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December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Ticketmaster enforces exclusive contracts with venues and artists, meaning artists have to book a whole tour via TM to play a TM venue, or venues need to move to TM to book TM tours.

That kind of monopoly is extremely resistant to anything but antitrust action.
September 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
That distortion is why many studio engineers still record digitally at 44.1kHz, meaning that many high resolution audio files and vinyl records are actually up-sampling recordings that do not contain the high frequency data that those formats are meant to capture.

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July 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Plenty of reputable audio engineers also find that higher-than-audible frequencies might introduce distortion in recordings

www.headphonesty.com/2025/05/192k...

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192 kHz Is Worse Than 44.1 kHz for Most Music, According to Experts
Here’s what top engineers say about the pitfalls of ultra-high sample rates.
www.headphonesty.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A meta-analysis found that even among trained listeners, the ability to discern the difference between CD audio, and audio in that range is barely better than chance.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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High-frequency sound components of high-resolution audio are not detected in auditory sensory memory
High-resolution digital audio is believed to produce a better listening experience than the standard quality audio, such as compact disks (CDs) and digital versatile disks (DVDs). One common belief is...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I was disappointed that this episode didn't really question whether high resolution audio is actually detectable. Most papers agree, the additional audio information added by the pono isn't audible.

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July 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm ready for Kevin Rouse's NYT story after OpenAI collapses the NASDAQ "How did AI companies fool America?"
April 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM