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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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Just A Few Things On A Saturday…

March 14, 2015March 15, 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

The AXPONA show is not far away. I have good news on our demonstration room. My good friends at JBL/Harman

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An Open Letter to Authors Investigating Hi-Res Audio

March 13, 2015March 14, 2015 Admin 3 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Blue Note Records, Compact Discs, Don Was, 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, Mastering, PCM, phantom center, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, Wall Street Journal

I wrote the following to Wilson Rothman, the author of the Wall Street Journal article discussed over the past few

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Preserving the Past

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 Dr. AIX 18 Comments advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Audio Specifications, Audiophile Mastering, Blue Note Records, Compact Discs, Don Was, 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, Mastering, PCM, phantom center, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, Wall Street Journal

This is the final installment of my thoughts on the article in the Wall Street Journal on “Hi-Res Audio Hijinx”

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Hi-Res Audio Hijinx: Part II

March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 Dr. AIX 19 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, Mastering, PCM, phantom center, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal published an article written by an avid music lover his take of high-resolution audio. And the

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Wall Street Journal Article

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 Dr. AIX 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, Mastering, PCM, phantom center, Spectragram, spectragraphs, Tracker, UHD-Audio, Ultra HD-Audio, Ultra High Definition Audio, Ultra High Resolution Audio, Wall Street Journal

I don’t normally read the Wall Street Journal. However, a close friend does and he sent me a link to

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