March 25, 2015March 26, 2015 by Michael

33 days: 3 shows, digital technology is already perfect, standing waves – Audiophiledom March, 25, 2015

Octoberish show month, digital technology is already perfect, standing waves. Three shows and counting in October / very early November. Technology confuses yet another person. Understanding our complicated listening environments

Digital technology is already perfect

Another article about how digital is good enough and uses the common incoherent argument that compares the ear’s frequency range to the format that should be used to store, transmit and reconstitute music.

Why DACs Need to Become Like Digital Cameras — and Less Like TVs

These kind of articles should be ignored, people [of course, me linking to it and saying that people should ignore it means y’all will head on over there at the earliest opportunity :-0].

The first time I heard this technology-is-good-enough argument, a variant on it anyway, was in 1985, I think, when PCs with the new Intel 286 chip came out, replacing the standard 8088 chip.

PCs with the 286 were about, literally, a million times slower than PCs today. Or your smartphone. But a friend told me that this speed improvement at the time was ridiculous, “how fast did they think a secretary could type, anyway?”

And the digital camera vs TV thing? Just what the heck is that about? So much link-bait out there, getting kind of wacky doodle.

Shows – Eenie, Meenie, Miney, … I’m sure there must be a Moe

3 major shows in 33 days.

The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest October 2-4, 2015

TAVES in Torotono October 30 – November 1, 2015

You then have the New York Audio Show November 6-8, 2015

Its not like people don’t like shipping gear here, there and everywhere… But the real problem is that these 3 shows are actually good shows, and a person shouldn’t miss either of them if they like going to shows.