Congratulations to the Shure Company, celebrating their 100th anniversary on April 25, 2025. S.N. Shure founds the Shure Radio Company in Chicago, Illinois, marking the beginning of a legacy in audio innovation. The name Shure has long been associated with quality, innovation, and a deep understanding of sound. Shure is best known of their microphones →
50 Painfully Hilarious Memes Only True Audiophiles Will Understand https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/11/memes-true-audiophiles-understand/ Then here is another classic as bonus https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/09/17/airpod-accessory-subwoofer/ →
YouTube is TV and radio: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says the TV has overtaken mobile as the “primary device for YouTube viewing in the US”, indicating YouTube is “the new TV”. YouTube AI updates include auto dubbing expansion, age ID tech, and more. YouTube is also big in podcasting. More than 1 billion people are →
FINLAND has become the world’s first country to release a national soundscape. Commissioned from composer Lauri Porra, the soundscape consists of 15 compositions inspired by the country, its people and their characteristics. https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/25860-finland-becomes-world-s-first-country-to-launch-national-soundscape.html “This understated, minimalist music is meant to create a certain atmosphere,” https://finland.fi/soundscape/ →
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Here is a collection of links to information on the history of the PC sound and PC sound cards. LGR – Evolution of PC Audio – As Told by Secret of Monkey Island Evolution of PC Graphics and Sound as told by The Secret of Monkey Island Before sound cards Before Soundcards were common place, →
VituixCAD is loudspeaker simulation software. Design philosophy is to simulate loudspeaker behavior in full space or half space. Even though emphasis is on power response, polar responses and directivity index, it is possible to design a loudspeaker without comprehensive angled measurements. This is not encouraged though. Software package includes everything one needs for simulating and →
LAN iSilencer Audiophile Ethernet Dongle Claims to ‘Quiet Your Network’ article says that at ‘just’ $100, it seems like a “bargain” compared to some audiophile Ethernet cables. iFi-Audio has released the LAN iSilencer, an audiophile accessory which aims to “quiet your network.” According to the Ethernet dongle designers in Japan, this product removes digital signal →
DJing is the act of playing existing recorded music for a live audience. The modern DJ’s role as a performer who creates a seamless and extended mix of music for a dance party or club atmosphere evolved from radio personalities who introduced and played individual selections of recorded music on broadcast radio stations. A disc →
The consumer market has adopted High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI®) technology in TVs, projectors, and other multimedia devices, making HDMI a globally recognized interface. HDMI is a very popular video interface, but not everything have HDMI inputs or outputs. An HDMI converter is a device that converts an HDMI signal to another format — and vice →