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
The Complicated World of Hearing
life
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:
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
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
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.” –
40 Happy Years
The Onion gives us an update on yet another pathetic, washed-up rock star:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/pathetic-washedup-rock-star-on-fifth-decade-of-doi,37299/
I bet this guy believes in HD Audio too ;-).
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
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
The NoPhone Uses Verbal Hashtags
Syncing your brain and vocal cords, it’s the new NoPhone!
Nophone Promises Unparalleled Interaction With Reality… Read the rest
We Can Take That Walk
The Association: Lebron Returns Home
Great overview of the crazy backstory leading to tonight’s Cavs game from NBA.com.… Read the rest
Game Time! The King of Cleveland’s Top 5 Moments
In case you forgot, or were too hurt to remember (like me), here’s what used to be and what will soon be again: #23 just wrecking things and playing for the good guys again!
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/10/lebron_james_five_most_memorab.html
Gonna be crazy down there … Read the rest
Audio Mythology
See if you agree with any of these:… Read the rest