All items tagged with music streaming (163)

Tidal Expands MQA Catalog Available for Tidal Masters Streaming

November 16, 2020 by Joao Martins

Tidal Expands MQA Catalog Available for Tidal Masters Streaming

Music and entertainment streaming platform Tidal announced that it added millions of tracks in MQA from Warner Music Group to its Tidal Masters catalog. According to Tidal, MQA users have doubled since 2019 and its Tidal HiFi subscribers are now streaming 40% more tracks in Master Quality than last year. Originally created mostly with music from Universal Music Group, the now expanded MQA catalog required an update on Tidal's servers to better support continuous streaming of music in the highest quality level.

Deezer Creates HiFi Room to Promote FLAC Streaming Quality

October 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Deezer Creates HiFi Room to Promote FLAC Streaming Quality

Music streaming platform Deezer announced a new curated section, with curated playlists and albums just for high fidelity fans. The new HiFi Room on Deezer features hand-picked tracks to draw out the rich sounds streaming in lossless FLAC quality. The company says it currently offers more than 52 million files encoded on FLAC on the platform, and it made sense to offer a curated selection for its premium subscribers to easily find this content in one place, now offering more than 15 exclusive playlists, album recommendations and reissues (remasters).

TIDAL Launches TIDAL Connect Hifi Casting Technology

October 20, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

TIDAL Launches TIDAL Connect Hifi Casting Technology

TIDAL, the global music and entertainment streaming platform, launched TIDAL Connect, the first casting technology from a music streaming service to allow users to stream music in lossless audio quality directly to connected devices, available through TIDAL HiFi premium tier. With TIDAL Connect, the company confirms launching partnerships with nine prestigious audio equipment manufacturers and StreamUnlimited as an integration launch partner.

TIDAL Connect HiFi Casting Technology Available on BluOS Connected Devices

October 20, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

TIDAL Connect HiFi Casting Technology Available on BluOS Connected Devices

BluOS, the premium multi-room music management platform by Lenbrook International, is among a carefully chosen group of launch partners for the new TIDAL Connect technology. The new solution from TIDAL follows a similar device-casting approach as the proven Spotify Connect service, which enables users to login to their account and stream music directly from a speaker or any connected network streamer. The difference with TIDAL Connect on BluOS is the possibility to stream lossless music audio formats available through TIDAL HiFi premium tier.

Harman Unveils Expanded Mark Levinson 5000 Series of High End Audio Products

October 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Harman Unveils Expanded Mark Levinson 5000 Series of High End Audio Products

Harman's Mark Levinson unveiled an expanded line of 5000 series products. Four new products that maintain the highest level of engineering, design, and passion for detail the brand is known for, but also reflect an attempt to reach to new generations of consumers and increase awareness for high end audio. Two source players and two flagship separates that expand the philosophy introduced with the launch of the Nº 5802 and Nº 5805 integrated amplifiers, and aim to reinvigorate the luxury audio experience.

Plugin Alliance Announces Availability of ADPTR AUDIO Streamliner Streaming Codec Evaluation Plugin

October 15, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Plugin Alliance Announces Availability of ADPTR AUDIO Streamliner Streaming Codec Evaluation Plugin

Plugin Alliance, the software developer and webstore supporting all major plugin formats and uniting some of the best-known international audio companies under one virtual roof, announced availability of ADPTR AUDIO Streamliner — a new audio codec evaluation plugin that eliminates guesswork and allows producers and mastering engineers to find out how their masters will sound on all the major streaming services. The application features a vast codec selection that includes Apple Music, Bandcamp, Spotify, Tidal or even Twitch, and YouTube Music.

Bryston New BR-20 Preamplifier, DAC and Streamer, Even Handles DSD over HDMI

October 12, 2020 by Joao Martins

Bryston New BR-20 Preamplifier, DAC and Streamer, Even Handles DSD over HDMI

Bryston has unveiled its new BR-20 preamplifier, the most advanced combination of analog and digital functionality in the 50-plus year history of the Bryston brand. The BR-20 combines a brand new, highly advanced analog preamplifier with the company’s flagship digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) platform and a high-performance streaming music player to create an ultimate performance hub for any music enthusiast. The Bryston BR-20 is expected to ship to dealers Q4, 2020 with a US MSRP of $5995.

Amazon Music Partners with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to Remaster Thousands of Songs and Albums in High Resolution

October 5, 2020 by Joao Martins

Amazon Music Partners with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to Remaster Thousands of Songs and Albums in High Resolution

Amazon Music announced a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to remaster thousands of songs and albums to be streamed in its Ultra High Definition premium tier music service, upgrading the digital streaming audio quality of these songs to the highest available. Music from Eagles, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Diana Ross, Linkin Park, J. Cole, Waylon Jennings, Ramones, 2 Chainz, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and more, is now available in exclusive remasters on Amazon Music HD.

Orchard Audio PecanPi DAC Receives Roon Tested Certification

September 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Orchard Audio PecanPi DAC Receives Roon Tested Certification

Orchard Audio announced that its versatile PecanPi DAC has now received Roon Tested certification from Roon Labs. This is an important achievement for Leonid (Leo) Ayzenshtat's company, which until know has been widely recognized by the excellent quality of it's products and designs, but was lacking the support of a major software player. With the Roon certification, more users will be encouraged to try The PecanPi DAC, knowing they will be able to use Roon, with its superior music browsing experience and rich metadata.

Amazon Music and Twitch Combine Live Streaming With On-Demand Listening

September 2, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Amazon Music and Twitch Combine Live Streaming With On-Demand Listening

Amazon Music and live streaming service Twitch have partnered to integrate Twitch’s live streaming functionality into the Amazon Music app, enabling fans to engage with artists in brand-new ways and move seamlessly between live streams and recorded music. Launching first on iOS and Android, artists across the globe will be able to connect live with Amazon Music’s more than 55 million users across all streaming tiers.

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