DTS, the company which gives us such great audio in theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray discs, is continuing a push to make a mark with distributed wireless audio in the home, taking on Sonos, Apple's AirPlay, and others with a push for Play-Fi technology. Today, the company added new high end partners McIntosh, Sonus Faber and Wadia who will integrate DTS Play-Fi into their home audio products. Current partners include Polk, Definitive … [Read more...]
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Showcased
As part of its ongoing initiatives to promote sound quality and High-Resolution Audio, The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing hosted two successful events in New York during CE Week, the Consumer Electronic industry's official mid-year meeting, conference and new technology showcase. On June 24, the P&E Wing hosted a High-Resolution Audio Listening Event in partnership with DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and the … [Read more...]
Vinyl’s Great, But It’s Not Better Than CD
Vinyl's just more fun as a format than MP3s or CDs; there's something viscerally satisfying about dropping the needle, and physically spinning the record back to rewind. And in a world where people feel all too welcome to hijack the playlist at parties they attend, it's nice to have a harder-to-commandeer format on offer. Let's not fool ourselves, though. Vinyl is great, but the idea that its sound quality is superior to that of uncompressed … [Read more...]
Computer Audiophile – The Future Of HiFi
There has never been a better time to be a music aficionado who loves great sound quality and technology. In the not to distant future we will be streaming lossless audio, in all relevant sample rates, directly to our main audio components from a Cloud music service provider. I absolutely love the possibilities and can't wait for some of them to come to fruition. Via computeraudiophile.com … [Read more...]
Can This Man Save the Stereo?
I have to admit I was skeptical when I first heard about the Save the Stereo Project. There have been other efforts to save -- or at least promote the idea 0f -- the traditional stereo system. And with good reason, because as most audio experts would agree, a traditional two-channel stereo system, with speakers in a room and the listener sitting equidistant from them, is still the best, most realistic way to experience stereo music … [Read more...]