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Gadgets 

Spotify will soon deliver a Hi-Res Audio option. But is it worth it to you? Take this test.

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment FLAC, Hi-Res Audio, Spotify

Readers of these posts will know that I’ve long whined about the decline in people who appreciate proper hi-fi audio

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, August 5, 2019

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments A$AP Rocky, AC-DC, Acacia Strain, Aretha Franking, Courtney Love, Echosmith, FLAC, Joe Rogan, Led Zeppelin, Maolcom Young, Marilyn Manson, Nicola Wren, Pennebaker, R. Kelly, Spirit, Tool, X Japan

This is one of the few days of the year that Canadians get a stat while America doesn’t. Feels good,

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Gadgets 

Want better digital sound? Then you need to know about FLAC. But what is that, exactly?

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Digital Audio, FLAC, High-Def Audio

While digital files like MP3s and Apples AAC format fantastically convenient, they’re still compressed formats, meaning that in order for

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Tech 

What’s the difference between MP3s and FLAC?

July 12, 2018July 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audiophile, FLAC, High-Res Audio

Outside of the discs that come with box sets and the occasional impulse purchase, I’m pretty much done buying CDs.

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Gadgets 

What is FLAC and why should music fans care?

March 12, 2018March 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments FLAC, Hi-Res Audi

There is a small but growing movement back towards music with better sonic properties. Well, that’s my dream, anyway. Thanks

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Gadgets 

Is It Time for Apple to Offer Lossless Music? Hell, Yeah!

October 11, 2017October 7, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, FLAC, Hi-Res Audio, Lossless

I won’t blather on once again about how much I detest our willingness to make do with substandard digital audio.

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Gadgets 

Music Quality on iPhones Could be Taking a Big Jump for the Better

June 8, 2017 Alan Cross 4 Comments FLAC, iOS 11, iPhone

MP3s sound like crap, squished of much of their dynamic range and filled with compression artifacts that affect all frequencies.

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Music News 

Technics Enters the High-Res Audio Game with Technics Tracks

October 23, 2015October 22, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments FLAC, High-Resolution Audio, Technics Tracks

The broadcast student was sitting across from me. She’d come to me with a problem. “I can’t tell the difference

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Music Industry 

Maybe High-Res Audio Will be a Thing in 2015. Paul McCartney Is Now On Board

January 12, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Beatles, FLAC, High-Res Audio, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Pono

People forget that the Beatles didn’t release any of their music on CD until February 1987, almost five years after

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Gadgets 

The Best Portable Music Player That No One Knows About. Yet.

July 14, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment FLAC, Geek Wave, Portable Music Player

Some people believe that there’s a real market for portable music players that offer fidelity above and beyond crappy MP3

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Music News 

On the Subject of Better-Sounding Audio…

June 23, 2014October 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments FLAC, Hi-Res Audio, Kim Dotcom, Voxtok

I’m the kind of guy for whom accurate audio is important.  I’m an old-school audiophile, someone who believes that MP3s

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