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By Real HD-Audio| 2019-03-14T16:34:50+00:00 March 14th, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, DSD Myth, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, MQA, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, PCM, power cords, provenance, Qobuz, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music|
I watched a 20-minute YouTube video this morning titled, “Battle of the Streams: Tidal vs. Qobuz!” produced and presented by The Seltzertron and was surprised to hear my name mentioned during the discussion of hi-res music. He participated in the […]
By Real HD-Audio| 2019-03-03T20:12:44+00:00 March 3rd, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DSD Myth, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, PCM, power cords, provenance, Qobuz, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music, TECH TALK|
I received an email from a long time reader this morning asking my thoughts about the album “The Ocean’s Breath – by Quo Continuum” a new project offered by Blue Coast Music featuring label owner, producer, engineer, and musician, Cookie […]
By Dr. AIX| 2019-02-26T20:54:50+00:00 February 26th, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, News, PCM, power cords, Qobuz, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music, TECH TALK|
You want to guarantee lots of clicks or comments on your blog, audio site, or FB page? Write about cables. My last piece on the nonsense of power cables prompted a lot of responses and apparently inspired some other writers […]
By Real HD-Audio| 2019-02-18T01:31:44+00:00 February 18th, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, PCM, Qobuz, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music|
I know, I know. Talking about cables is a sure fire way to start a protracted — and unruly — discussion among audiophiles. The subjectivists write flowery prosaic descriptions while those of use who prefer to trust facts and science […]
By Real HD-Audio| 2019-02-16T01:35:49+00:00 February 16th, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, CD-Audio, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, News, PCM, Qobuz, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music|
It’s another rainy day in Southern California — time to follow up on the blog I started the other day. The first part is available at Hi-Res Audio — Getting the Basics Wrong? I was critical of an article that […]
By Dr. AIX| 2019-02-11T00:59:03+00:00 February 11th, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, News, PCM, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music, TECH TALK|
How is it possible to get basic information about Hi-Res Audio so wrong as we usher in a new year — almost 20 years since the idea was considered in 2000? I happened on a recent article written by Robert […]
By Real HD-Audio| 2019-02-03T23:55:37+00:00 February 3rd, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, News, PCM, sound bar, Southern Rock, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music|
I’m typing with one eye swollen shut on this rainy Super Bow Sunday. After having a suspicious, discolored, quarter-sized portion of skin removed from above the right corner of my right eye the previous week, I went back to the […]
By Real HD-Audio| 2019-01-03T02:40:15+00:00 January 3rd, 2019|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, News, PCM, sound bar, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music, TECH TALK, UHD-Audio|
The hucksters wasted no time in rolling out the BS machine over at the HI END Sound & Surround Group on FB. I admit to spending too much time cruising through various audio groups, looking at both left and right […]
By Real HD-Audio| 2018-12-27T21:57:47+00:00 December 27th, 2018|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, Beamforming, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Meyer & Moran, MQA, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, News, PCM, sound bar, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music, UHD-Audio, usb|
My wife would like to take credit for it (and she’s probably right because she does pay the credit card bills), but I some weeks ago ordered the 50th anniversary boxed set of the Beatles “White Album” as a Christmas […]
By Dr. AIX| 2018-11-04T18:14:53+00:00 November 4th, 2018|Categories: Real HD-Audio|Tags: 5.1 Surround, 5.1 surround mix, advanced resolution, AIX Records, analog vs. digital, Audio Resolution, AudioCon, Beamforming, Bob Levi, Dgitial Audio Review, Dr. AIX's POSTS, DVD-Audio, HD Downloads, HD Music, hd-audio, Hi Res Audio, Hi-Res, Hi-Res Audio Challenge, Hi-Res Music, hi-res sound, high resolution audio, high-res music, High-Resolution, High-Resolution Audio Experience, HiRes Audio, HiRes Music, HRA, HRA Listening Experience, LAOCAS, lossless, lossy, Mark Waldrep, Meyer & Moran, MQA, Munich High End Show, Music and Audio, Music and Audio: A user Guide to Better Sound, PCM, power cords, QS, Quad, Snake Oil, sound bar, Spectragram, spectragraphs, surround music, Suzanne Ciani, TECH TALK, UHD-Audio, usb, Yarra 3DX|
By now many of you must be thinking that I’ve retired or am spending countless hours at the local golf course. The regularity of my posts has slowed to a trickle but not because I don’t enjoy updating my readers […]
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