets of three versions of the same track: one 320 MP3, one ALAC sourced from PCM, and one ALAC sourced from DSD. I only need you to do two things:
- Configure your system to play back the highest quality possible. On Windows, this is really simple. Right click the Volume icon, then click “Sound Settings”, then pick your audio device, and select the highest option it supports. If you have 24/96, you’re in good company.
- Configure your audio player to use WASAPI (if possible), or Direct Sound (if WASAPI is not possible). Foobar2000 is not configured to use WASAPI out of the box, you have to download WASAPI output support from here and then configure fb2k to use WASAPI output in “Library → Configure → Playback → Output → Device”. This is how mine is set.
- Share your findings with everyone else here!
I’m enjoying early Gackt in a way I didn’t find possible. I also see there are a few more SA-CD visual kei albums floating around. D’espairsRay REDEEMER is one? MYV’s “Japanese Kabuki Rock” album is in some other jank format called SHM-CD and maybe that’s worth exploring too?
HDCD with MACABRE may have been a lot of snake oil with a little bit of improvement under the hood (but not enough to justify the gimmick, which is why everything after skipped it), but I think DSD is the real deal. It’s just obnoxiously fucking large so I prefer to take a tiny quality hit and convert down to 24-bit ALAC.
Any takers on my challenge?
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Okay so this is such an insane take I NEED you to elaborate 
Do you genuinely dislike how he looks every time he smiles or is there a specific kind of smile you dislike? If so, which kind? The flirty smirk? The PR one he often does in event pictures? The slightly more genuine version he has in more candid shots with friends? The absolutely breathtaking radiance of genuine happiness he sometimes gets when he is performing? I need answers!
You are on the hook for this one too 
Yes to all. Kamijo’s smile is just very gross to me
I think you should donate your brain to science when you die, they might discover a completely new way to wire a brain 
But I have to respect such a truly controversial take 
For reference in case someone here lives such a sad existence that they have never seen it:
I hid it so you won’t be jumpscared. There is a gif version of the picture on tenor that is imo a better example but this site doesn’t let me post gifs. I will now go contemplate how the errors in the matrix can show up in such unique ways sometimes.
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i am sorry!!! i am just saying we have a j drama where he plays a psychotic vampire terrorizing a small town, i am buying that 
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Always remember, everyone has their own taste, somebody’s looks might be uncanny valley to one and prince charming to another.
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I can see both perspectives ngl
No need to apologise, like Rena said we all have different tastes and I can respect a truly controversial take My brain is just struggling to comprehend this but I suppose it needs the exercise 
I think he could absolutely pull of an unhinged vampire too. Just not with his real happy smile 
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Having seen this new evidence
I still don’t like his smile I’m sorry he’s just very uncanny looking
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12012’s later music (self-titled and onward) should be up there with the greats of metal VK. Wataru had massively improved his singing ability along with having a unique voice, and this is some of the most heavy I’d heard until DOGMA, giru’s EP, and whatever NEGA was doing
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I find it funny people call out Lime for being short. Yomi from Nightmare is the same height but no one mentions it. I guess him performing barefoot desensitized everyone to it. I imagine the shock would be greater outside of Japan.
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Back in the day it was a running gag in our local community that Yomi is short maybe it got old already?
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I’ve only seen two people mention it regarding the European tour. One woman joking about towering over him another other saying she hopes Yomi wears tall shoes so she isn’t taller. But those were individual fans in dms not in our fan communities