“We Need Some Plausible Deniability Here”

About this episode

Brent and Dennis explore various questions about audio technology and the impact of AI on music.

This week, Brent and Dennis are just asking questions. Questions such as: Do VU meters really make everything sound better? (Obviously, yes.) Can you do science if you don’t even understand science? (Probably not on purpose!) If our music is going to be made by taste-making hacks using AI, does hi-fi even matter anymore? (Nerd fight!) 💿 “The Audiophile Society's Speaker Test and System Optimization Album”: https://theaudiophilesociety.com/collections/albums/products/the-audiophile-societys-speaker-test-and-system-optimization-album. Use code AudioUnleashed25 for 25% off. 📖 Get your copy of the 4th edition of Floyd Toole’s legendary book, Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers, Rooms and Headphones with DISCOUNT CODE 25SMA4: https://www.routledge.com/Sound-Reproduction-The-Acoustics-and-Psychoacoustics-of-Loudspeakers-Rooms-and-Headphones/Toole-Olive-Welti/p/book/9781032761930 Dennis’ relaunched YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AdventureswithCPAP Brent’s audio projects: 💿 The Audiophile Society's Amazing Fabulous Magnificent Speaker Test Album (engineered by Brent with VO by Dennis)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brent Butterworth, Dennis Burger

Topics covered

• audio technology
• music production
• hi-fi audio
• AI in music
• audiophile culture

Keywords

• VU meters
• hi-fi
• AI music
• audiophile
• sound reproduction

Sponsors

The Audiophile Society, Routledge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Audiophile Society, YouTube

Products: The Audiophile Society's Speaker Test and System Optimization Album, Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers, Rooms and Headphones, The Audiophile Society's Amazing Fabulous Magnificent Speaker Test Album, The Audiophile Society's Headphone Evaluation and Spatial Audio Test Album

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