Tag: audiophiles

How to listen to high-res audio on your iPhone

Monday, July 10, 2017 11:28 am15 Comments

Just as video standards have gone from SD to HD to 4K, audio has also been improving…

The Chord Mojo turns good headphones into great ones

Friday, August 26, 2016 2:00 pmFriday, August 26, 20167 Comments

Audio processing isn’t sexy. Better sound doesn’t lend itself to easy marketing through numbers or pretty posters…

Ars Technica reviews Pono Player: ‘A tall, refreshing drink of snake oil’

Monday, February 2, 2015 7:02 pmMonday, February 2, 201531 Comments

Neil Young and his Pono Player team are kinda full of crap…

Neil Young’s Pono Player: The emperor has no clothes

Monday, February 2, 2015 11:29 amMonday, February 2, 201552 Comments

One of Kickstarter’s most successful campaigns…

Steve Jobs’ long-lost stereo system rebuilt

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:00 pmWednesday, April 30, 201438 Comments

Steve Jobs was a closet audiophile…

An audiophile’s guide to OS X

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:30 pmTuesday, March 18, 201449 Comments

Vinyl is still the closest to an original recording in terms of audio quality…

Neil Young’s 24 bit/192kHz ‘PonoMusic’ project is a very silly boondoggle

Sunday, March 16, 2014 1:01 pmSunday, March 16, 2014140 Comments

Last week, Neil Young introduced his ‘PonoMusic” Kickstarter project…

Neil Young unveils new music media ‘ecosystem,’ PonoMusic

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:31 pmSunday, March 16, 201471 Comments

In a show appropriately resembling an Apple product rollout…

Ars Technica tests quality of Apple’s ‘Mastered for iTunes’ music

Monday, April 30, 2012 2:03 pmMonday, April 30, 201218 Comments

Apple’s push to increase the quality of songs distributed via iTunes…