Content tagged with 'MP3'
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
TechRadar rate B&W Zeppelin ahead of Bose and Yamaha iPod speakers
TechRadar.com have pitched Bose, Yamaha and B&W iPod speaker systems head to head in a battle to find the best quality option. Comparing the Bose SoundDock Series II, Yamaha PDX-50… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009
Categories: Awards and reviews
Tags: bose soundDock, iPhone, iPod, iPod speakers, MP3, Sound quality, techradar, yamaha pdx-50
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
Death knell of the CD format?
Excellent graphic from NY Times on the sales life of the different music formats from 1973 to 2008. Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 17 Sep 2009
Categories: Talking about formats
Tags: CD format, future of the music industry, MP3, NY Times
Computer playback symposium this weekend
Demonstrating the complete journey from performing through recording to playback, Computer Audiophile have announced their inaugural Computer Audiophile Symposium taking place at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California. With representatives from Meridian-Sooloos… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 22 Jun 2009
Categories: Talking about formats
Tags: computer playback, digital music, Discussing sound quality, high quality sound, MP3, Speakers
How do you listen to your music – Show us your set-up!
As everyone knows, just as CDs supplanted vinyl and cassettes, MP3 and other digital-music formats are well on their way to replacing CDs as the most popular way to listen… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 15 Jun 2009
Categories: Hi-fi speakers
Tags: digital music, Discussing sound quality, Loud speakers, MP3, sonos, Sony Walkman, Speakers, spotify, vinyl
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Rafe says: Can we not get these in Vancouver, B.C.?... 2 days 8 hours ago View commentClassic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to New Order’s Age of Consent
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