Latest articles by Jez Ford
I watched a Brian Eno documentary edited in real-time, so every version is unique – is this the future of movies?
I went to the Sydney Opera House to see a Brian Eno documentary edited in real-time by a computer, so every version is unique. Could other movies be made this way?
This year’s best Christmas album is a thrilling Dolby Atmos treat
I said recently that Christmas albums should be hidden away from Boxing Day until at least the following December, but on this occasion I will make an exception...
Why Christmas music should stay on Compact Disc forever
I strongly suggest physically isolating your festive tunes so they can’t infect the rest of your year.
I experienced the world's first "interactive 3D symphony" in a new audio format that expands on the ideas of Dolby Atmos – here's how
An orchestra of music mixed as a 3D choreography of sound – a new visual audio format makes good sense for VR goggles, but is that how we want to listen to music?
What I did on my holidays, or 6 lessons in checking hi-fi and TV systems for schoolboy errors
I recently transformed two hi-fi and TV sound systems – one of them for almost nothing because of a hilarious installation error.
After reviewing hi-fi through five decades, here's why The Wombles remain my biggest musical influence
The furry litter-pickers were a supergroup of GOATs and heavily influential on my formative musical taste.
I just saw the fulldome presentation of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – and was blown away
The bad news: your home cinema ain’t gonna cut it. The good news: there’s more to fulldome than Floyd.
How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc
As we wave goodbye to the CD format, it turns out silver discs were largely imaginary all along...
Tidal is definitely lossless, and my mate can prove it
I decided to see what the real measurable differences were between the (hopefully) lossless service and the admitted lossy Spotify...
Why I gave up my search for silence to embrace ambient headphone listening
Once upon a time I travelled the world in search of silence. I never found it...
Got a Bluetooth speaker? Think of it like cheap vodka, and take this route next
Bluetooth speakers are convenient and affordable, but you can do better. Much better.
The trouble with my listening room: speakers weren't made for it
A realisation that open-house lifestyles may not provide quite the conditions for which your loudspeakers were designed...
Australian Hi-Fi Show 2024 report: all-Aussie supersystem, Avantgarde world debut, and more
The highlights from, and the lowdown on, the weekend’s Australian Hi-Fi Show in Sydney...
I changed one setting on Netflix’s Tour De France Unchained – and it brought the whole show to life
Égalité, fraternité, they say, but the English and French soundtracks of Tour de France Unchained do not treat their audience equally.
Dolby Atmos music just went to another level, and I’ve never heard anything like it
Medieval music in a big cathedral is not generally my first go-to for an evening listening session. But wow, now it is.
PSB Speakers: a brief history
From a home-made violin – via Floyd Toole and Canada's National Research Council – to a a 50-year-strong speaker brand.
Will UWB change the world of headphones? Because Bluetooth can't
Bluetooth cannot transmit lossless high-res audio. Ultra-Wideband can. Will it change the world of headphones?
AI sound is here – and I urge you to demo it
AI art and AI chat are changing the world. AI video is developing - but what about AI sound?
Headphone 3.0? How a computer in your ear could change headphones forever
Get your ears ready for CosmOS, an operating system that aims to bring apps to your headphones
Stranger Things S4 sounds better thanks to Sennheiser's ever-morphing Ambeo
If you think Sennheiser’s Ambeo is a world-beating soundbar, think again. Now it’s a stereo soundtrack on Netflix’s Series 4 of Stranger Things. Confused? Here’s the back story.
Yamaha sees red with its latest SR-C30A soundbar and subwoofer combo
Sensible choices and a radical red option lift Yamaha's latest TV sound solution above the pack.
