Author Archives: Stephen Dawson

My God, it’s Kurtwood Smith!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

From a Wall Street Journal tech report: Yep, that guy in the middle. Or maybe it’s not. Imagine looking like the murderer of Peter Weller and, consequently, a contributor to the creation of Robocop: Köp Cialis Receptfritt

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Lake Placid

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

Just received a press release for a DVD for the latest in the unexpected monster-in-the-lake franchise, Lake Placid. The new one is called Lake Placid: The Final Chapter. I ducked over to IMDB to see what it might be like … Continue reading →

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Another view: high res audio is a waste

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

If you want to know lots about how digital audio works, and a pretty damned convincing explanation as to why high resolution audio (24 bit, up to 192kHz sampling) is a waste, I can’t recommend too highly this piece from … Continue reading →

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Benchmarks

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

Two things I remember from computer magazines from the days when both computers and I were young were: code segments and benchmarks. There’d be chunks of computer code that you could type in. Some were merely small routines, some were … Continue reading →

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Interesting way of getting sound

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

Watch this video and see if you can see how it works: The Kaiser Baas product, called the ‘CONTACT’, is just under $60. My first thought was that it senses the vibration, or has a little microphone built in. But … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Bluegrass

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

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Why do they do it?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

I was looking for fine music — multichannel if possible — to listen to earlier today. But I didn’t want to switch on the projector or a TV to navigate through menus, so that ruled out (sort of) DVD Audio. … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Codecs, Music | 3 Comments

½ a decibel louder

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

I rather like audiophile music brands. It’s nice to have recordings captured with integrity, often with higher than usual resolution, sometimes with surround sound. I like Blue Coast Records for just that reason. I’ve downloaded one of its DSD files … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, CD, Mysticism, Rant | 3 Comments

Animated JPEG?

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

This is weird: Just a cute picture picture of a dog and a kid Kauf von Amoxil , right? Absolutely, animated and all. But check out the file name extension: *.jpg. An animated JPEG? Google that and you’ll find lots … Continue reading →

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Hiding inside the audio streams

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

Well, here is where a blog post was supposed to go. But it got totally out of control, and turned itself into a 1,200 word article. A very interesting one I like to think. So interesting that I ought to … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Blu-ray, Codecs, Giveaway | 2 Comments