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The Distortion of Sound

AUDIO SHOWS Dr. AIX's POSTS 

California Audio Show Day 3

August 18, 2014August 20, 2014 Dr. AIX 3 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Astell & Kern, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, California Audio Show 2014, Capitol AudioFest, Capitol Audiofest 2014, CAS Report, CAS5, Chord, dsd, DVD-Audio, GEEK, Harman Kardon, 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, HTC M8, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Sorry for the very late post today. Following the close of the CAS5 show yesterday afternoon, my wife, our puppy

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California Audio Show Day 2

August 17, 2014August 20, 2014 Dr. AIX 12 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Astell & Kern, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, California Audio Show 2014, Capitol AudioFest, Capitol Audiofest 2014, CAS Report, CAS5, Chord, dsd, DVD-Audio, GEEK, Harman Kardon, 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, HTC M8, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

The second day of the California Audio Show was busier than the first day but commerce at the AIX Records

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A Tale of Two Trade Shows: CAF Day 1

August 16, 2014August 17, 2014 Admin 3 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Astell & Kern, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, California Audio Show 2014, Capitol AudioFest, Capitol Audiofest 2014, CAS Report, CAS5, Chord, dsd, DVD-Audio, GEEK, Harman Kardon, 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, HTC M8, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Audio trade shows almost always start on Friday and extend through Sunday. My wife drove me down to Millbrae to

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The “Audio Myth” of 24-bits vs. 16-bits

August 15, 2014August 17, 2014 Dr. AIX 34 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audio terminology, Audiophile Mastering, bad information, dsd, 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, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, Mytek, Spectragram, surround music, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, UPnP

I’ve had some back and forth with a few readers following my negative assessment of an “educational” piece posted on

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Sounds Authoritative…But Wrong!

August 10, 2014 Dr. AIX 22 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audio terminology, Audiophile Mastering, bad information, dsd, 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, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, Mytek, Spectragram, surround music, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, UPnP

I see it everywhere. Marketing departments, music reviewers, writers, and audio pundits all writing things that at best stretch the

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Playing Surround Music Files Part IV

August 9, 2014August 20, 2014 Dr. AIX 10 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Bryston, DNLA, dsd, DVD-Audio, Ethernet Audio, exaSound, Expanders, expansion, 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, HTC M8, jRiver, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Mytek, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, surround music, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, UPnP

Not wanting to be incomplete, I’ve heard from a few readers and would like to add a couple of additional

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Playing Surround Music Files Part III

August 8, 2014August 20, 2014 Dr. AIX 15 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Bryston, dsd, DVD-Audio, exaSound, Expanders, expansion, 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, HTC M8, jRiver, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Mytek, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, surround music, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Over the past couple of days, we’ve been addressing the problem of playing multichannel music files through a high quality

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Playing Around With Surround Part II

August 7, 2014August 8, 2014 Admin 9 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, dsd, DVD-Audio, Expanders, expansion, 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, HTC M8, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, surround music, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

In a few minutes, I’m expecting some important guests for lunch, some discussion, and of course a demonstration. These are

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Playing Around With Surround

August 6, 2014 Dr. AIX 21 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, dsd, DVD-Audio, Expanders, expansion, 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, HTC M8, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, surround music, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Stereo sucks! That is the message on the front of my old DTS Entertainment t-shirt. I’m not sure I would

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Expanding Dynamic Range

August 5, 2014October 22, 2017 Dr. AIX 7 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Expander, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, dsd, DVD-Audio, Expanders, expansion, 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, HTC M8, Mark Waldrep, Mastering, music, Music and Emotion, Scott Wilkinson, Spectragram, The Distortion of Sound, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio

Modifying musical dynamics (the variations in loudness inherent in performances of music by humans) with technology is very easy to

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