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    Playing a musical instrument good for brain health in later life - study

    https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68105868 Does air guitar count?
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    What’s the Value of 3 Million LPs in a Digital World?

    https://www.wired.com/story/archive-of-contemporary-music-save-3-million-records-digital-streaming/
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    The Observer view on the vinyl revival: LPs are the antidote to a frenetic digital world

    https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/31/the-observer-view-on-the-joys-of-the-vinyl-record-resurgence My favourite part
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    Adding a small amount of solid carbon to copper boosts its conductivity

    https://phys.org/news/2023-12-adding-small-amount-solid-carbon.amp I can see this being leveraged by certain snake oilers.
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    The amazing $99 Mykesonic fully automatic record player

    A video by VWestlife on Youtube, this product has some very nice innovations at a surprising price.
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    104-year-old Saskatoon WWII veteran spends birthday giving upright bass performance

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/veteran-birthday-1.7040908 Nick Kazuska spent his 104th birthday celebration plucking away at an upright bass as a band played around him. Friends, family and bandmates squeezed into the chapel at Preston Park Retirement Residence in Saskatoon to...
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    Christmas Carols and Hymns (Choral and Organ)

    Having lost some friends this year, both 2 and 4 legged, and being reminded of my father's passing nearly 4 years ago, I have been prone to some melancholy lately. To lift my spirits, especially at this time of year, I like some inspirational Christmas hymns and carols particularly those sung in...
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    TSP #234 - QuantAsylum QA403 24-bit, 0.0001% THD Audio Analyzer Review, Teardown & Experiments

    In this episode Shahriar takes a detailed look at the QuantAsylum QA403 24-bit, extraordinary linear & low-noise audio analyzer. This low-cost instrument provides the means to test a wide range devices in the audio frequency range:.
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    120Hz hum from Logitech Z313 satellite speakers

    My small satellite speakers on our Z313 2.1 system (used for a TV) are emitting a 120Hz hum whether connected or not to the TV. The subwoofer emits no such hum. Here is a look at the main circuit board. Satellite speakers are fed with the blue/yellow/red wires going to the ferrite core. The...
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    How do people feel about outriggers on speakers?

    I have a pair of Energy RC-50 towers that I have owned for at least 12 years. I purchased a set of outriggers for them but never installed them. What are people's impressions of outriggers? Do they improve stability? Does it make it easier to clean underneath? Subjective impressions on appearance?
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    Pink Floyd music recreated using brain activity

    Scientists played Pink Floyd for people, then used their brain activity to recreate the song https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/pink-floyd-brain-scans-1.6939698
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    Corsair Acquires Drop (aka Massdrop)

    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/corsair-acquires-drop
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    Ethan Winer Video on Comb Filtering presented by Doug Ferrara

    This is a reupload of a 2005 video from Ethan.
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    50% of vinyl buyers don't own a record player

    https://www.nme.com/news/music/study-finds-50-per-cent-of-vinyl-buyers-in-us-dont-have-a-record-player-3437301
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    Human memory may be unreliable after just a few seconds, scientists find

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/05/short-term-memory-illusions-study oh dear.... :D
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    Acoustic heat pump

    https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/01/02/residential-thermo-acoustic-heat-pump-produces-water-up-to-80-c/ Heat pump uses a "hi-fi" speaker as a compressor.
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    Recommendations for Mid-20th Century and later classical composers

    I am looking to broaden my interests in recently composed music and would like some recommendations for mid to late 20th Century composers. I am familiar with Philip Glass, Einaudi and the film score writers like John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone. Anything you think is interesting I...
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    Sound waves let quantum systems 'talk' to one another

    https://phys.org/news/2019-02-quantum_1.html Talk about a resolving system! I know this news is already 4 years old but very interesting.
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    Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer

    With so much gloom in the world (i.e. on the news) it's nice to stumble across something uplifting https://www.bbc.com/news/health-63859184
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