Mother Earth Radio upgrades its streams
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Mother Earth Radio upgrades its streams

Mother Earth Radio upgrades its streams broadcasting FLAC at 192kHz on two of its three channels. In a recent announcement the station’s found Florian Reiterer said, “We have a big update on Mother Earth Radio, we are now broadcasting in 192kHz sampling rate. That’s why we have also radically eliminated all CDs or similar and now only play vinyl or HiRes Audio files. The recordings are now made with a record needle with up to […]

Qobuz goes live in Canada
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Qobuz goes live in Canada

Qobuz goes live in Canada making its HiRes streaming and download service available in 26 countries. The launch was originally promised for May but they have managed to deliver ahead of time. After Northern Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in 2021, and Latin America in 2022, Qobuz’ arrival today in Canada responds to a growing need among Canadian music aficionados and audiophiles for high-quality music streaming and download offerings. Qobuz has an extensive lossless catalogue […]

TIDAL to support HiRes FLAC
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TIDAL to support HiRes FLAC

TIDAL to support HiRes FLAC was the surprise announcement from Jesse Dorogusker, CEO of TIDAL in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on reddit at the beginning of the week. When asked about MQA he gave the following reply: “So many questions about MQA and hi-resolution audio. I hope we don’t spend all of our time on audio format details, but it’s an AMA and you’re asking. TIDAL has cared about high quality and even […]

Qobuz makes a play to be the Classical music streamer
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Qobuz makes a play to be the Classical music streamer

Qobuz makes a play to be the Classical music streamer saying that 19% of its catalogue is Classical according to a recent statement by the company. Following on from the recent launch of Apple Music Classical, Qobuz points out that its has been streaming Classical music since its founding in 2007 and has offered classical music fans exclusive content, classical music-centred curation, editorial, playlists, and more. As it has evolved from its French roots, through […]

SuperStereo 8
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SuperStereo 8

In the beginning of March SuperStereo Radio Chile closed down its latest channel – SuperStereo 8. In an email to one of its listeners it said, “SuperStereo 8 closed its broadcasts, our corporate building contains 7 departments for each station plus the technical and administrative area, so we will focus only on the 7 existing stations on our website.” SuperStereo 8 was a soul and ballads from the 70s, 80s and 90s genre channel broadcasting […]

Apple Music Classical to launch 28th March
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Apple Music Classical to launch 28th March

Apple Music Classical is to launch on 28th March 2023 as a separate app which can be pre-ordered from the Apple app store here. Apple bought classical music streamer Primephonic in Autumn 2021 promising that it would launch a revamped service in 2022. The new service will be a free addition to any paid subscription (Individual, Student, Family, or Apple One) but will not be included in the Apple Music Voice Plan. On launch it […]

Qobuz to launch in Canada
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Qobuz to launch in Canada

Qobuz is to launch in Canada in May 2023 and the offering will incorporate the entire rich catalogue of Québec streaming platform QUB Musique. The integration of QUB Musique with Qobuz will give Québec artists a whole new technology showcase for their works while giving QUB Musique subscribers an enhanced music-listening experience. As an integral part of Qobuz, QUB Musique will maintain its distinctive brand – for example, by providing customized playlists for Québec music […]