Content tagged with 'Discussing sound quality'
The iPod: a decade that changed the way we listen to music
The iPod is now 10 years old, and during that decade this little device has instigated a massive shift in the way that many of us listen to music. Here… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 24 Oct 2011
Categories: Sound Lab
Tags: Apple, audiophile, Discussing sound quality, high quality sound, high-quality downloads, iPod, ipod speaker, iPod speakers, lossless music, MP3, P5 headphones, Sound quality, Zeppelin Air
Bowers & Wilkins Product Manager Mat Taylor discusses DACs
Digital to Analogue convertors, usually known as DACs, have played a vital role in high-quality music reproduction since the introduction of the Compact Disc. But as the CD dies out,… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 25 Aug 2011
Categories: Sound Lab, The future of sound
Tags: audiophile, Classé CP-800, digital music, Discussing sound quality, MP3, USB
We love a badly produced album
Much as we love a well-recorded album, occasionally nothing can beat a really dirty production. When you listen to the Ramones first album, you are not listening for transparency… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 13 May 2010
Categories: Discussing sound quality
Tags: daniel johnston, Discussing sound quality, oasis, ramones, stooges
Peter Gabriel exclusive 24-bit FLAC version available now
The stunning super-high quality version of Peter Gabriel’s new album ‘Scratch My Back’ is available now from Society of Sound as a 24-bit FLAC download. If you have bought an… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010
Categories: New music
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, audiophile, Discussing sound quality, high-quality music downloads, Peter Gabriel, Scratch My Back
3D TV needs 3D sound
One of the big hits at the Bristol Sound & Vision show is 3D TV. Unsurprising as it is something of a buzzword at the moment. We had a good… Read more
Posted on: Saturday, 27 Feb 2010
Categories: Home theatre
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, bowers & wilkins, Discussing sound quality, Loud speakers, surround sound
LPs everywhere at Bristol show
It seems that the world of vinyl is far from dead. At least judging by the number of LPs for sale at the Bristol Sound & Vision show and the… Read more
Posted on: Saturday, 27 Feb 2010
Categories: Talking about formats
Tags: 180 gram vinyl, audiophile, bowers & wilkins, Classic recordings, Discussing sound quality, high quality sound, Speakers
The definitive guide to 24-bit FLAC
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,… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009
Categories: Definitive guides
Tags: 24-bit FLAC files, Add new tag, compression, Discussing sound quality, lossless sound, MP3
Exclusive album from acclaimed jazz vocalist
Ola Onabule is not short of great reviews, the Guardian described him as having a “golden voice, with a range and smoothness that recalls singers such as Luther Vandross” and… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 22 Oct 2009
Categories: New music
Tags: B&W, Discussing sound quality, Montreal Jazz Festival, Ola Onabule, Society of Sound albums, Vancouver Jazz Festival
Kevlar – what bullet proof vests and our speakers have in common
The midrange is where the real musical action is invariably found, and a smooth midband is an invaluable loudspeaker quality. Enter Kevlar. It’s been Bowers & Wilkins’ cone material of… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 15 Oct 2009
Categories: Hi-fi speakers
Tags: 600 series, Discussing sound quality, Kevlar, Loud speakers, Speakers
Classic Recordings: Scott Walker – Scott 4
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