Appreciating HD Audio

2015-08-012015-09-10 ezzy

Good article by Bob O’Donnell posted at Engadget. Engadget is usually anti-audio quality, pushing the standard line of lossy is fine, smartphones are fine, buy new headphones and shut up. But Bob pushes through with a nice summary of … Read the rest

It’s Bandwidth, Stupid

2015-07-222016-07-28 ezzy

Everything digital boils down to bandwidth –

how much you have
how much can you use
how fast the data can move through it

Bandwidth comes in several forms. The network connection is the obvious one because we already use … Read the rest

Progress Being Made Towards High Definition Audio

2015-07-062018-09-17 ezzy

Finally! The recording and music industry is discussing standards and practices for proper high-resolution audio, which will hopefully lay the groundwork for mass acceptance by consumers.

This is 20 years past due. Better late than never.

The various entities are … Read the rest

Technically Tripping Over Feet

2015-06-302015-09-10 ezzy

One of the most contentious nerd debates online is about audio quality, and those that believe there are no differences in quality always point to AB tests as their primary justification.

This guy explains why this is fatally flawed, and … Read the rest

Why Apple Music (or Spotify) Doesn’t Matter Much

2015-06-302019-08-20 ezzy

There will be no saving the music industry.

There will be no new radio.… Read the rest

1000k and Beyond

2015-06-222015-09-10 ezzy

Control the terminology, control the message.

I am listening to Sam Cooke right now. It’s stunning. Through $24 computer speakers. You think I’m kidding? Try it yourself.

It’s a 3000k bitrate file. That’s sure helps.

It’s being played on the … Read the rest

Tidal Shows The Ghost In The MP3

2015-06-152015-09-10 ezzy

This is a good start. Here’s Tidal trying to explain simply why MP3 sounds worse than CD quality. They want $20/month the stream CD-quality to you, so they will strongly market against lossy compression.

How great can music sound? from … Read the rest

Recording Quality Rule Of Thumb

2015-04-132016-04-17 ezzy

Allow me to speak some truth about the recording arts — the overall quality of music production has been going down since before I started. I’ve done nothing to reverse the trend ;-).

This is due to multiple factors not … Read the rest

Triangle Love

2015-03-182015-09-10 ezzy

More random reasons to love the PonoPlayer, the more I live with it:

It has no EQ. Thank you. The mix is perfect, or at least final. You can buy different headphones/speakers, or run an external EQ if you insist,

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FUNK @ 24/192: Oh My!

2015-03-172015-09-10 ezzy

But of course, why did I ever doubt it?

I worry. More than my cool attitude allows.

I worry about incompetence and greed getting in the way of a good time.

I worried that the high resolution thing would pass … Read the rest

I Thought It Was Gone…

2015-02-182015-09-10 ezzy

… or I was losing my hearing.

Words of wisdom from the people that know music (the people that make music):

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Word of the Day: Provenance

2015-02-032016-12-28 ezzy

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

Pono In Cars, Coming Soon

2015-01-162015-09-10 ezzy

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

2015-01-142015-09-10 ezzy

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:

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Lecture: Quality Sound Matters

2014-11-252015-07-30 ezzy

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

Studio To Stereo

2014-11-142015-06-18 ezzy

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