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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by UniverseHacker on Monday March 13, 2023 @02:15PM (#35139983)
In my experience, most people will choose to listen to music directly from a phone or laptop even when there is a good floor speaker system in the same room they could connect to and play through in seconds, because they just don't care.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by greatwave1 on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:23PM (#35141066)
In what context?

If you're talking about someone hosting a party where they're playing music off their phone/laptop, that's something I've never personally seen before lol

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by UniverseHacker on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @09:02AM (#35150780)
I'm talking about my family members and girlfriend playing music or movies in a room where I have a great stereo system, and not connecting to it, even though they are already paired and just need to click the icon.

I think you hit the nail on the head- people think a big stereo is for volume levels, not quality. They will obviously switch to it when they want things louder, but often not before.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by notbuyingit on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @04:16PM (#35157760)
You must not have normies in your life. I'm subjected to cell phone and laptop speakers constantly.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by greatwave1 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:59PM (#35173889)
Not sure what your definition of normie is, but that's been my experience across a fairly wide spectrum of US society.

When I went to public high school in rural America, pretty much everyone I knew owned some sort of headphone/speaker system, and they would be used at every party / larger gathering where audio was important.

It depends on the context though. Obviously if someone is just sharing something casual like a Youtube video on their phone, they're going to use the built-in speakers.

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