[Dr. Sivana]

I disagree. The reader mispronounces the name of the authoress (ee-mare'-ick instead of the correct eh'-mer-eck). Audio processing is NOT great (some fuzziness and background noise). She does a straight read, somewhat wooden, with little change in vocal characterization.

I still prefer having a male reader for this particular work.

That said, if you don't want to spend the money for a professionally done version, this one will do the job. What little I heard did demonstrated good editing, and nothing in the way of pops or artifacts. She put a lot of work into it

If you'd like a short comparison, here is a portion of Chapter 1 (TAN Edition)

Beginning of TAN Chapter 1

[ProgressingAmerica]

Well, what you provided definitely sounds wholly professional in every regard.

I will usually spend the money for a good audio book when its a work I want to consume, one such example I own is The Road To Serfdom - Hayek’s classic. However pretty much the entirety of what I am interested in consuming has no audio component so I am forced to read the pages which I don’t make time for sitting and reading, or I can try going to some fake AI audio thing which I always find terrible, or I can work out a human-produced audio version.

Even with some small issues the human-produced versions, even if amateur, are perfect for my tastes. I don’t have world-class tastes but simple existence is key. :-)

Besides, I think many of our Founders deserve to have an audio book of their life story(s) and even if I don’t listen to all of them its something we all need. The Founders have been erased because nobody puts time into remembering them but progressives surely put time into destroying them.

We need this convenience. We cannot survive without it. Emphasis on the cannot. If I had billion$ I’d make movies but I’m lacking in billions so this is what I can do. It definitely beats sitting, doing nothing, and complaining.