EU scientific body raises health alarm on MP3s - Calgary Herald

BRUSSELS - Up to 10 million young Europeans are in danger of damaging their hearing by playing their MP3 personal music players too loud, a European Union body on health risks told a conference on Tuesday. Listening to MP3 players and other personal

Danish band Efterklang makes return trip to Visalia - Visalia Times-Delta
The first time Denmark’s Efterklang came to Visalia, local promoter Aaron Gomes called last year’s evening of music a “Danish sonic invasion.” Well, the invaders are back for a return engagement. “[Last year’s show] easily landed in my

Audiophiles Run And Hide: Growing Number Of Young People Prefer The - Tech Dirt
Every so often we have a story about how audiophiles freak out about how awful MP3s sound, and how they’re “ruining music.” We tend to joke about those stories, and then the audiophiles come out in the comments and scream about how we’re totally

iPod generation prefer MP3 fidelity to CD says study - MacWorld UK
A prolonged study suggests that iPods and MP3 players have affected how people, the young especially, respond to music’s fidelity range. Jonathan Berger , Professor of Music at Stanford University, California, has conducted an eight-year study in

Whippersnappers prefer MP3 sound quality over CD sound quality - Crunchgear.com
Sell the sizzle, not the steak. That’s what they say, apparently. “They” being people who are good at selling stuff to other people who can’t always see the steak through the smoky sizzle. There’s apparently another