Sound artist Ilona Sagar on sound quality and our speakers
Ilona Sagar studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College and completed her MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. Unsound House is currently showing at Carslaw St* Lukes, East London… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 31 Oct 2012
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: Ilona Sagar, immersive sound, sound art, Unsound House
Grand Theft Audio – 5 great games for your surround sound home cinema
Video games are often regarded as a visual medium (well, there’s a clue in the name…) but as with films, sound has become a vitally important part of the production,… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012
Categories: Home theatre, Music, Speakers
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, 7.1 surround sound, Battlefield 3, Bowers & Wilkins 684 Theatre, Company of Heroes, Dead Space 2, home cinema, Home theatre, Limbo, Microsoft Xbox 360, mini-theatre, MT-60D, Sony PlayStation 3, The Beatles: Rock Band, video games, Xbox
Our favourite records – headphone tracks
We asked Bowers & Wilkins Applied Research Engineer Stuart Nevill to stick his head over the parapet one more time and choose eight tracks that really benefit from being listened… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music, Top 10 playlists
Tags: Aphex Twin, Beck, Bjork, C5 headphones, Diana Krall, headphone listening, headphone playlist, Nirvana, Outkast, Paul Simon, Roots Manuva, The Beatles
Remastering Peter Gabriel’s So
Released in 1986, ‘So‘ became one of the defining albums of the era, landing multitudes of awards, millions of sales and a huge hit single with Sledgehammer. But when Peter… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: classic albums, Daniel Lanois, Games Without Frontiers, Peter Gabriel, Richard Chappell, Sledgehammer, So, Solsbury Hill
Jake Bugg gives us his top 10 tracks
Superstar in the making Jake Bugg gives us his sonic top 10 tracks. His debut album is out this week. Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo child I love the excitement a… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012
Categories: Music
Tags: Donovan, Jake Bugg, Jimi Hendrix, John Martyn, Johnny Cash, Michael Kiwanuka, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Noel Gallagher, Robert Johnson, The Beatles, The Stone Roses
Peter Gabriel’s Live in Athens audio finally available
At the height of his fame, Gabriel toured his classic album, So, throughout the world ending in an open-air theatre overlooking Athens. Recorded and filmed over three nights and painstakingly… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: classic albums, Live in Athens, Peter Gabriel, remastering, So
Top 10 surround sound recordings you should own
We are very proud to be able to make seminal recording Tubular Bells available as a 5.1 surround sound mix on Society of Sound. To celebrate we asked Jason Kennedy… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012
Categories: Music, Top 10 playlists
Tags: AC/DC, Beck, Genesis, home cinema, Joni Mitchell, mini-theatre, Peter Gabriel, pink floyd, Steely Dan, surround sound, The Eagles, Top 10 playlists
Exclusive Tubular Bells studio-quality downloads including a 5.1 version
On the 25th May 1973 an album was released that would change the perceptions of what was possible in the sphere of popular music. One of the most phenomenal albums… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 8 Oct 2012
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, 5.1 surround sound, audiophile recordings, classic albums, Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield, Richard Branson, Tubular Bells, Virgin Records
Spirit of Django: Recording a Prom at the Royal Albert Hall
Every summer the BBC Proms brings the world’s greatest musicians to London, this slideshow – produced exclusively for Bowers & Wilkins – looks at the audio skills at the heart… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 1 Oct 2012
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Live music, Music
Tags: BBC, Guy Barker, Martin Taylor, Marvin Ware, Proms 2012, royal albert hall, Spirit of Django
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Rafe says: Can we not get these in Vancouver, B.C.?... 2 days 7 hours ago View commentClassic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to New Order’s Age of Consent
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