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    Kirk McElhearn

    mcelhearn.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009

    Kirk McElhearn writes about Apple software, iTunes and Apple Music, audio quality, scanners, and e-books.

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    HN commenters cite his posts on audio fidelity, including his argument that vinyl does not sound better than CDs, and his older iTunes tips.

    Stats for nerds
    15HN people shared it
    18linked in comments
    170story points
    Dec 2016last shared
    2009people per year2016

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    • cbd1984Mar 2016

      If you care about audio fidelity, as opposed to the "vinyl-ness" of the sound, vinyl is worse:

      http://www.mcelhearn.com/do-vinyl-records-sound-better-than-cds-spoiler-nope/

      http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_%28Vinyl%29

      Obviously, if you want the most vinyl sound around, vinyl is the only way to get that. However, if you want maximum fidelity to the original audio source, vinyl has inherent limitations later formats do not.

    • gurkendoktorDec 2016

      A problem that Apple used to understand, if you look at their keyboard USB cords:

      http://www.mcelhearn.com/images/articles/20060828181525223_1.JPG

      I guess the USB-C plug is too small for gimmicks like this, though. Would've been nice to distinguish between USB-C and TB 3.1.

    • lupin_sanseiNov 2009

      A few years back the iTunes store used to sell pamphlets on things like how-tos as PDFs, but they seem to have gone now.

      http://www.mcelhearn.com/2004/12/17/organize-pdf-files-in-itunes-updated/

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