Hello all! This is Albert here, with the version 2.0 of A Sound Upgrade. As you can see the site is visually different, and also…
Month: August 2015
One Hi-Res Store Bites The Dust
Over the week, one of the Japanese Hi-Res stores I rarely frequent, Highresaudio.jp, had a new notice that popped up: They would no longer be…
Hi-Res Audio 101: TL;DR Edition
Two weeks ago, after I posted an article on my purchase of the NuPrime uDSD DAC I cross-posted onto my personal Facebook page, and a…
A Better Version is Available!?!?
Your favorite TV series out on DVD, coming out on Blu-Ray 6 months later. The S/G/Z/Plus version of your favorite phone. Re-issue of a Disney…
An Equipment Upgrade! NuPrime uDSD
Recently I have upgraded my listening equipment with the new NuPrime uDSD portable DAC, the little unit Gaia is holding. Capable of up to 24-bit/384kHz…
A Long Exhausting Weekend at a Trade Show
The last weekend, I was working at an audio trade show called T.H.E. Show Newport Beach. I have never been to this particular audiophile show,…
Joys of Explaining Hi-Res Audio
Sorry for the slight late post, as this weekend I was my cousin’s graduation from pharmacy school, where I ventured down to Loma Linda, California…
The Beauty of Self-Publishing Music Sites
Today I discovered another self-publishing site for your music: Booth.pm. A sister site to the popular art platform social site Pixiv, this site you can…
The Dread of Region-Lock
Ahh, as many of you have seen on my other site, AnimeHDAudioList.info, as well as on the old version of ASoundUpgrade.com, there has been many…
Earphones Made For Anime Songs
I first saw these headphones from a newsletter I subscribe to called Tokyo Otaku Mode, and I saw an article about these so-called earphones “made…
A Case For Hi-Res Audio
I have mp3s, ever since the days of Napster, and when I was learning about computers in high-school (currently am 31 as of this writing).…