The Super Bowl halftime show was a total disaster. It had none of the demographics pleased.
I was at a party with a bunch of people and their kids, some of who were teenage Katy Perry fans, and even they… Read the rest
Author: ezzy
Right, Natural, and Real
I’ve been telling you all about my snazzy new music player. And I’ve been fighting the good fight with online math geniuses that claim there is no such thing as hi-res. Here’s another review of the PonoPlayer, along with … Read the rest
Pure Sound Quality
Quality:
- GoodMusic as MP3 = sounds pretty good – get your jam on!
- GoodMusic as 16bit FLAC or CD = sounds better – damn listen to that bass! – time to dance – pure and clean and timeless
- GoodMusic as
Pono In Cars, Coming Soon
Pono and Harman announced they reached a deal to bring the Pono audio goodness into cars, and this could be the mainstream breakthrough Pono needs. The more people that hear it the better because it’s the best marketing possible. Hear … Read the rest
Hi-Def Storage Space Explained
I did the math for you since there’s some confusion out there about how much space hi-def music takes. Here’s what you can store on 64gb cards:
Hi-Def HardFunk aka 24bit or Bust!
Was browsing around the Ponomusic store the other night, and found some good funk at full 24bit:
Bootsy: Playa of the Year and Ahh The Name is @ 24/192 for $21.79
Stevie Wonder: Songs, Musiquarium, Talking … Read the rest
Hit It & Quit It
For sure, think about that and think on that a little more. Don’t go negative unless you lean that way. We must always learn and pace ourselves.
This is one my favorite jams of all time, monster early Funkadelic with … Read the rest
Youtube’s Version of HD Audio – My Realtime Review
Oh damn, the internet generation strikes back against pono!
I just fired up my old iPhone 4, hit youtube, searched for flac, found ihearttflac and flacsgreatesthits, and was forced to admit after a day of reflection and jamming on my … Read the rest
PonoPlayer Review Is Posted
I have a few revisions to make but I thought I’d get this thing posted so I can start sharing out the link next week. Enjoy my long-form run through what a PonoPlayer is, and why you might want one:… Read the rest
North Korea Calls Obama a Monkey, Again
The cray crays in North Korea are cracking me up. Like the average american white guy on Facebook these days, they can’t keep their racist opinions to themselves anymore.
I’m sure you have heard by now that the latest Seth … Read the rest
New Fox News Chyrons
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/cy420r/hova-s-honor
Turnabout is fair play. They continue to refer to Jay Z as “a former crack dealer” so The Daily … Read the rest
Monk’s Swagger
If you can dig both Ozzy and Thelonious you are my type of person!
Check out this awesome show by Monk and his European tour quartet in 1966, supposedly in Warsaw. Poland loves jazz but who knows how they got … Read the rest
That’s How You Do It
Ozzy and his classic “Blizzard of Oz” band did a little set for music TV show in Rochester NY in 1981. This is how it’s done – 4 dudes rocking it. The band was one of the best hard rock … Read the rest
Be Careful Out There
Another day, another story of police in the USA trampling all over the rights of citizens. American police are heavily armed, sometimes poorly trained, underpaid, and usually have the full force of the legal system on their side. Things are getting … Read the rest
Bring On The Competition
Can’t wait for that Pono?
Can’t handle the power of the triangle?
Here’s the Fiio X1 finally available in the US at around $100, and that ain’t too much to pay for some serious hi-res music playback. Pono’s are gonna … Read the rest
When You Need To Pick From 36 Million Items
Check out this story about Amazon’s warehouse robots, pretty interesting:
http://www.cnet.com/news/meet-amazons-busiest-employee-the-kiva-robot/
Lecture: Quality Sound Matters
Stop listening to internet experts and listen to real experts. Here’s a panel of mastering engineers talking about quality sound and consumer trends. Interesting, informative and correct!
Bonus fun is that they invited a guy from streamer Rdio who has … Read the rest
Leo Loves Pono
High quality mainstream style review of the pono player covering all the issues around modern consumer audio. Good stuff!