Ken C. Pohlmann

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Millennials: Your Soundbars Are Killing Us
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 03, 2015  |  37 comments
Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are defined as the demographic with birth years ranging from the early 80s to the early 00s. In other words, Millennials are about 15 to 35 years old. I am appealing to you. You account for almost half of all audio hardware sales. More than any other single group, you are the ones responsible for screwing it up for the rest of us.

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Mirage UNI-Theater Speaker System
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2007  |  0 comments

the listThe ingenuity of loudspeaker designers never ceases to amaze me. It seems like a simple enough proposition - mount a speaker in a box, then field as many boxes as you have channels. Simple, but 6.1 = 7 is a lot of boxes, even for the most fanatical audiophile's spouse.

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Motorola SLVR L7 iTunes Phone
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 05, 2006  |  0 comments

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Movie Premiere: Rush
Leslie Shapiro,  |  Sep 27, 2013  |  0 comments
The year is 1976, when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. The Formula One World Championship is up for grabs, and it’s a grudge match. British race driver James Hunt goes mano a mano with Austrian race driver Niki Lauda, both driving pedal to the metal, with absolutely no margin for error and loving every minute of it. As Hunt explains, “The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.” Director Ron Howard accelerates out of his comfort zone, and you’re sitting beside him, on the ride of your life.

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Mozart: Pure Genius
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 22, 2023  |  1 comments
Mozart was a genius. Blah, blah, blah. You've heard it a million times. Well, whatever, if people say he was a genius, that's fine. But how would you like to watch a 5-minute video that shows why he was a genius? Right there – black notes on the white page – you can see exactly what genius looks (and sounds) like.

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MP3 Portables
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 08, 2006  |  0 comments

Samsung YP-Z5 flash-memory MP3 player

You will be surprised to hear that there weren't any new MP3 players at CES. Just kidding - checking to make sure you were paying attention. There were a few players on display - like maybe ten zillion. And they were all pretty desirable, naturally with the higher-priced models sporting the highest capacities.

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MQA Launches Content and Teams with Hardware Makers
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 05, 2016  |  0 comments
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is continuing its march toward sonic superiority. It announced that new partners will provide MQA content, and that HTC is demonstrating a smartphone equipped with a "proof of concept" MQA decoder.

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Mr. Redenbacher, Meet Mr. Ford
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 29, 2016  |  1 comments
Depending on how long you keep your cars, it's entirely possible that your next car will drive itself. Even if you're two years into a three-year lease, given the furious development of autonomous technology, self-driving cars are a fait accompli. But more to the point, given the interests of this site's readers, self-driving cars open the door to entirely new kinds of vehicle entertainment systems. Case in point: this patent recently issued to Ford.

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Music Contra Instagram
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 22, 2021  |  0 comments
Hang on a minute while I check my receiver's front panel..... Okay — as I suspected, it doesn't have a switch that limits the amount of time I can spend listening to music.

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Music Metadata Smackdown
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 18, 2023  |  3 comments
Classical music has a problem. A tiny company, and the world’s largest technology company, both think they have the answer. They are strapping on their powdered wigs and stepping onto the podium. May the best baton win.
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