Qobuz now integrates with SONOS in the US giving Qobuz HiFi subscribers access to CD Quality (16bit/44.1 kHz) audio. Most SONOS users will be streaming at MP3 quality (320 kbps) but their SONOS devices are capable of full CD quality. US users who subscribe to Qobuz’s HiFi plan for $19.99/month will be able to stream full CD Quality music and push their SONOS gear to its maximum potential. SONOS also provide a number of additional […]
Rhapsody and Sony Music bring HiRes streaming to Japan using Rhapsody’s ‘Powered by Napster’ platform. The new on demand music service christened ‘mora qualitas’ brings lossless FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files at 24bit/44.1-96khz (HiRes) and 16bit/44.1khz (CD quality) music streaming to Japan for the first time. Rhapsody International is providing its complete ‘Powered By Napster’ platform including a unique set of systems, tools and APIs to allow Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ) to quickly […]
Primephonic which has been replatforming has announced the large scale launch of its classical music streaming service in the US, UK and the Netherlands. Primephonic’s catalogue contains over 1 million tracks from Warner Classics, Sony Classical, Universal Music Classical, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and EMI and another 400+ labels from around the world. The company believes that classical music lovers can finally stream and download nearly all classical music that has ever been recorded in CD-quality. […]
For those of us who aspire to HiFi standards and have spent more money than we would like to admit to our significant others on that shiny bit of kit in the living room, streaming MP3 quality music seems a giant leap backwards. Sidestepping the arguments over whether vinyl discs or CDs are better music sources for true audiophiles, the CD has been the go to music source of choice for the vast majority of […]
9 million Smart Speakers were sold globally in the first quarter of 2018 with Google Home commanding the largest share of sales at 3.2 million devices, a 36.2% share of the market, and nearly doubling sales from a year ago. Global sales of all Smart Speakers in 2018 are predicted to reach 56.3 million devices with the US accounting for 68.2% of the total purchases, according to research firm Canalys. What is a Smart […]
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