All items tagged with high resolution audio (361)
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.
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Wireless Speaker and Audio Association Adds Five New Members
March 21, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Wireless Speaker and Audio Association Adds Five New Members

WiSA LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association comprised of leading consumer electronics brands founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, today announced the addition of five new members. The association was reinforced with TCL Technology, Atlantic Technologies, Zylux Acoustic, Jazz Hipster, and AKSys. These new members will help develop and manufacture additional high-performance products as adoption of WiSA Ready platforms continues momentum.
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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.
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CTA Debuts “Studio Stories: Quality Sound Matters” Video Series Featuring Renowned Music Artists and Producers
February 4, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

CTA Debuts “Studio Stories: Quality Sound Matters” Video Series Featuring Renowned Music Artists and Producers

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced a new documentary-style video series to promote High-Resolution Audio (Hi-Res Audio or HRA) as an emerging audio technology platform. The series of video features testimonies from eight renowned artists and producers including Bruce Botnick, Kenny Aronoff, Paul Oakenfold, or Skylar Grey. The series also pays special tribute to The Beatles’ Recording Engineer, Geoff Emerick with an extended cut version of his interview for the series.
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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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Foxconn, Innovo Audio Designs, and System Audio Join Wireless Speaker and Audio Association
November 8, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Foxconn, Innovo Audio Designs, and System Audio Join Wireless Speaker and Audio Association

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA), an industry group comprised of over 40 leading brands including founding member Summit Wireless Technologies, announced Foxconn Technology Group, Innovo Audio Designs and System Audio as its newest members. The strong and growing list of WiSA members is largely driven by the Association’s WiSA Ready platform and its recently revitalized leadership.
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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.
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Dense Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Adapt Compact USB-C Audio DAC
October 29, 2018 by Joao Martins

Dense Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Adapt Compact USB-C Audio DAC

Another week and more audio products are pitched on crowdfunding platforms. Some products have new or clearly differentiated arguments - sometimes so new or different that it's hard to believe! - while others are simply well-designed or products that have to rely on better quality and technical arguments that consumer's will find hard to understand or believe. The latter is the reason why we decided to write about the new Dense Audio USB audio DAC, called Adapt. This is a product designed by an experienced team, who have ventured into creating a new company and launch a product "that could set a new standard and be used for a long time in this fast-changing world."
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WiSA Announces Certification of Axiim Link WiSA USB Transmitter
October 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Announces Certification of Axiim Link WiSA USB Transmitter

Following the launch of the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) certification program, the association now announced the certification of the “Link” WiSA USB Transmitter from Association member Axiim. The Axiim Link plugs into any WiSA Ready audio source including TVs, gaming systems and PCs and allows them to easily connect to any speakers certified by the WiSA Association. The Axiim Link transmitter is also the first and only wireless, high-resolution device designed for Xbox One and Windows PCs that is also WiSA Certified.
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Pioneer Announces Roll-Out of MQA Support for Home Audio Products
October 12, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Pioneer Announces Roll-Out of MQA Support for Home Audio Products

Starting October 2018, certain Pioneer branded home audio products will receive a free firmware update enabling playback of MQA-encoded material. With support for both streaming audio, local file, and whole home audio, the Pioneer N-70AE and N-50AE family of network audio players can be used as the hub for all high quality audio pursuits. The NC-50 and NC-50 DAB are network audio players with a built-in CD player and stereo amplifier. MQA is working closely with Onkyo and Pioneer to bring playback support on more home audio products in the coming months.
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