All items tagged with high resolution audio and MQA (61)

Alpine Becomes the First Aftermarket Car Audio Company with TIDAL Integration

September 9, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Alpine Becomes the First Aftermarket Car Audio Company with TIDAL Integration

Alps Alpine North America launched its TIDAL integration available via a free software update. The compatible head units include the new Alpine Halo11 iLX-F511, the Alpine Halo9 iLX-F509, the iLX-507, and Jeep-specific radios i509-WRA-JK and i509-WRA-JL. Alpine is the first aftermarket car audio company with full TIDAL integration, allowing subscribers to the service to stream and download hi-res files in MQA format or lossless audio at CD quality.

Bluesound Announces the Powernode Edge "Just-Add-Speakers" Streaming Amplifier

September 1, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Bluesound Announces the Powernode Edge "Just-Add-Speakers" Streaming Amplifier

Bluesound announced the Powernode Edge to expand its hi-res wireless multiroom line of audio products. The new single-zone, wireless music streaming amplifier is a perfect entry point into “just add speakers” hifi systems for the modern age, combining streaming sources, control, and amplification all in one affordable device. Shipping starts in early October 2022 with suggested pricing for each unit at USD $649.

Roon Confirms New Audio Partners and Refines Its Software User Experience

October 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Roon Confirms New Audio Partners and Refines Its Software User Experience

Roon, the innovative music management, discovery and streaming platform, announced an impressive array of over 25 new Roon Ready and Roon Tested devices from audio brands such as Arcam, Astell&Kern, Bluesound, JBL, Mission, Rotel and more. Additionally, the brand welcomed 5 new partners, including British loudspeaker pioneers Mission, whose new LX Connect all-in-one hi-fi system is Roon Tested. Other new partners include Argon Audio, Avik, Silent Angel and Zidoo (featuring three 4K UHD media players that are Roon Ready).

Khadas Introduces Magnetic Snap-On Ultraslim Hi-Res Headphone Amplifier

October 28, 2021 by Joao Martins

Khadas Introduces Magnetic Snap-On Ultraslim Hi-Res Headphone Amplifier

Khadas is about to launch an interesting new Ultraslim headphone amplifier with high-resolution audio support for smartphones. The design will be compatible with Apple’s MagSafe (and all the copycat magnetic chargers that are about to arrive in the market), just clipping into to the back of an iPhone 12 or 13. The Khadas TEA features the high-performance ESS ES9281AC Pro DAC, as well as LDAC and aptX HD Bluetooth audio from a Qualcomm QCC5125 chip.

NAD Expands Classic Series With New C 399 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier

September 22, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Expands Classic Series With New C 399 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier

NAD Electronics expanded its Classic Series with a new flagship integrated amplifier featuring HybridDigital nCore amplification, ESS Sabre DAC and the latest MDC2 Modular Design Construction architecture. With all these key elements of NAD's Masters Series amplifiers, the new C 399 Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier takes value and performance to a whole new level. The suggested retail price of the C 399 is $1999 USD with retail availability in time for the holiday season.

Questyle Introduces M12 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphone Amplifier With ESS Sabre DAC

July 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Questyle Introduces M12 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphone Amplifier With ESS Sabre DAC

Questyle Technology, the renowned manufacturer of high-quality DACs, headphone amplifiers, and Current Mode Amplification systems, now announced their new M12 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphone Amplifier with DAC. With the compact M12 USB-C DAC, the company allows mobile phone listeners to enjoy the best of lossless and high-resolution audio streaming platforms, using the ESS Sabre32 ES9281AC flagship digital-to-analog converter.

Rotel Announces MKII Stereo Preamplifiers with Upgraded Audio Circuits and Components

May 25, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Rotel Announces MKII Stereo Preamplifiers with Upgraded Audio Circuits and Components

Rotel announced new upgraded MKII versions of two of the companies stereo preamplifiers with the launch of the RC-1590MKII and RC-1572MKII. Both models feature a host of acoustic and performance upgrades with each acoustic circuit having been critically analyzed and significantly improved by leveraging technologies engineered for the award winning Michi series. Both feature a Texas Instruments premium 32-bit/384kHz digital to analog converter (DAC) stage.

BluOS 3.14 Expands Music Streaming Services, Integration Features, and Adds Radio Paradise in MQA

April 5, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

BluOS 3.14 Expands Music Streaming Services, Integration Features, and Adds Radio Paradise in MQA

With the release of version 3.14, Lenbrook's premium multi-room music management platform BluOS introduced a number of important enhancements for both the user and integrators across the whole BluOS ecosystem of products. BluOS expands access to three new natively-integrated music streaming services, exclusive access to Radio Paradise MQA-encoded audio streams and various performance improvements.

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.

Lenbrook Americas Launches DALI OBERON C Series Active Wireless Hi-Fi

October 8, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Lenbrook Americas Launches DALI OBERON C Series Active Wireless Hi-Fi

Hi-fidelity made easy and affordable. That's the pitch for DALI's Oberon C wireless active speakers, complemented with the Sound Hub Compact audio preamplifier, providing simplicity of installation and operation with the best possible sound quality. Lenbrook Americas now launched the DALI OBERON C Series, bringing wireless active Hi-Fi within the reach of many more music enthusiasts.

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