People who listen to personal music players for only five hours a week at a high volume may be doing permanent damage to their hearing. A team of nine experts on the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks is expected to ...
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One in 10 people with personal MP3 or CD players could suffer permanent hearing loss because their music is too loud, according to an EU study. Scientists say those who listen at high volume for more than one hour per day over five years risk ...
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It's that time of the year again, but this time Stuff Live has moved house and will now be at ExCel London 31 October - 2 November. With over 5000sqm of space across one floor, there will be room for more gadget goodies and tech treats than ever ...
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At a time when convenience and portability rule for consumers listening to music collections on MP3 players, the stodgy old vinyl album and turntable are making an unexpected comeback. While CD sales continue a double-digit decline, sales of vinyl ...
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Jazz and hip-hop have so much in common (sax titan Sonny Rollins, for example, considers the latter a style of the former) that the snobbery between the two camps sometimes amuses me. Still, when the communities come together, the results are often ...
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No MP3 player is perfect, not even the iPod Nano. Luckily, if you're not convinced you want to hop on the Nano bandwagon, there are a few worthy alternatives, and most of those listed here beat out the Nano in audio fidelity. Of course, the important ...
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I'm interested in ripping my CDs, and would like to know how many minutes of music one would get from using Apple Lossless or MP3 VBR per gigabyte of memory. Would anyone over 35 years old be able to tell the difference? Jerry Goldstein The music on ...
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