"HRx" discs, Unique approach to computer and music...

[clint e.]

Interesting article on Stereophile:

http://stereophile.com/news/010508ref/

Does anybody tried those discs?

[dingus]

sounds promising. i would love to see a trend moving away from compression and mp3.

[clint e.]

I think that day comes more sooner than we think.

T-Bone Burnett, a legendary producer whose diverse resume includes bands as different as Roy Orbison, Autolux, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant and many others...has tweaked knobs and scored films (Cold Mountain, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) with the best of them. But with the impending collapse of the biz-as-usual music industry, he is hard at work planning its digital future in the form of "Code", a high-fidelity audio technology that's as pristine as the sound of studio masters.

Here's what he told to Los Angeles Times about "Code", a new high-fidelity audio system :

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...0,1061316.story

Some small quotes from T-Bone:

" Not only are many CDs produced from second- and third-generation copies rather than original master recordings, but that problem is exacerbated by the "loudness war," a common production practice that sacrifices dynamic range to allow for higher volume levels. The result is music that sounds flat and thin."

"There's a generation who doesn't aspire to better because they haven't been exposed to it."

"We were sending records out to the pressing plants and the record companies, and they were coming back sounding nothing like what we had sent them"

"This is completely an artist-driven initiative. Our aim is to democratize high-fidelity."

It's good to see that "Times they are a changing" more faster than we tink and also it's good to notice the musicians initiative concerns about their final product - the music we all listen at home.

This post has been edited by clint e. on August 31, 2008 04:45 am

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[Rat44]

Code looks promising.
It would be nice to use a new format on existing equipment.
Most of us already have DVD players, many use them as their CD player.