Friday, April 19, 2013

Ten Biggest Lies in Audio.

"Logically this is not the lie to start with because cables are accessories, not primary audio components. But it is the hugest, dirtiest, most cynical, most intelligence-insulting and, above all, most fraudulently profitable lie in audio..."

"As for the “tube sound,” there are two possibilities: (1) It’s a figment of the deluded audiophile’s imagination, or (2) it’s a deliberate coloration introduced by the manufacturer to appeal to corrupted tastes, in which case a solid-state design could easily mimic the sound if the designer were perverse enough to want it that way."

"Here are the scientific facts any second-year E.E. student can verify for you: Digital audio is bulletproof in a way analog audio never was and never can be. The 0’s and 1’s are inherently

incapable of being distorted in the signal path, unlike an analog waveform."

"The reason why certain analog recordings sound better than certain digital recordings is that the engineers did a better job with microphone placement, levels, balance, and equalization, or that the recording venue was acoustically superior. Some early digital recordings were indeed hard and edgy, not because they were digital but because the engineers were still thinking analog, compensating for anticipated losses that did not exist. Today’s best digital recordings are the best recordings ever made."

"The biggest and stupidest lie of them all on the subject of “clean” power is that you need a specially designed high-priced line cord to obtain the best possible sound. Any line cord rated to handle domestic ac voltages and currents will perform like any other. Ultrahigh-end line cords are a fraud. Your audio circuits don’t know, and don’t care, what’s on the ac side of the power transformer. All they’re interested in is the dc voltages they need. Think about it. Does your car care about the hose you filled the tank with?"

Lies.

Rie Fu.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

L'Roneous Da'Versifier

"The music industry never seems to learn that all the hype and press you can buy and all the posters you can plaster never add up to what TRULY sells an album: dope lyric skills and a selection of fat beats. L'Roneous certainly doesn't have the publicity empire of Harlem World (in fact I only learned about this album through posts on rec.music.hip-hop) but that doesn't matter. He doesn't have the name recognition of Cash Money Records or No Limit, but that doesn't matter either. L has what so many other people in hip-hop today are lacking: SKILLS IN ABUNDANCE."

Review by Steve 'Flash' Juon

Friday, April 12, 2013

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Invaders"		3:24
2.	"Children of the Damned"		4:35
3.	"The Prisoner"	Harris, Adrian Smith	6:03
4.	"22 Acacia Avenue"	Harris, Smith	6:37
5.	"The Number of the Beast"		4:51
6.	"Run to the Hills"		3:54
7.	"Gangland"	Clive Burr, Smith	3:49
8.	"Hallowed Be Thy Name"		7:12
Total length:	40:15

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

"Invaders"