To day, I would like to take a peek at a technology that has been living in the shadows for some time. While HDTV and digital broadcast over-the-air have been getting some attention lately (especially with the January 17, 2009…
Category: Audio
There are quite a few indications that the hopes for an industry backed, ad-supported music exchange were – at the least – too early. Maybe it’s a scam, maybe it is just a test-balloon, but in a world of iTunes…
Maybe, maybe: there are signs on the horizon that the content industry will finally come to grips with the harsh reality that their old models just do not work anymore the way they used to: enter Qtrax, a free, ad-supported…
For years I have been playing around with all kinds of computer based TV and multi-media solutions and toys: Windows MCE in its various editions from 2004 to Vista, early versions of MythTV and proprietary stuff. Until now none of…
I recently ran across this most excellent site on the acoustical crimes of the ‘content mafia community’: http://www.turnmeup.org/ You will find here a lot of infomation on why louder is not better (contrary to popular belief) and what has already…
It sometimes takes a little longer, but it seems that even the Rolling Stones Magazin has finally realized that not all MP3 is good. Duh! But most unfortunately, the terrible habit of extreme volume compression to make songs sound ‘better’…
Constantin describes in this article how to create an DVD-Audio disc on Linux/Solaris (and also emphasizes the difference between DVD-Audio and DVD-Video). I assume that most people who are interested in DVD-Audio know that there are also commercial DVD-A solutions…
I just ran across this song (from 2006) called “Download this Song” by MC Lars. You can certainly debate the quality of the song itself (although I still very much like “The Passenger”), but the point he is trying to…
Constantin wrote a nice article on high-resolution audio, that I would really recommend to audio fans. I especially like the section on the shortcomings of CDs and some of the psychoacoustics behind it. Just adding a few things: DVD-Audio discs…
Today’s announcement that Universal has finally decided to come to senses is quite encouraging. In this, they join the ranks of EMI that reported very positive revenue figures for their DRM free music. These are certainly encouraging signs that the…