The Next Track
A podcast about how people listen to music today.
Episodes
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♫ Episode #8 – Listening to Words: Audiobooks and Spoken Word Recordings
July 8th, 2016 | 30 mins 41 secs
Doug and Kirk discuss spoken word recordings. The history of spoken word recordings, how to get them, how to manage them, and how to listen to them.
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♫ Episode #7 – Music and Genres
July 1st, 2016 | 29 mins 5 secs
Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn analyze the rumor that Apple is planning to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone, and then discuss how people organize music by genre.
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♫ Episode #6 – What Is High-Resolution Audio?
June 24th, 2016 | 31 mins 3 secs
We welcome Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website, to discuss high-resolution audio. What are the pros? The cons? Is high-res for you?
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♫ Episode #5 – Headphones or Speakers?
June 17th, 2016 | 29 mins 7 secs
We discuss new features coming to Apple Music, then discuss listening to music with speakers or headphones
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♫ Episode #4 – Streaming Shenanigans and Metadata
June 10th, 2016 | 32 mins 45 secs
Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn welcome special guest Andy Doe, digital music consultant and classical record label head, to discuss some streaming music shenanigans, and audio file metadata, the information that tells you who a track is by, its name,
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♫ Episode #3 – Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Audio File Formats
June 3rd, 2016 | 28 mins 32 secs
Doug and Kirk discuss the various audio file formats you may encounter when you listen to digital music.
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♫ Episode #2 – To Stream or to Own Music?
May 27th, 2016 | 30 mins 50 secs
To stream or to own? That is the question.
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♫ Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs
May 21st, 2016 | 28 mins 9 secs
Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss the history of music listening, from songs to albums to songs.