Seemingly moribund with the onset of CD, vinyl, especially audiophile vinyl, is now enjoying, says Paul Rigby, both a cultural and marketing renaissance.
Vinyl was supposed to be finished. As a mass medium, that much was true. However, like any mature industry which has experienced an... Read more
High resolution downloads are changing the way we enjoy music, opening up possibilities undreamed of back in digital’s early days…
It’s hard to understate the impact that Compact Disc made, upon its introduction back in 1982. At the time, the music world was very different, with... Read more
Continuing on our mission as sound evangelists we invited a group of journalists to a Sound Tasting at Abbey Road Studios. The aim was to give them an insight into how a speaker engineer (in this case, B&W Senior Development Engineer Dr John Dibb), goes... Read more
(Martyn Ware discusses the huge changes in making and listening to music with a panel of experts in our exclusive podcast)
In a small recording studio in East London, four industry professionals – and passionate music fans – met with Martyn Ware to discuss this all... Read more
Discovering the Creative Potential of Audio
The premiere of the John Cage’s 4′33″ was given by David Tudor on August 29, 1952, at Woodstock, New York as part of a recital of contemporary piano music. The piece was composed for any instrument, or any combination of... Read more
Vinyl – A New Hope
Dave Atkinson says: Can I just say that ‘DaveR 17;s comment of Wednesday 10th March... View comment 11 minutes 16 seconds agoVinyl – A New Hope
Dave says: When will record companies GET it? Vinyl is popular beacuse it sounds better. But what... View comment 12 hours 13 minutes ago