Astell&Kern adds MQA support to its HiRes players and is now available for the SP1000, SP1000M, SE100 and SR15 models. In a blog posting the company announced that MQA support was now available on the SP1000 and via a firmware update from the 12th December to the SP1000M, SE100 and SR15 models. These Astell&Kern players with MQA support have a full decoder built in, so they can unfold all the way to the original resolution […]
TIDAL launches My Mix playlist which is ‘a personalized curation of songs that offers an easy way to enjoy more of the music you love.’ My Mix is personalized to your specific listening habits to create the perfect mix based on your most recent listening patterns and what’s saved to your collection. This enhancement has been rolled out with a change in its Track and Artist Radio feature and an extension to its Black Friday […]
EU Commission publishes first ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List’ which highlights the continuing threat of music copyright infringement including stream ripping sites. The Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List lists websites and marketplaces outside the EU that are responsible for counterfeiting, piracy or other forms of intellectual property abuse of European products. It is intended both to raise awareness with law enforcement authorities and policymakers of these sites’ unlicensed nature, as well as to encourage intermediaries […]
Pioneer extends MQA support to its networked streamers continuing the firmware updates it started in October 2018. The updates activate MQA audio playback capability and support for TIDAL Masters audio streaming on its network-enabled stereo hi-fi components. A paid TIDAL HiFi subscription is required to stream TIDAL Masters on MQA enabled Pioneer network HiFi audio equipment. MQA delivers HiRes sound in a file that’s small enough to stream and download. TIDAL Masters is TIDAL’s bandwidth-friendly […]
YouTube Music now offers YouTube Charts as playlists with local and global versions in all YouTube’s 29 launched markets. In addition to the recently announced YouTube Charts, users can now access the top most-played songs this week on YouTube, the most-viewed music videos, or see what’s trending. You can now easily access YouTube Charts as playlists that will appear on users’ home screens or by search. Every country will get five charts playlists: three specific to […]
A cybersecurity flaw found in Sennheiser headset apps has been identified and patched in the headphone manufacturer’s Headsetup and Headsetup Pro applications for both Windows and Mac desktops. A report with full details of the security vulnerability has been published by Secorvo Security Consulting and the vulnerability has been given the number CVE-2018-17612 for those who want the full details. Microsoft have also published a security advisory here. The vulnerability was that the software downloaded […]
Spotify’s Top Songs, Artists, Playlists and Podcasts of 2018 are published in a blog posting by the streamer and once again Hip-hop dominated its charts. Music lovers continued with some existing favourites, such as 2015 and 2016’s most-streamed artist, Drake, who took home the crown once again this year. With 8.2 billion streams in 2018 alone, the Canadian rapper is now Spotify’s most-streamed artist of all time. His album “Scorpion” and song “God’s Plan” took […]
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