Audio
Music Sites Begin Adopting Hi-Res Music Logo
High-resolution music-download sites have begun adopting a logo unveiled by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to designate recordings that meet the high-resolution...
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Car Electronics
Dual Bringing High-Resolution Audio To The Car
Aftermarket car-audio brand Dual will bring high-resolution audio (HRA) playback to the dash with a $499-suggested CD-receiver that streams high-resolution files via Wi-Fi from...
Audio
CEDIA Expo: Pioneer Readies SXN30 High-Res Stereo Receiver, XDP-100R Portable
Pioneer will bring a two-channel stereo receiver back to its Elite series and plans an early-2016 launch of first high-resolution portable audio player in...
Audio
McIntosh Mixes Old, New With 3 Stereo Preamps
Old-school tubes and new-school high-resolution digital decoding put in an appearance in the latest three stereo analog preamps from luxury-audio maker McIntosh. The Fine...
Car Electronics
Sony Brings High-Resolution Audio To The Dash
Sony will bring high-resolution audio to the car with the December availability of the first in-dash aftermarket head unit announced to date with high-resolution...
Audio
Pioneer’s XDP-100R Is 1st High-Res Portable With MQA
Pioneer became the first company to introduce a portable high-resolution music player that will support high-res MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) files, the company announced...
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LG Bringing High-Res Music Service To Smartphones
Seoul, South Korea — High-resolution music playback, largely confined to home-audio systems and select high-end portable audio players, is moving farther into the smartphone...
Audio
Astell & Kern Goes Home Again
Seoul – High-resolution portable-audio company Astell&Kern is expanding its home audio presence with the late-August shipment of the $3,700-MAP AKT1 all-in-one high-resolution audio system....
news
Marshall Headphones Launches High-Res Smartphone
Stockholm, Sweden – Marshall Headphones, which licenses the Marshall name from guitar-amp maker Marshall Amps, launched a music-oriented Android smartphone with high-resolution 192kHz/24-bit Wolfson...
news
ZTE’s Axon Pro Smartphone Stresses Audio, Video Performance
New York – ZTE USA will bring unlocked phones to the U.S. market under the new Axon series, starting with a model positioned as...
Audio
Foo Fighters, Sony Team To Promote High-Resolution Audio
Tokyo – Sony is teaming up with music group Foo Fighters to promote high-resolution music and will bring high-resolution versions of Foo Fighters songs...
Audio
Recording Academy Plans High-Res Recording Guidelines
Santa Monica, Calif. — The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing plans to create high-resolution audio production guidelines to clear up what it called...
Audio
RIAA Unveils High-Res Logo For Music Retailers, Labels
Washington D.C. — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) unveiled a logo that digital music retailers can use to designate recordings that meet...
Audio
Devialet’s Multiroom Audiophile Speakers On Way
Paris – Audiophile supplier Devialet is bringing its spherical multiroom Wi-Fi speakers to the U.S., planning preorders through its web site on June 18...
Audio
Sony Upgrades Bluetooth Speakers For High-Res Audio
San Diego – Three new portable Bluetooth speakers from Sony include the company’s first two with proprietary LDAC technology to stream “near high-resolution audio”...
Audio
Yamaha HTiBs Get New Technologies
Buena Park, Calif. – Yamaha is bringing new technologies to its 2015 lineup of home-theater-in-a-box (HTiB) systems, including built-in Bluetooth, HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2...
Audio
High-Performance Audio Coming To T.H.E. Show Newport
Newport Beach, Calif. – The high-performance audio industry will converge here Friday for a look at new suppliers and new products from more than...
Audio
A&K Raises Bar In High-Res Audio Portables
Munich, Germany – High-resolution audio supplier Astell & Kern went to the High End show today to expand its portable-audio lineup with a new...
Audio
Aurender To Expand High-Resolution Server Line
Burbank, Calif. — Aurender will go to next week’s High End Show in Munich, Germany, to extend its line of high-resolution audio (HRA) music...
Audio
Sharp Outlines Audio Plans For Custom Channel
New York – Sharp is using its high-resolution Blu-ray/SACD/networked music player to establish a beachhead for the launch of a series of high-performance audio...
Audio
Pangea Combines Old, New In Headphone Amp/DAC
Grand Rapids, Mich. – Pangea Audio combined a hybrid tube/solid-state headphone amp with a 192/24 USB DAC to create the $299 HP201, which joins...
Audio
A&K Lowers Entry Price Of High-Res Portables
Seoul, Korea — Astell&Kern, which entered the high-resolution portable-audio market more than two years ago, is expanding its lineup down in price to include...
Audio
Onkyo Unveils Multipurpose Portable Headphone DAC/Amp
Osaka, Japan — A music-player app and portable DAC/headphone amp unveiled by Onkyo will enable Android and Apple smartphones to output high-resolution PCM and...
Audio
Questyle Adding High-Resolution Music Portables
Arleta, Calif. – Questyle Audio, the Chinese supplier of audiophile-oriented headphone amps and DACs, will bring its technology to portable high-resolution music players. The...
Blogs
High-Res Audio Coming To More Smartphones
Playback of high-resolution 192kHz/24-bit music files — FLAC at least — turned up in the latest HTC One M9 flagship smartphone, and it could...
Audio
Parasound Ships First Integrated Amp
San Francisco — Parasound shipped its first integrated amp, which incorporates digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and high-resolution playback via USB 2.0, optical and coaxial inputs....
Audio
Marantz Adds Third Network Audio Player
Mahwah, N.J. – Marantz expanded its selection of component-style network-audio players to three with the addition of its first model with built-in Wi-Fi and...
CES
High-Res Audio Still Has A Way To Go In The Retail Perspective
Las Vegas – High-resolution audio still has a very long way to go before it achieves mainstream success, according to a panel of retailers...
Audio
Meridian Lining Up Support For High-Res MQA Audio
LAS VEGAS – Meridian Audio is lining up support from CE makers, streaming and download services, and music labels for its high-resolution MQA (Master...
Audio/Video
Sony Hits High-Resolution Audio Road
Las Vegas – Sony is expanding its portfolio of high-resolution audio products into the car aftermarket with the launch of a single-DIN model that...
Audio
Sony Home Audio Targets High-Res, Wireless
Las Vegas – High-resolution audio, HDCP 2.2 4K copy protection, Wi-Fi audio, and built-in Google Cast technology highlight Sony’s home audio introductions at International...
Audio
Technics Returns As High-Res Component-Audio Brand
Las Vegas – Panasonic’s Technics brand is reentering the U.S. home audio market after an absence of 13 years, focusing on high performance and...
Audio
Pono Music Download Store Goes Online
San Francisco — Rock legend and Pono Music CEO Neil Young brought his high-resolution Pono Music World store out of U.S. beta today, and...
Audio
CEA, Japan Audio Society In High-Res Collaboration
Arlington, Va. – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) will make the High-Resolution Audio (HRA) logo developed by the Japan Audio Society (JAS) available for...
Audio
Marantz Updates Flagship A/V Preamp
Mahwah, N.J. – Marantz updated its flagship A/V preamplifier with the addition of Dolby Atmos surround decoding, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and ability to...
Audio/Video
Audison Brings High-Res Audio To The Car
Irvine, Calif. – Aftermarket autosound supplier Audison is bringing high-resolution audio (HRA) playback to the car with hideaway components that can be added to...
Blogs
How High Can High-Res Audio Go?
Can you squeeze the quality of a master recording into a digital music file that’s smaller than a losslessly compressed 192kHz/24-bit FLAC file? Will...
Audio
High-Res Audio Panels Rev Up For CES
Arlington, Va. — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) again carved out dedicated space for high-resolution audio displays at International CES, where the association will...
Blogs
Deezer’s Doozie
Deezer stirred up a hornet’s nest in September when it announced the launch of its Deezer Elite streaming service, available exclusively through Sonos wireless...
Blogs
How Millennials Are Creating An Entirely New Industry
Every generation has a group who revolutionizes an industry. Today, millennials are drastically shaping the way music is consumed and experienced. For the first...
Accessories
Sony Expands High-Res Headphones, Adds DAC/Amp
Denver – Sony went to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest over the weekend to launch an expanded series of high-resolution headphones and a portable...
Audio
Tony Bennett Shines At Sony Hi-Res Audio Listening Party
New York – Sony organized a high-resolution audio listening party Thursday night to celebrate the launch of the Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga album...