Ken C. Pohlmann

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Four Eyes
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 30, 2011  |  0 comments

It seems simple enough. You wait in line, pay $15, put on the dorky 3D glasses, and watch the 3D movie. Popcorn costs extra. What you might not realize is the titanic struggle going on around you. And I’m not talking about the action on the screen. I’m talking about the theater owner who’s mad as hell at the movie studio.

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Fractured Fairy Tales
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 29, 2021  |  2 comments
Okay, children! Time for a bedtime story! Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. While walking through the forest, she came upon a quaint little village. In that village there were three ways to watch movies...
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CES 2015
Free Wavz Sports Earphones Track Your Beats
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 06, 2015  |  0 comments
Some people listen to music while sitting in a concert hall. Some listen to music sitting in their La-Z-Boy. Still others listen to music while running the Boston Marathon, preferably while on the way to breaking the 4-hour mark. Surely you are among the latter. The Free Wavz is the earphone for you.

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From Musicboarding to Phoneboarding
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 27, 2023  |  1 comments
A few months ago, I described how a certain airline has devised a fiendish way to torment its passengers. That is, a type of torment beyond the usual run-of-the-mill torture of flying on any airplane. In a letter to the editor, alert reader Douglas Mandel commiserated with me but pointed out that I was overlooking another kind of torture that is much, much worse.
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Funky Sound Studio Debuts Debussy Headphones
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2018  |  0 comments
Claude Debussy composed some of the most sublime music ever written. Clair de Lune, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, La mer, Pelléas et Mélisande - all are impressionist masterpieces. The maestro may thus be surprised to learn that his name has become a brand of a start-up company incongruently named Funky Sound Studio.

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Other Tech
Garmin nüvi 350 Personal Travel Assistant/MP3 Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 03, 2006  |  1 comments
$900
•GPS receiver with voice prompts •MP3 music and JPEG photo player •Optional travel and language guides •3.5-inch touchscreen •Text-to-speech synthesis •3.875 x 2.875 x 0.875 inches •5 oun
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Gear for Giving
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 18, 2002  |  0 comments
Photos by Jayme Thornton
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Spouses, children, in-laws, out-laws, parents, siblings, business associates, mailmen, mailwomen, girlfriends, and boyfriends all deserve a little something from you when the holidays roll around.
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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Genelec Play 6020 Home Theater Speaker System
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 03, 2007  |  0 comments

Having worked in and around recording studios for 30 years, I cut my teeth on professional gear before broadening my horizons to the vast consumer audio/video world. In studios, you quickly learn that trustworthy monitors are essential. Every tracking and mixing decision hinges on what your monitors tell you; if they mislead you with any inaccuracy, your recording will suffer.

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Gently Down the Stream
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 19, 2013  |  0 comments

Streaming is hot. Outfits like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO Go are jamming the internet with data and putting the hurt on DVD and even Blu-ray. Last time I checked, smart phones, tablets, and ultrabooks lacked optical disc drives. Besides, do you really want to mess with disc-based playback on the train to work? Streaming is entering the hockey stick part of its growth curve.

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Get Ready to Rumble
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 17, 2018  |  0 comments
Singing roads. You know - when they mess up a perfectly smooth section of pavement to vibrate your tires to create rhythm and pitch. Music, or psychological torture? You decide.

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