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Thriller: My First Album
4:50PM Brian Lam | Reposted in MJ’s Memory: At first I thought my first was a cassette single of Bel Biv Devoe’s Poison I bought from the Bergen Mall, but then I realised I had a record of Michael Jackson’s Thriller at 5. More »
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The Great MP3 Bitrate Test – Results
2:00AM Mark Wilson | A few weeks back, one thousand of our readers participated in our MP3 bitrate test. Today, with the little help of a stats expert, we have results—and a recommended rip rate that most of you can live by. More »
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Listening Test: Their Greatest Hits
6:20AM Wilson Rothman | Last week you experienced Gizmodo’s Listening Test, a week long tribute to technology in music. Here are the highlights:
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The Most Adorable Audio Component Ever
3:00AM Dan Nosowitz | We take audio very, very seriously, and so in the spirit of Listening Test, we present this video of a kitten on a turntable. [YouTube] More »
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How To: Calibrate Your Turntable For the Best Possible Sound
2:00AM John Mahoney | Did our Listening Test week light up the fire inside to dust off some old records and whip a turntable back into shape to start enjoying them again? It’s really easy, and cheap. Here’s how. More »
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How Tech Changed the Way We Listen to Music
11:30AM Adrian Covert | Technology always helped bring the listener closer to the music. Progressing from wax tubes, to records, to cassettes, to CDs, each jump has benefited the music fan. But maybe it’s gone a bit too far. More »
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I’m a Pirate
9:00AM Brian Lam | The Pirate Bay dudes were found guilty today. I didn’t follow the case too closely, nor am I a BitTorrent fiend. But if they’re guilty, I guess so am I.
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Kraftwerk, as Reimagined Through the 90s Lens of Tim and Eric
8:59AM Adrian Covert | There are few groups more influential to electronic music than Kraftwerk. Spacevoyaging from Dusseldorf since the 60s, these 4 Germans are the essence of cool. Now, Tim and Eric imagine them as 1990s computer nerds. More »
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My First Album
7:20AM Matt Buchanan | I stared at the cover a lot. And I gawked at the inside album art even longer, wondering what the hell they were all wearing, vaguely aware that they were badass and I was not.
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