The Beatles Sgt Pepper remaster

Beatles remasters – the last gasp of the CD format?

It’s been impossible to avoid the news of the Beatles remasters and much debate has ensued within the office. Primarily, why the mono boxset has less content, no DVD, but… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 10 Sep 2009
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The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave

Nick Cave 3D audio spatial mix anyone?

Nick Cave’s new novel, The Death of Bunny Munroe, is being released as an audiobook this week. Not so interesting as news in itself,  but it’s being released via Apple’s… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 Sep 2009
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David Rhodes Bittersweet

David Rhodes debut album Bittersweet

This month’s album has taken years to come together. It’s not that David Rhodes is a particularly slow worker as much as he’s been very in demand as a session… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 27 Aug 2009
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What Hi-F? review of Society of Sound

What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision has some very positive things to say about Society of Sound in this online review which also appears in the October issue. They save particular… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009
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REM's Murmur deluxe version

CD remasters – what’s been your most disappointing – and your best?

We at Bowers & Wilkins in the London office have a certain love affair with the retail institution that is Fopp. It may have disappeared from many city centres throughout… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009
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Zeppelin Air

Do we need another digital music format?

  According to What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision the music industry is getting together to launch another new digital music format. The new downloadable format – currently called CMX –… Read more

Posted on: Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009
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How do you play your 24-bit FLAC files?

The 24-bit FLAC files we offer full members of Society of Sound are proving incredibly popular. They are close to being the most popular of the three formats we offer,… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 6 Aug 2009
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B&W get muddy at Womad

So we’re off to Womad with welly boots and raincoats packed. Lots of Society of Sound artists are playing – Charlie Winston, Dub Colossus, Portico Quartet, Spiro and of course… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 23 Jul 2009
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Chhom Nimol from Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever join Society of Sound

Dengue Fever have never been shy about occupying a niche, Mojo described them as “the world’s premier Cambodian psychedelic rock band” although the LA Times preferred to see them as… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 6 Jul 2009
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