Or maybe not

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…

There is still hope

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…

My new favorite: MythTV

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…

High Fidelity? Where?

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’…

96 kHz / 24 bit media

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…

Digressing just once more

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…