Audeze robbery, Hyperion Records, Photoshopping eBay LPs, and Recreational Noise – Audiophiledom Mar. 3 2015

Today in Audiophiledom – Audeze robbery, Hyperion Records, Photoshopping eBay LPs, and Recreational Noise

Please Help Audeze – Keep Your Eyes and Ears Open for Clues

“February 28th, there was a break-in and robbery at Audeze. About $250,000 of headphones were stolen. We’re a relatively small company and this is a real blow. Audeze asks everyone to let us know if offered LCD headphones at a deal that’s too good to be true. You should be highly suspicious if anyone other than an Authorized Audeze dealer offers you our headphones for sale at a reduced price. We don’t allow our dealers to sell via Amazon, eBay, Craigslist etc., so deals on these sites should be carefully researched before purchase. You should also be very concerned if their headphones do not have a serial number, or the seller refuses to give you the serial number before purchase. All Audeze headphones have a serial number on the inside of the adjusting block. We’ll soon publish a list of all stolen products’ serial numbers. In addition, Audeze is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves.

If you have any information or questions, please write to: support@audeze.com. While it does not appear any EL-8s were stolen (they were in a different area of our warehouse), due to the police investigation and general disruption, you should expect a few days’ delay in EL-8 shipments.

Thanks, The Audeze Team”

 

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Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first, has a free music download this month of their monthly sampler in ALAC and FLAC  and MP3

Hyperion monthly sampler – March 2015

 

The Reddit user,  REMAIN_IN_LIGHT, has a good idea for people who buy LPs off  eBay. If they put up a photo of the album, you can run it through something like Photoshop to see what it  REALLY looks  like, warts, scratches  and all.

Using PhotoShop to make informed vinyl purchases online (eBay, etc…)

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After:


And finally, The people at the World Heath Organization say:

1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss

WHO highlights serious threat posed by exposure to recreational noise

Recreational noise, huh? Music by any other name…

“Data from studies in middle- and high-income countries analysed by WHO indicate that among teenagers and young adults aged 12-35 years, nearly 50% are exposed to unsafe levels of sound from the use of personal audio devices and around 40% are exposed to potentially damaging levels of sound at entertainment venues. Unsafe levels of sounds can be, for example, exposure to in excess of 85 decibles[sic] (dB) for eight hours or 100dB for 15 minutes.”

85dB for 8 hours? Sounds like an average day for an exhibitor at every hi-fi show I have ever been to.

And weren’t they saying this in the 60s?  and 70s?  and, you know, haven’t they been saying this forever?

Not that it isn’t true, but the AMOUNT of hearing loss is usually so small that it has minimal deleterious impact on lifestyle.  Especially compared to the alternative, in which case,  like the authors of this WHO  article, music just becomes other people’s recreational noise. 😉

 

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That’s hi-fi for now folks. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.