![]() Audio DVDs seem to come and go with any given box set or reissue, while Pure Audio Blu-ray discs are gaining traction, both for high-fidelity stereo and 5.1 surround sound. So where does that leave CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, tape and vinyl? Well, we can forget tape and put vinyl to the side for now. Young claims the PonoPlayer plays back music at “CD quality or higher, the way the artist made it, exactly….” He’s recently been involved with the development of PonoMusic, which has created a device specifically for digital HD audio. If you follow the trial and tribulations of high-definition audio, you may know that guys like Neil Young have been making a lot of noise about it over the years. And this begs the eternal question: Is music really all about ease and convenience? If you want to sit down, take some time and dig in for a deeper listening experience, MP3 files clearly miss the mark. This makes music more of a commodity, and less about entertainment or inspiration. The argument for MP3s is that they store easily on portable devices, making them more convenient to move around and share. It has little to do with their musical choices (actually, it sort of does, but that’s another article), and more to do with the lack of quality sound reproduction from an MP3 file, the most popular audio format of the 21st century so far.īecause of their compact size and reduced data, MP3s are sonically inferior to the original recordings gaps are noticeable to the trained and seasoned ear. It’s almost becoming a cliché to say it, but a majority of the Millennials in the world today will never know the sound of good music. ![]()
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