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
Music & Sound Tech
The study of sound, music, and the technology used to create and distribute it.
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
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
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!
Desiderius
… Read the rest“Anyone who looks closely at the inward nature and essence will find that nobody is further from true wisdom than those people with their grand titles, learned bonnets, splendid sashes and bejeweled rings, who profess to be wisdom’s peak.” –
Praise The Wire
In our rush to modernize and upgrade the conveniences in life we can forgo quality for convenience. Often times the better way gets out-marketed and replaced by the new way, and life goes on.
Wireless digital was the new … Read the rest
Studio To Stereo
Here’s something really cool – a bunch of people are putting together an interactive event in London that details the process of creating music in the studio and then releasing it to the public, using iconic artists, classic albums, and … Read the rest
Pre-CD Grandeur
Great write up on a classic opera recording finally being released properly in HD/Hi-Res audio:
Rediscovering Maria Callas in High-Resolution Audio
Internet experts continue to argue and debate about hi-res, but music lovers that consider themselves real listeners (not just … Read the rest
Taylor Swift verses Streaming
Recently Taylor Swift made news by pulling her latest album from Spotify and other streaming music services. Her statement calls these new services “a grand experiment” and said she doesn’t feel comfortable putting her music into that system as it’s … Read the rest
Perception Regions
Cutting edge science of our brains. They are starting to determine what regions are active for what processes.
[ted id=2077]… Read the rest
How To Spot Internet Pseudo Science
Walkman IV – The Return of Fidelity
Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
[deep ominous movie trailer chord]
Walkman 1 (1980) – by Sony – stereo cassette – 2 headphone jacks – powered by 2 AA batteries for runtime of 20 hours.
Walkman … Read the rest
Audio Mythology
See if you agree with any of these:… Read the rest
The Pono Smile
This might actually go mainstream, look at this financial show fawning over Pono:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000319253… Read the rest
My HD Digital Audio Life Begins Soon
My new sexy little digital audio player (aka DAP) is arriving at the end of this month. I was an early supporter of PonoMusic and their PonoPlayer on kickstarter, so not only will I have one of the first … Read the rest
Music Hoarding Future
OK I’m doing some serious internet-style scientific research (aka asking friends) on the future of buying music, discussed in this post. Here’s a few ideas so far on the future of music product packaging:
Idea 1- The “All of … Read the rest
Buying Musical Product – What Do You Want?
So the CD is dead, the mp3 is going nowhere fast, everyone seems to stream or listen to their mp3 libraries, the HD Digital files are just starting to gain traction, and analog records keeps chugging along towards their 100th … Read the rest