Luma
Tutorial
Tutorial: make your metadata consistent so your library shines in Luma
Step by step to clean tags: make album artist, year, genre and artwork consistent so Luma shows albums, artists and dynamic playlists at their best.
Blog
Know-how for your own music collection.
Carefully researched know-how about music you own: formats and sound, a tidy library and an archive that works without a subscription.
Formats & sound
Bluetooth and AirPods: what actually reaches your ears
Why Bluetooth almost never transmits lossless audio, what AAC, SBC, aptX and LDAC deliver, when AirPods play lossless, and when a cable or FLAC is worth it.
Archive & ripping
Ripping CDs: how to make a bit-perfect copy
Rip CDs to FLAC without errors: set up a drive, XLD, EAC or dBpoweramp, the read offset, AccurateRip and the CUETools database, and read the log correctly.
Independence
Your own digital music archive: independent of streaming subscriptions
Why owning your music makes sense again and how to build an archive: buy DRM-free, rip your CDs, choose open formats and back up with the 3-2-1 rule.
Library & tags
Organising a music library: plan storage, formats and tags
How much space does a music collection need, which tags really matter, and how do you keep archive and iPhone copy apart? A guide with concrete numbers.
Formats & sound
Music file formats explained: FLAC, ALAC, WAV, MP3, AAC and Opus
Which audio format for what? FLAC, ALAC, WAV, MP3, AAC and Opus explained: quality, file size, tags, and what blind tests say about audible differences.