MP3: the meaning of a format

This is an audiophile's dream resource. A scholar of art history and communication and of the history and philosophy of science, Sterne (McGill Univ.) offers a detailed history of audio recording and hearing research-from the development of phone technologies to the establishment of the MP3 as...

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Published in:Choice (Middletown) 2013, Vol.50 (6), p.1062
Main Author: Thornblad, D B
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Music history
Musicology
Nonfiction
Sterne, Jonathan
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Summary:This is an audiophile's dream resource. A scholar of art history and communication and of the history and philosophy of science, Sterne (McGill Univ.) offers a detailed history of audio recording and hearing research-from the development of phone technologies to the establishment of the MP3 as a dominant audio standard. He touches on many topics in the realm of audio, among them how technology standards develop.
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975