All items tagged with hi-res streaming (32)

High-Res Streaming Content From Neil Young Archives Added to BluOS Devices in Canada and the United States

May 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

High-Res Streaming Content From Neil Young Archives Added to BluOS Devices in Canada and the United States

Lenbrook International, developer of the BluOS hi-res wireless premium distributed audio and music management platform, announced the integration of the Neil Young Archives (NYA), the high-resolution, studio-quality streaming online archive of famed Canadian-born rock icon, Neil Young, into the BluOS platform.This unique fan-focused service comes to BluOS enabled products via OraStream adaptive streaming protocol, as previously announced.

Cambridge Audio Makes CXN (V2) and Edge NQ Network Audio Players Roon Ready

March 3, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Cambridge Audio Makes CXN (V2) and Edge NQ Network Audio Players Roon Ready

Cambridge Audio announced that its flagship Edge NQ and CXN (V2) network audio streamers now have Roon’s high-resolution streaming and music management technology built right in. A software update is now available for the Edge NQ and CXN (V2) featuring Roon Ready. Once these products have been updated, Roon will discover them on the network, deliver the highest possible quality audio, and even allow volume control right from the Roon user interface.

HIFIMAN Debuts DEVA Advanced Active Headphone with Custom Bluetooth Dongle

February 19, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

HIFIMAN Debuts DEVA Advanced Active Headphone with Custom Bluetooth Dongle

HIFIMAN is a company renowned for price-no-object, flagship electrostatic and premium planar magnetic circumaural headphones or even high-end IEM's - all wired. Now, HIFIMAN is also offering wireless headphones in the same spirit of pleasing the most demanding music enthusiasts. After launching the flagship Ananda-BT ($999) the company now announced the more affordable DEVA, using a planar driver derived from the Susvara model. The DEVA works in wired or wireless model, with a custom Bluetooth dongle supporting aptX HD and LDAC high-resolution codecs.

Bowers & Wilkins Expands Wireless Formation Suite of Products with New Formation Flex

September 17, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins Expands Wireless Formation Suite of Products with New Formation Flex

Following the introduction of the Formation Suite of wireless home audio products, Bowers & Wilkins introduced a new full-range standalone model to the family, more in-line with the design of the rest of the series. The new Formation Flex extends the wireless capabilities of the high resolution streaming Formation series, offering what the company states to be the “highest quality sound ever found in a standalone wireless speaker of its size.”

Exploring Qobuz High-Resolution Streaming

May 23, 2019 by Luke McCready

Exploring Qobuz High-Resolution Streaming

Music streaming is now the mainstream music distribution method. European high-resolution music streaming company Qobuz expanded to the US in 2019 to challenge Tidal for the audiophile streaming market. Qobuz claims the largest hi-res catalog in the world, the most complete metadata, and the best editorial content. In this review for audioXpress, Luke McCready puts those claims to the test and offers input on Qobuz as a streaming service.

Bryston Adds Qobuz Hi-Res Streaming Capability to BDP Music Players

April 17, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Bryston Adds Qobuz Hi-Res Streaming Capability to BDP Music Players

Bryston has introduced native support for the Qobuz streaming music service as an available firmware update for Bryston’s BDP Music Players. With the update, users will be able to access Qobuz' high-resolution 24-bit/up to 192 kHz streaming service, and stream uncompressed content from a library of well over 40 million tracks representing every imaginable style including jazz and classical music. Qobuz first became available in Europe in 2007 and is now also available in the US.

Get the Edge on the Latest Audio Technologies with audioXpress April 2019

March 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Get the Edge on the Latest Audio Technologies with audioXpress April 2019

audioXpress April 2019 features a closer look at two hot application areas in audio, with an expanded Market Update about hearables and true wireless stereo, and an update on voice capture solutions. Also in this edition, Steve Temme (Listen, Inc.) addresses the challenges for testing the wider class of connected speakers, experts from Nokia Technologies explain how audio processing in smartphones can enable completely new features, and Luke McCready reviews the Qobuz hi-res music streaming service, now available in the US. Get your audioXpress now!

Qobuz Hi-Res Music Streaming and Download Service Now Available in US

February 15, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Qobuz Hi-Res Music Streaming and Download Service Now Available in US

Qobuz is now finally available in the US. A hybrid streaming service and download store, Qobuz boasts approximately forty million CD-quality (16-bit) and millions of Hi-Res (24-bit/ 192 kHz) tracks, the largest available selection of Hi-Res streaming tracks anywhere. The service offers four different access tiers, with the Sublime+ ($299.99/year) and Studio ($24.99/month) options allowing access to FLAC Hi-Res streaming, the first of its kind in the world.

Qobuz US Opens Public Beta for 192 kHz Hi-Res Streaming

January 10, 2019 by Luke McCready

Qobuz US Opens Public Beta for 192 kHz Hi-Res Streaming

It’s been a year since Qobuz announced at CES 2018 its impending entry into the US marketplace, with the ambition of becoming a heavy player in the hi-res music streaming market. Qobuz has the US audiophile set squarely in its sights, and it intends to deliver higher quality streams and a more complete experience than its competitors. At CES 2019, Qobuz confirmed it is now available for registration to US users as an open beta, and published the finalized pricing.

Qobuz Postpones US Launch for 2019 and Announces Pricing Plan

November 29, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Qobuz Postpones US Launch for 2019 and Announces Pricing Plan

French online music service Qobuz promised to launch its streaming and download subscriptions in the US in 2018, offering a completely new option for the industry, with a high-end tier plan of 24-bit FLAC streaming that until now has never been available. Throughout the year, Qobuz has been actively promoting the service and the different hi-res streaming and download options. The company finally made an announcement confirming its US pricing plan, and stated that steps have been taken towards an "early 2019 US launch."

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