Rip your CD’s again. Do it right this time.
Most of us went through ripping phases where we created gigs of MP3 files and either traded back in our CD’s or hid them in the basement. We’ve been walking around … Read the rest
music
modern, classic, songs, artists, the business
Welcome to 1979
Me likee
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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
I 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
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
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
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