UPDATE (19/11/2007): Well, what do you know, their archives seem to be staying online for now. I’ve added a direct link at the bottom of the post to accompany the Google cache one.
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Damn. Well, StylusMagazine.com has been and gone and I didn’t manage to link to them before they died.
StylusMagazine.com had a lot going for it, passionate opinionated reviews and articles about music, film, audio. Manned by loyal staff members who wrote well and I enjoyed reading. It was like PitchForkMedia.com but more low-fi & probably a bit more snobby :-) It is a loss.
If you read one article retrospectively, try “Imperfect Sound Forever”:
“…Think about how you listen for a moment. I’d wager that a large chunk of your listening is done during a commute, whether that’s in a car or on a bus or train or a walk through a city centre. I listen a lot on the train myself, running my iPod (songs encoded as 192kb AAC files) through a pair of Koss Portapros and trying to sit next to other people who have earphones in so my leaking sound doesn’t offend commuters who want to read or whatever. Unsurprisingly I see a lot of other people with MP3 players, most of them using tiny earbuds of various kinds. Often their ears are plugged and their eyes are intently focused on a book or magazine or even a mobile phone screen too, senses shut to the horror of public transport. I get the impression that they’re not listening to music so much as avoiding what’s outside.”
Link: Imperfect Sound Forever
Google cache: Imperfect Sound Forever.
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