audio woo – Rocknerd

Oh no! Snake oil “hi-res” audio company MQA is going broke.

12 April, 202312 April, 2023 Audio 0

Oh no! Where will I pay well over the odds for a 13-bit FLAC now?

Links: Warner copyright fraud, RightsCorp bleeding red ink, BBC audio woo.

21 August, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links 1

And a rousing topical singalong.

Followups: Spotify “fake artist” speaks, SoundCloud, more audiophile networking.

17 July, 201717 July, 2017 Audio, Links, Media, mp3 2

And I have two or three days to get the book absolutely finished OH GOD

Master Quality Authenticated — “high-resolution” audio with … lossy compression.

17 May, 201721 May, 2017 Audio, Opinion 8

An audacious innovation in the “high-resolution audio” field: hi-res audio that does lossy compression. And the record companies love it.

Links: Storytelling, the rump hi-res streaming consortium, the end of newspaper critics, Jim Bob.

15 January, 201718 January, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links, mp3, Television, Writing 0

Also, Wikipedia started sixteen years ago today.

Links: AdNauseam blocked, Facebook video takedowns, hi-res Tidal, a wrist vibrator subwoofer.

9 January, 201710 January, 2017 Audio, Links, mp3, Your rights 0

Seriously, $199 for a vibrator for your wrist.

Streaming links: Google and SoundCloud, hi-res audio, codec snobbery.

7 January, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links, mp3 0

From the world of your music on other people’s computers.

The time has come to listen to Ethernet cables.

25 November, 201617 May, 2017 Audio, Opinion, Writing 7

The sound with the Pearl becomes lighter and has less impact and detail compared to the Supra. Stereo image shrinks, but more obvious is a reduction in detail. Changing to Cinnamon with only one switch in my network produces a surprising result.

Links: High-resolution consumer audio, London for music sales, the worst Beach Boys album.

17 November, 201618 November, 2016 Audio, Links, Live, Record, Rock 0

Audio snake oil, London still the centre of the universe, Summer in Paradise.

Of course audiophiles still want vacuum tube computer audio.

8 November, 20168 November, 2016 Audio 0

At last, a followup on the legendary AOpen AX4B-533 Tube computer motherboard from 2002, and your options for cheap glow-in-the-dark amplification in 2016.

Audiophile buys his own utility transformer for cleaner electricity. Queen never sounded clearer.

21 August, 201625 November, 2016 Audio 0

82-year-old retired lawyer Takeo Morita buys his own utility pole, with transformer, for cleaner electricity and perfect sound forever.

Matrix HiFi: Blind-testing high-end audio equipment.

11 May, 20156 August, 2020 Audio 0

As usual, a well-set up blind A/B test of supposedly stupendous audio equipment. And as usual, the actual answer (from ridiculously famous sound engineer

The audiophile woo motherlode: Wat Hifi?

31 May, 20145 September, 2016 Audio 0

Some kind person has been collecting this stuff. Enjoy. HT Paul Makepeace.

The stupidest audiophile argument against double-blind testing to date.

23 May, 20144 September, 2016 Audio 0

Paul Wilson writes, in Audiophile Review, possibly the stupidest argument against double-blind tests I’ve read in some time. He doesn’t just argue the case