All items tagged with high resolution audio and streaming services (37)

Apple Digital Masters: Why Is Everyone Talking About It?

August 22, 2019 by Joao Martins

Apple Digital Masters: Why Is Everyone Talking About It?

It all started with an article from Billboard that stated: "On Wednesday (August 7) Apple Music announced the launch of Apple Digital Masters, a new initiative by the streaming giant that combines all of its "Mastered for iTunes" offerings into one global catalog. This is the company's first public acknowledgement of the initiative, which it has been quietly unveiling for some time." And suddenly the story was all over the place. But Apple didn't actually announce anything. Or at least, there was no official press release from Apple to be found confirming the story.

Meridian Introduces Roon Ready 210 Streamer for Advanced Home Integration

August 13, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Meridian Introduces Roon Ready 210 Streamer for Advanced Home Integration

High resolution audio pioneer, Meridian has introduced its new 210 Streamer to help integrators meet market demand for reliable, high-quality audio streaming throughout the home. The new Meridian 210 allows the latest music-streaming services to connect flawlessly to home audio installations via a range of formats. With aptX HD Bluetooth, the Meridian 210 supports highest quality streaming and synchronizes the volume controls of Bluetooth devices, playback apps, Meridian components and third-party control across the system.

First Music Streaming Service in China to Add MQA Studio Quality Audio

July 17, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

First Music Streaming Service in China to Add MQA Studio Quality Audio

Xiami Music, a wholly-owned entity of the Alibaba Group, will be the first music streaming service in China to adopt MQA. With the implementation of MQA, Xiami Music will become the audio quality leader in China, sending a clear signal to artists and creators that Xiami’s service is the best way to connect with their fans. MQA, the pioneering technology delivering authenticated master-quality music in a file small enough to stream, will be introduced into the SVIP tier of Xiami Music iOS and Android apps.

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.

Rhapsody International Adds MQA Studio Quality Audio To ‘Powered By Napster’ Platform Service

May 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Rhapsody International Adds MQA Studio Quality Audio To ‘Powered By Napster’ Platform Service

Rhapsody International Inc., a pioneer in digital music and leading provider of music streaming technologies and services for businesses, announced it has completed a global agreement with MQA, the company delivering authenticated master quality music in a file small enough to stream. Rhapsody’s Powered by Napster platform service now offers partners the option to choose high-resolution and studio-quality audio for those who select MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) as their format of choice.

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.

New Tidal iOS App Now Brings Tidal Masters MQA to the iPhone

March 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New Tidal iOS App Now Brings Tidal Masters MQA to the iPhone

Tidal, in partnership with MQA, has announced that Master quality tracks are now available via iPhone devices, continuing to optimize the smartphone listening experience and deliver guaranteed master quality recordings, including high-resolution audio masters, direct from the source. The eagerly awaited update to Tidal’s iOS app, providing MQA Core decoding, follows the recent Android news announced at CES in January 2019.

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.

HiBy Introduces MQA to its R3 Tidal Portable Music Player

November 2, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

HiBy Introduces MQA to its R3 Tidal Portable Music Player

With the iPod and all the clone mp3 players now long gone and forgotten, music enthusiasts already deeply committed to music streaming services are looking again for ways to enjoy higher-quality and high-resolution audio options when out of home and on the move. Manufacturers like HiBy are responding with dedicated and affordable streaming music players like the R3, promoted as the smallest and lightest Tidal's Online Music Library Player. And now HiBy also confirmed MQA playback support for the R3.

Qobuz to Preview High-Res Audio Music Streaming and Download Service at CEDIA Expo 2018

September 4, 2018 by Joao Martins

Qobuz to Preview High-Res Audio Music Streaming and Download Service at CEDIA Expo 2018

In audioXpress we've published several stories about French music streaming provider Qobuz, soon to be launching in the US this Fall. The company claims to be "the world's highest resolution music streaming service," meaning they have more hi-res audio files to download than any other. But the interesting part is their claim that, with the launch in the US, they will be also providing a hi-res streaming option based on FLAC (lossless compression). A world first, which the company will be introducing at CEDIA Expo 2018.

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