Sound Verdict https://therecordverdict.com Music reviews with production notes — and the science of why records feel the way they do. en Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Timbre, mood and why a record lands https://therecordverdict.com/why-music-works/ https://therecordverdict.com/why-music-works/ Music perception research on timbre, mood induction and auditory-motor synchronisation — the mechanisms behind the response. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer What streaming recommendation does to what you hear https://therecordverdict.com/streaming/ https://therecordverdict.com/streaming/ Research on music recommender systems, diversity, and the taxonomies streaming platforms impose on listening. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music as an intervention: what the trials show https://therecordverdict.com/music-and-health/ https://therecordverdict.com/music-and-health/ Cochrane and meta-analytic evidence for music in insomnia, exercise performance, psychological outcomes and clinical settings. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer How we review records https://therecordverdict.com/how-we-review/ https://therecordverdict.com/how-we-review/ What our scores mean, what we try to describe, and why we publish the criteria. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer About Sound Verdict https://therecordverdict.com/about/ https://therecordverdict.com/about/ Who publishes Sound Verdict, how pages are researched, and how the site makes money. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Editorial policy https://therecordverdict.com/editorial-policy/ https://therecordverdict.com/editorial-policy/ How Sound Verdict selects evidence, scores products and handles conflicts of interest. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Affiliate and partnership disclosure https://therecordverdict.com/disclosure/ https://therecordverdict.com/disclosure/ Every commercial relationship that could affect what you read on Sound Verdict. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Privacy https://therecordverdict.com/privacy/ https://therecordverdict.com/privacy/ What Sound Verdict collects — which is close to nothing. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Research digest, 8 August 2026 https://therecordverdict.com/research/2026-08-08/ https://therecordverdict.com/research/2026-08-08/ 1 newly indexed peer-reviewed papers relevant to Sound Verdict, from 8 August 2026. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music exercise: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-exercise/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-exercise/ 10 publications on music exercise — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music health: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-health/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-health/ 10 publications on music health — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music sleep: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-sleep/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-sleep/ 10 publications on music sleep — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music preference: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-preference/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-preference/ 12 publications on music preference — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Recommendation: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-recommendation/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-recommendation/ 12 publications on recommendation — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music perception: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-music-perception/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-music-perception/ 12 publications on music perception — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Popular music: what the evidence base looks like https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-popular-music/ https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-popular-music/ 10 publications on popular music — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer