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Weekly survey: How many subscriptions to streaming entertainment services do you have?

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Apple TV, Audio, Disney, Netflix, Spotify, Subscriptions, Video

I’ve got subscription fatigue. It’s a different kind of Long Covid, one that has its roots in the months of

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Tech 

What do you listen to when you’re driving? Here are the results of a new survey of Canadians.

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments AM/FM, Audio, Infinite Dial, Podcasts, Radio, Spotify

The first thing most people do when they get behind the wheel is fire up some kind of audio to

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Tech 

A new way of recording music: A camera that “sees” vibrations

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Audio Engineering, Carnegie, Lasers, MIcrophones, Optical Microphones, Recording

Capturing any kind of audio can be done using any number of microphones and audio engineering techniques. Ideally, you’ll want

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Into vinyl? Are you now thinking about upgrading your stereo/audio gear to enjoy better sound?

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Audio Gear, Stereo, Stereo Systems, Vinyl

Sales of vinyl records have been on fire since 2008, posting double-digit growth year after year. According to some articles

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Gadgets 

Summer’s coming. How about these audio-enabled sunglasses?

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Aether, Audio, Sunglasses

Aether is an eyewear company that has come up with a set of sunglasses that have audio capabilities. Cool, no?

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Tech 

Look out, Spotify: Amazon is busy building a live audio business

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Audio, Smart Speakers

Spotify began strictly as a streaming music service but from the beginning, the company has had a mission to become

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, December 22, 2020

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Streaming

Why is wearing a mask such a big deal to so many people? Let’s move to music news for December

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Gadgets Music News 

This is good: More young people are getting into high-end audio

July 22, 2018July 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Audiophiles, High Fidelity

Regular readers will know that I routine whinge and kvetch about how too many people are missing out on the

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Tech 

Google is working on a way to search audio online starting with podcasts

April 27, 2018April 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Google, Search

If you’re looking for anything text-based, Google’s the place to go. Need an image? No problem. Video? You can probably find

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Music News 

“Why I Listen to Records. It Has Nothing to Do with Sound Quality.”

May 17, 2017May 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Records, Vinyl

After months of building, my new home office is almost 100% functional. One of the last things I have to

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Music Industry 

Are We Entering a New Golden Age of Audio?

July 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio

TechCrunch spent a little time musing on the nature of audio in our lives today. Audio, the spoken word, is

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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