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Illuminating CDs: A New Thread

March 24, 2015October 15, 2016 Dr. AIX 24 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, audio snake oil, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Loudness Wars, Mark Waldrep, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, UHD CD, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

I received a copy of an email this morning from Mark of CDIllumination, the company in Australia that is “vivifying”

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Loudness Nirvana?

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 Dr. AIX 18 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Loudness Wars, Mark Waldrep, Paul Horner, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, UHD CD, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Thanks to a reader’s recommendation, I found my way to a paper about the concept of loudness normalization written by

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Loudness and Normalization

March 22, 2015 Dr. AIX 5 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Loudness Wars, Mark Waldrep, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, UHD CD, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

This whole loudness war issue is still among the biggest issues confronting the music industry today. And it includes to

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Copy Me Stupid!

March 21, 2015March 21, 2015 Dr. AIX 26 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, UHD CD, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

It’s a special day today…it’s the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685), my favorite composer by far. There’s

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The Loudness War Is Here To Stay!

March 20, 2015 Admin 21 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, UHD CD, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Ian Shephard runs a website out of the UK called production advice. He’s a skilled mastering engineer and a strong

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Pure Fiction

March 19, 2015 Dr. AIX 10 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, AXPONA, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, FIM, glass master, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD CD, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

The Redbook specification for Compact Discs doesn’t allow for any additional improvements to fidelity through any of the hocus pocus

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Taking It On Faith

March 18, 2015March 19, 2015 Dr. AIX 41 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, AXPONA, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, glass master, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, Paul McGowan, PCM, PS Audio, PureFlection, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

I started this daily blog back in 2013 after reading many of the daily posts by my friend Paul McGown

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Analog Thinking in a Digital World

March 17, 2015 Dr. AIX 14 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, AXPONA, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, glass master, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, PCM, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Mechanical analog playback systems and signal routing are very dependent on machines with tight tolerances and signals that are protected

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Mythbusters: CDs Optical Properties Affect The Sound?

March 16, 2015March 19, 2015 Dr. AIX 14 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, AXPONA, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, glass master, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, PCM, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

I came across the following claim in an aging post about very expensive “$2000 glass CDs”. The author, a well-known

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Missing My 6th Marathon

March 15, 2015March 16, 2015 Dr. AIX 17 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, AXPONA, Compact Discs, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res Audio Logo, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, Mark Waldrep, PCM, Revel Salon2, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Today is the 30th running of the Los Angeles Marathon. It would have been my 6th consecutive running of the

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