Audiophiles
the best options for streaming-savvy audiophiles. Follow along on Refind to get notified when they have new links.
Collection by Bernhard Huessy
Top 10
Visual Capitalist
Visualizing 30 Years of Music Industry Sales
Visual Capitalist
5 min read · 208 saves · From 2018 · A look at three decades of music industry sales. After a devastating decline, streaming services like Spotify are helping the industry regain its footing.
VICE
AirPods Are a Tragedy
VICE
~11 min read · 171 saves · 2019-05-06 · Apple claims that AirPods are building a “wireless future.” Lay people think they're a symbol of disposable wealth. The truth is bleaker.
TechCrunch
Marc Andreessen: audio will be 'titanically important' and VR will be '1,000' times bigger than AR
TechCrunch
5 min read · 157 saves · From 2019 · In a new a16z podcast with the venture firm’s founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, there’s a lot to enjoy, from Andreessen’s TV show recommendations to Horowitz’s secret to excellent barbecue. (It’s pretty much just “time,” as you might imagine.) More useful for our founder readers may be Andreessen’s predictions around tech and, because he’s […]
The Nation
What Even Is Spotify?
The Nation
7 min read · 154 saves · 2019-09-03 · Joe Veix · Is it a streaming giant? Ad-tech broker? Social network? A new book pulls the curtain behind the mysterious company.
The New Yorker
The Walkman, Forty Years On
The New Yorker
4 min read · 150 saves · 2020-06-29 · The gadget that taught the world to socially distance.
Stripe
Stripe Atlas: Writing copy for landing pages
Stripe
20+ min read · 144 saves · From 2018 · Write copy that delights visitors, persuades prospects, and wins customers.
Vulture
The Streaming Problem: How Spammers, Superstars, and Tech Giants Gamed the Music Industry
Vulture
~16 min read · 110 saves · From 2017 · Making money in the music industry is more complicated than ever, and people are finding new ways to hack the system for maximum profit.
The Atlantic
Workers Love AirPods Because Employers Stole Their Walls
The Atlantic
5 min read · 87 saves · 2019-04-26 · In the open-plan office, wireless headphones are the new cubicles.
The Wall Street Journal
All Ears: Always-On Listening Devices Could Soon Be Everywhere
The Wall Street Journal
47 saves · From 2018 · Tiny microphones are moving us toward a world in which all gadgets can respond to a voice command. For those worried about privacy: meet a $200 trash can.
Mozilla
Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to the open web
Mozilla
6 min read · 40 saves · From 2018 · Here’s a surprising fact: It costs money to watch video online, even on free sites like YouTube. That’s because roughly 80% of web videos rely on a patented technology called the H.264 video codec that lets engineers shrink large media files and transmit them quickly over the internet.
