New blog
This new blog will be the place where I publish posts and short articles about sound and music and hifi.
Acoustic absorber building description
Several acoustic absorbers with different shape and size were made for the new Room 2 listening room.
Why Vinyl Sounds Better
Vinyl sounds better, right? If so, there is a reason that can be explained in technical terms. Let us find out.
The answer is simply that vinyl does not sound better, in fact it is inferior to digital.
Testing Amplifier Sound Quality
This is something I have though about a long time now – finding a method to reliably verify sound quality differences in power amplifiers.
Finally I have set up the necessary instrumentation to try out the method in practical experiments.
Bass EQ for Movies – How to improve sound quality on bass filtered movies
Would it not be great if you could bring back the lost bass in you favorite movies?
Well, perhaps you can.
By applying equalization customized for each movie during playback, it is possible to dig out some of the low bass lost due to filtering and processing in the studio.
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My Bandcamp Music
On Bandcamp.com I have found lots of interesting music of very high quality, music that would never have reached me through old media distribution channels.
Pink Noise Calibration
Measuring more than one speaker and getting predictable and usable results can be challenging.
Using pink noise and a real-time analyzer makes it easy to check level and frequency response, and you can move the mic around to measure at different locations and still get meaningful observations.
Audibility of peak limiting
Peak limiting and clipping is used to make music seem louder, but does it really work that way?
No – removing the peaks actually reduces impact and brutality and makes it sound flat and boring.
Audibility of phase distortion
Phase distortion at low frequencies causes audible degradation of music.
When is it audible, what causes it and how does it affect sound quality.
