audiophile

According to CBC, University Of Virginia PhD student Ryan Maguire created the project The Ghost In The MP3 to demonstrate the sounds lost when music is compressed to the file format. Using Suzanne Vega’s 1987 single “Tom Diner“—the first song ever compressed to MP3—Maguire created the song “moDernisT,” which is made from the leftover sounds […]

Nine Inch Nails have announced that they will offer an alternate “audiophile mastered version” of their new album, Hesitation Marks, as a free download to those who purchase the record through the band's site.  Hesitation Marks is set for release Sept. 3 via Columbia Records, and is currently streaming in full on iTunes. The audiophile version of the […]