Tidal Apple/Beats Amazon Google CDBaby Bandcamp TuneCore Other   and what file format will it be?   A - FLAC (PCM) B - ALAC (PCM) C - MQA (MQA) D - WAV (PCM) E - DSD (DSD) F - Other     For this discussion let's consider anything over 16/44 hi-res. This includes 24/44 and 24/48...

Visual and audible senses are not the same. This is a discussion about the narrative, marketing, and acceptance of higher resolutions by today's consumer.   Only the visual and audible senses are being asked to intake digital source which draws them together for comparison.  We aren't eating...

Using perceptual coding for data loss in music ----   Evil?   Necessary?   Not evil but no longer necessary?     Sound off.

Stealing from Gearslutz   Drowning in bills.... family matters.... life happens... then there's music. I must have it, it must sound good enough, and then and only then can I go on.   There is no budget-based forum yet so I'm starting it on this thread.     Post your best cheapest rig...

One of the best forums on Gearslutz is the Low-End Theory - gear for those of us drowning in bills and not spending on new or hi-end stuff.   Head-Fi needs one badly. So much of this audiophile hatred is class warfare. Just my opinion.

Streaming's Shortcomings:    If everyone gets their music from streaming?  That is a big problem. Streaming…   has no cross promotion with local events or the local economy. has no cross promotion with local unsigned bands. has no direct connection back to the artist. completely ignores...

Also known as the 3.5mm headphone jack that we all use all day - this sucker has been going strong for over 120 years and Apple is looking to move past it.   Once Apple does, there's a good chance every other mainstream mobile gadget maker does too. So does this mean in 1-2 years the minijack...

One thing I think is lost during audio debate and discussion these days is whether we are discussing listening on speakers or headphones. I find them to be very different.   Music is very complex vibration. When it is made by an instrument or voice it agitates the air and sends sound waves in...

Haha just kidding - i've lost my mind, I'm building an analog multitrack studio.     I've just started plugging it all in. Yeah for snakes and patch bays!  Def some work left to go:     No DACs here. No screens. No presets.   Just your ears and knobs to twist until it sounds right. Plus...

IMHO Dither is the prime suspect for changing the sound when downsampling.   I record at 2400k or higher bitrate, sometimes as high as 5800k for stereo PCM.  I mix very closely and pay lots of attention to delays, reverbs, room, air, placement, etc..    Then I down-sample and apply dither. I...

If you like funk (or hate it) you owe it to yourself to check out Slave's self-titled 1978 debut now at 24/192 at ponomusic.com.   It's the best high-def funk release I've heard so far.   So tight, such perfect timing. The bass guitar is an outstanding, growling, popping, sliding powerhouse...

How do we do it, folks? Things are accomplished by people. We are people.   Give it to me. Why did it start? Who are the players? Which side are we on? Who's winning? What of the children?             It's nearly as complicated as WW2, I know this. I have several thousand words ready to...

I did a shootout the other day between Youtube's FLAC channels and a ponoplayer loaded with 16/44 and 24bit FLAC's. It was DAP vs Cloud, or "gadget" vs "ubiquitous". See my initial thoughts here: wp.me/p2MP5A-13N   Bottom line, the Youtube FLAC's sounded pretty good but I have no idea what...

I love my ponoplayer version NY001 but I agree with Neil saying that the small Pono company being the only builder of a Ponoplayer is a temporary situation. Their real long-term play is licensing the brand and hooking things back to their store, not with DRM but with passive reminders and...