Me likee
… Read the rest
Entertainment
The New Kid On The High Resolution Block – MQA
Well this is getting interesting. British company Meridian has come up with something that goes beyond just a format or delivery mechanism, and also involves lossy compression, yet it still looks like a potential future audio technology we need to … Read the rest
The Power Of A Musical Mind
Yes computer’s seem amazing, but then there’s human’s and the rest of the animal kingdom. Wow.
Human’s ability to process music and lyrics, whether it be creation, memory, or playback is astounding and mysterious.
Certain rare people are called prodigy, … Read the rest
Lots of Gadgets Are Spying On You
I covered it last week here. Samsung gets called out for their smart TV’s listening and transmitting everything we say to a third party. Very 1984. You might have thought ‘Samsung isn’t the only one doing it’ – and … Read the rest
NBA Drama Lesson
Heehee great Cleveland joke hidden in this cartoon about the gods of sport wanting to fix basketball. We love our sports drama!
… Read the restI Thought It Was Gone…
… or I was losing my hearing.
Words of wisdom from the people that know music (the people that make music):
… Read the restThe Ghost in the MP3
Excellent work by Ryan letting you hear an approximation of what they are removing from MP3 files when doing “lossy” compression.
This is what the MP3 programmers deem unimportant in your music. You can play the video with it’s own … Read the rest
Stewart’s Daily Show Coming To An End
For 17 years Jon Stewart has given much of late night America their politics and culture in a groundbreaking comedy format. The Daily Show was uniquely funny and timely like very few other formats, and the gamut of guests kept … Read the rest
The Office of the Future
Many of us don’t “go into the office” anymore. New cubicle farms are not spreading across the land.
The coffeeshop is the office, the extra bedroom is a command center, or you do your work while mobile through … Read the rest
The Complicated World of Hearing
What do you hear?
Everything you can.
How do you hear?
Binaurally through the ears using mechanoreceptors in the form of tiny hairs called follicular receptors. Additional data is picked up by … Read the rest
Word of the Day: Provenance
Provenance - Noun : origin, source, place of origin; birthplace, fount, roots, pedigree, derivation, root
You hear it on antiques shows and now you hear about it in digital music, and it’s … Read the rest
Katy Scary
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
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