Perfecting Sound

NPR has a wonderful interview with Greg Milner, author of "Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music" which can be downloaded here. In the book Mr. Milner traces the development of recording technology from the Edison wax cylinder to the modern day. Based on the interview the books will probably a very compelling read.

Simon Yorke

Below is a brief interview with Simon Yorke, designer and manufacturer of some of the worlds most highly regarded turntables. While I don't agree that digitally reproduced music is incapable of moving the soul I do share his concern that music is being treated more like a commodity than art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQrXvYZv1zQ&feature=player_embedded

One of the founding fathers. . .

In the clip below Noel Lee of Monster Cable speaks about the beginning of a whole new product category. Along with Bill Lowe of Audioquest they started a revolution.