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
sound
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
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
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
Audio Mythology
See if you agree with any of these:… Read the rest
Getting Audio From Video Where There Was None
Yes that’s right. Researchers have used some cool computer programming and video chip tricks to do what was previously impossible – to use video to record vibrations made by sound and then recreate the sound.
No sound recorded, just … Read the rest
Killing With Sound
You may know that they have developed weapons using sound, and these are already shipping to military and police customers.
While this non-lethal approach to crowd control is appreciated I can’t help but think of the abuses this could lead … Read the rest
The Problem With A-B’ing And Why Neil Young Is Right About Sound Quality
Great Tape Op post that’s thinking big about audio, music, and hearing.
The main crutch of the good enough team is what is called the double-blind listening test (shortened to ABX). When doing studies based on perception, it is the … Read the rest
A New Audio Era
High Fidelity Audio Enters The Digital Age – SlashdotDigital Audio Verses Timbre
If an electric guitar and a piano both play a C major chord at the same volume, can you tell the difference between them? Would you be able to discern a difference between the guitar and the piano’s version of … Read the rest
1 Trillion Odors, or alot of Funk
Ha, Imagine That! I’m running all over the internet fighting bad science about hearing and music, and The Journal of Science publishes a study that says scientists have really underestimated the abilities of our nose and sense of smell.
Oh … Read the rest
Engineers Invent Acoustic Equivalent of One-Way Glass
… The Quietest Place On Earth Will Cause You To Hallucinate In 45 Minutes
The Quietest Place On Earth Will Cause You To Hallucinate In 45 Minutes – Slashdot.
What an amazing group of stories about sound, and what sorts of things can be learned by removing as much of it as possible.… Read the rest
Critical Listening of Soundscapes
Besides music as created by humans, sounds of all kinds fascinate me. The vibration underlying sound is, in my opinion, the most underrated and sometimes disregarded human stimulus.
To that end, I discovered an amazing site called Aporee that celebrates … Read the rest
Save The Music One Hertz At A Time
OK I have been listening to mp3’s for about 15 years now, and I have to say I’m ready for the next digital format. I want 96k minimum range (192k preferred) so it almost sounds as good as my albums. … Read the rest
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