Old houses tend to be uniformly creepy, with their unique swishes, groans and clangs. A decade’s old collection of withered girders in an abandoned factory, or the wind swishing through abandoned hallways can create acoustics which make your hair stand on end, praying that whatever it is in there, it won’t be following you. But [...]
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Modern DJ using iPad
Posted by NA Admin in June 9th 2010
DJ Rana Sobhany is changing the face of modern DJing using the new Apple iPad. She got her idea to use iPads instead of turntables while she was waiting outside of a New York City Apple store at two o’clock in the morning on the day the iPad was to be released.
Sound Test: Difference between WAV vs MP3
Posted by NA Admin in April 5th 2010
Matt here again. I took an mp3 listening test here a while ago. The shoot out was between an mp3 of 320kb/s vs. and mp3 of 128kb/s. A number of people commented that a test between a pure wav. file against a 320kb/s mp3 would be more useful.
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Can you hear like an audio engineer?
Posted by NA Admin in March 30th 2010
Can you hear like an audio engineer? Hello, my name is Matt. I record, edit, and mix music for a living. My profession requires an extremely discerning ear. This little listening test is to see if you can pick up subtle differences in pitch.
Sound Challenge: Can you hear which is louder?
Posted by NA Admin in March 21st 2010
Can you hear which is louder? Hello, my name is Matt. I record, edit, and mix music for a living. My profession requires an extremely discerning ear. This little listening test is to see if you can pick up subtle differences in volume.
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Best Headphones Under 30 Dollars
Posted by heather in January 20th 2010
Generally, for as long as I’ve had mp3 players, I’ve had iPods. Which may be a questionable decision in itself [the only non-iPod I’ve owned was a 2GB Samsung model to tide me over when my second-gen Mini experienced an alarming software error which caused its contents to be replaced by Aerosmith’s back catalogue], but [...]
Crystal Cable Arabesque Speakers
Posted by heather in January 12th 2010
In my last article I wrote about the mbl 101 X-Treme, which, while by all accounts an awesome technical achievement and one of the best omnidirectional loudspeakers out there, is somewhat – how can we say this – aesthetically challenging. Well, that’s not the case with Crystal Cable’s Arabesque. The latest offering from the Dutch-based [...]
X-Tremely X-Pensive Speakers
Posted by heather in January 11th 2010
The mbl 101 X-Treme system, the most luxurious offering from German/American audio wizards mbl, costs US$250,000.00. Several reviews have mentioned that this is also the approximate price you could expect to pay for a Ferrari, which is indeed the case, that amount having been dropped by singer Chris Brown in 2008 on a vehicle for [...]
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