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...]

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...]

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...]

PonoMusic, the Hi-Res music service that will accompany the PonoPlayer portable device, has formed a partnership with long-running online music platform Omnifone. Omnifone, which owns the cloud-based music service MusicStation (on which, among others, Sony's Music Unlimited runs), has been stockpiling studio master quality Hi-Res Audio files since 2006, already delivers fully lossless WAV and FLAC audio to its customers, and has promised to … [Read more...]

Here’s a look at Pandora’s new, 40,000 square foot office space on Park Ave. in midtown Manhattan.  Andrew Bartle Architects oversaw the design and renovation, which included the removal of the ceiling to create a massive, two-story open space. Pandora lost $11 million last quarter, and has little prospect of profitability ahead. Via digitalmusicnews.com … [Read more...]