HiRes Archives

Qobuz adds DSD and DXD download catalogue

12/10/2024

Qobuz adds DSD and DXD download catalogue sourced from original studio files not SACDs to its hifi download store. Listeners can download more than 22,500 tracks mainly in DSD format, adding to the more than 100 million songs already available. Offering a unique approach to sound reproduction, DSD and DXD are high-resolution audio formats that are distinct from the traditional PCM system used in formats like WAV, FLAC, ALAC, and AIFF. DSD is used as […]

Lenbrook and HDTracks to create HiRes streaming service

24/06/2024

Lenbrook and HDTracks are to create a HiRes streaming service which will support both FLAC and MQA formats. The service is aimed squarely at discerning music fans according to the two companies and will be the first subscription service using the AIRIA (MQA) codec. David Chesky, HDtracks co-founder said, “We have wanted to launch an HDtracks streaming service for some time. In Lenbrook we have a partner with global reach to help us launch a […]

SuperStereo to launch new Latin channel

18/06/2024

SuperStereo Radio Chile is to launch a new Latin channel on Saturday 29th at 2am in the UK (Friday 28th June at 9pm New York time). The channel will be called SuperStereo Four Plus and according to Erik Jegó, CEO SuperStereo Network will be the last one to be launched because of the amount of effort required to digitise the content. He explains, “Most of the music recorded in the 80’s in the Latin market was […]

TIDAL’s HiRes plan now cheaper than Spotify

14/04/2024

TIDAL’s HiRes plan is now cheaper than Spotify coming in at £10.99/month compared to the recently increased Spotify Premium plan costing £11.99/month. Introduced on the 10th April, a TIDAL subscription is now the same price as Amazon Music and Apple Music. TIDAL subscription plans Individual – £10.99/month 110M+ tracks in lossless, HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos Ad-free, offline listening Personalized mixes, editorial playlists, and Live sessions Family (up to 6 members) – £16.99/month 110M+ tracks […]

SuperStereo Chile back on the air

26/03/2024

SuperStereo Chile is back ‘on the air’ after recovering from last week’s devastating flood which completely ruined its studio and servers. The station has changed its location and reestablished its streaming servers which went live on the 23rd March at 5am New York time. As part of the server rebuilds they have added 96kpbs AAC streams which are labelled Opus but are AAC. SuperStereo 1 and 1+ are Yacht Rock; SuperStereo 2 – 50’s,60’s and […]

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming

07/03/2024

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming by combining its HiFi Plus and HiFi tiers into a single subscription tier called TIDAL. Available from the 10th April, the streamer is updating the pricing across all of its 61 countries giving subscribers access to the complete 110 million track catalogue. The US pricing is as follows which essentially reduces its combined price to the same as its existing HiFi tier: The TIDAL Individual plan for $10.99 […]

Mother Earth Radio

07/03/2024

Mother Earth Radio is an internet radio station which now broadcasts 4 channels of free HiRes 24-bit/192kHz Lossless FLAC streams. In December 2021 the station added two new premium channels – Klassik and Instrumental – to its original channel but now has decided to make all 4 channels ‘free to air’ and is hoping for support from its listeners via a Donate page here. All four channels have a web player with FLAC, MP3 and […]