All items tagged with high resolution audio and hi-res streaming (22)

Bluesound Announces HUB to Enable Multiroom Streaming from Any Source

May 6, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Bluesound Announces HUB to Enable Multiroom Streaming from Any Source

Bluesound, the manufacturer of high-resolution audio wireless multiroom products, expanded its already comprehensive range with the HUB, a network accessory that allows connecting a variety of analog and digital audio sources to the Bluesound ecosystem for multiroom streaming. This simple BluOS device easily adds any audio source and transmits music wirelessly to one or many Bluesound players around the home.

Naim Launches Uniti Atom Headphone Edition

May 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Naim Launches Uniti Atom Headphone Edition

Increasing the options for those wanting to upgrade their music source options for high-quality headphones, Naim Audio has launched Uniti Atom Headphone Edition – a headphone-optimized version of its original Uniti Atom music streaming system. Unlike traditional headphone amplifiers and DACs, which require a separate computer or streaming device, the new Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is a fully formed music-streaming system: just add headphones.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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