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Are New HD Downloads Really Hi-Res Music?
I admit to spending too much time cruising FB. And too many of my FB friends and groups are audio related. When I see a post or comment that tweaks my sensibility, I am not shy [...]
The High-Resolution Audio Challenge
Recent posts have challenged previous studies trying to establish whether high-resolution audio is perceptible. There’s also a lot of conversation about the same topic on a closed professional audio engineering list I belong to. I found [...]
High-Resolution: Does it matter? Part IV Finale
I read a recent post from a fellow member of an audiophile FB group looking for any reasonable explanation as to why high-resolution audio might be better than CD spec. As someone that advocates for 96 [...]
Fidelity vs. Sound: Which Is Better?
During the recent T.H.E. Show I told several attendees that I intended to write a post comparing fidelity vs. sound. They are not the same thing. The background for this post comes from a variety of [...]
High-Resolution: Does it matter? Part III
The content I reviewed in the first installment of this series was provided by Ethan Winer, a very familiar name to many audiophiles and enthusiasts. Ethan wrote a reference book called “The Audio Expert”. I have [...]
T.H.E. Show Report and Wrap Up
In spite of some confusion on the run up to T.H.E. Show held this past weekend and the relatively small number of vendors, I can report that it was very successful from my perspective. The AIX [...]
High-Resolution: Does it matter? Part II
The music industry has a vested interest in promoting “so-called” hi-res music. Hardware manufacturers want you to believe that increasing the sampling rate to 192 – 384 kHz and lengthening word lengths to 32-bits will transform [...]
T.H.E. Show – Coming Next Weekend
There are a lot of audio shows. As the owner of a high-end record label and the author of Music and Audio: A User Guide to Better Sound, I’m obligated to attend most of them. I [...]
High-Resolution: Does it matter? Part I
I am a member of several audiophile FB groups and regularly post comments when I think I have something to offer. Recently, someone asked whether high-resolution was really worth it? Several others chimed in taking a [...]
Munich High End 2018 – Looking Back
It’s been about 10 days since I returned from Munich and my first High End Show. I had to race back to Los Angeles to give final exams to my anxious students, grade papers, calculate grades, [...]
Music and Audio Guide
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HD-Audio Challenge Part II
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A Few Updates
I hope that you had an enjoyable and productive time over here in the
HD-Audio Challenge Part II
Sort of a technical question. If the output of the computer is set to
A Few Updates
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A Few Updates
I really appreciate your speaking truth to power. My own experiments w