• Tony Bongiovi
  • Phil Fuller
  • Robert Roy
  • Joey Butera
  • Ryan Copt
  • Paul Kronk
  • Mike Hoffman
  • Rob Summers
  • Joe Beaty
  • Jackie

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Making your music sound great

I wanted to take a minute to talk about what makes the Digital Power Station truly unique among audio technologies…  The DPS Plug-In has no fancy knobs or meters.  It doesn’t have a Minority Report style user interface.  It’s just a few buttons.  So what gives?  Why is it special?

It’s the people.

The buttons on the user interface switch between the different “profiles” you pick in the “preferences” window.  So what is a “profile”?  A DPS profile is definitely not your everyday “rock” or “jazz” or “hall” eq effect preset!  Those presets-of-old tried to tailor the device to suit what you might want the music to sound like.  Once you found the preset you liked on your old boombox it pretty much stayed that way, right?  That ubiquitous smiley face eq curve.  Or maybe you did it Twisted Sister style and slammed all those little eq sliders all the way up!  \^^/,

Well, the DPS Profile is a whole new animal.  The DPS technology is a powerful and adaptive tool that Bongiovi Acoustics audio engineers can use to optimize the audio for any device.  And it is all done by hand.

Hence the people.

So a real live person (like Tony B, Phil or myself) sits down with the proper tools and “tunes” that audio device with the DPS technology to perform as close to an ideal as possible.  The ideal we hold is the sound of music being played back in our studio control room.  The control room is an  acoustically accurate environment in which we have chosen speakers and amplifiers that match that space so we have the tools to create music that sounds great everywhere.  The sound in our control room just reaches out and grabs you.  And it also tells us what is right and wrong about the sound!  So, short story long, the DPS technology optimizes an audio signal to be most efficient for a specific device.  And that only happens after a Bongiovi Acoustics engineer has laid their hands on the thing.

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Mp3 or Something Better?

So yeah. I use an i Pod.  I use i Tunes.  I usually just download Mp3 files because it is quick and painless.  They don’t take up  too much space either.  Convenience is key here.  I really do enjoy the fast and now mentality.   There is one problem though.  The other day I had a disc in the car.  Remember those little metallic cylinders of fun that so many use for coasters now?  I still really enjoy the sound of them.  I also download Flac files, Apple Lossless, etc.  I do notice the difference in comparison to Mp3.  I think the majority of music listeners around the world do what is easy as first mentioned.  Mp3 to i Tunes.   I am an avid listener trying to enhance my audio experience wherever I am listening by changing many variables.  The DPS Plug In certainly changes the way we listen to i Tunes in an amazing way.  We all have our ways to listen to audio.   I tend to listen on my i Pod on the go.  Real Cd audio in the car with the occasional i Pod in the aux.  Home listening is usually my iHome IP1 docking station or a CD or high quality audio file through my studio setup.    There are so many avenues to travel for us to listen to our favorite songs.  What road do you travel?  Mp3 or something better?

Celebrity Photo Blog #1

This Post marks the first of a series of celebrity photos that will roll out on the DPS insider.  Rob Roy, Ron Simmons and Steve Lazin of the Bongiovi Acoustics team were special guests of a Super Bowl Party hosted by Moves Magazine CEO, Scott Miller.  Jackie Fischer (Official Bongiovi Acoustics Spokes Girl & Host of “Eye on Bongiovi”)  got a chance to talk to many of the celebrities on the floor.  She is seen here with Baltimore Ravens Defensive Superstar, Ray Lewis.

Watch the video here:

Jackie at the Moves Super Bowl Party 2010