Streaming Music Services – There’s Money To Be Made
May 28, 2015 Comments Off on Streaming Music Services – There’s Money To Be Made
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” Don’t get me started on artists who are still trying to hold back the hands of time and kill the streaming services. I get it that you used to make more money from CD sales. However, the free market has spoken. People don’t want what you’re selling, if you’re selling CDs or lossy downloads. Getting back on track, it’s the rights holders who are making plenty of money from streaming services and who stand to earn much more as more people enter the streaming music fray.”
Qobuz, the JAS, and the Myth of the High-Res Audio Logo
May 25, 2015 Comments Off on Qobuz, the JAS, and the Myth of the High-Res Audio Logo
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“They have licensed the High-Res Audio logo to Qobuz. But the JAS isn’t in the business of checking whether a site or a company actually meets the specifications. They specifically absolve themselves from any responsibility by including the following on their “Definition of Hi-Res Audio Products” document.”
The best sounding music of 2015
May 22, 2015 Comments Off on The best sounding music of 2015
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New Apple Music Service: Streaming Not High-Res
May 19, 2015 Comments Off on New Apple Music Service: Streaming Not High-Res
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“Jay-Z’s TIDAL service has been streaming so-called “high-resolution audio” through its premium service for $20 per month. Of the millions of subscribers they have, only 10,000 or so have moved to the new “CD quality” model. The public just doesn’t care about higher quality or they’re happy enough with the fidelity currently available. After all, does it really matter what fidelity they delivery when virtually all of the releases are hammered with compressors to within an inch of their lives?”
THE EASIEST WAY TO TRANSFER PLAYLISTS BETWEEN STREAMING APPS!
May 15, 2015 Comments Off on THE EASIEST WAY TO TRANSFER PLAYLISTS BETWEEN STREAMING APPS!
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” A new service called Soundiiz was just brought to my attention and after signing up for free and going through the motions of adding my various accounts from different apps I am happy to say that I have all my old playlists synced across each other. My Tidal is loaded with my Spotify lists and I even dredged up some classic playlists from last.FM that I forgot about from 2008.”
Future Belongs to Those Who Stream
April 28, 2015 Comments Off on Future Belongs to Those Who Stream
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“Moreover, within the banner of streaming music, revenues of each of its components are growing nicely. Paid subscriptions grew 25%, ad-supported on-demand grew 34%, and SoundExchange grew 31%. Actually, the RIAA adjusted the way it calculates retail revenues for paid subscriptions; if that is taken into account, the subscriptions numbers would be even better.”
WHAT IS THE BEST MUSIC FORMAT FOR AUDIOPHILES?
April 19, 2015 Comments Off on WHAT IS THE BEST MUSIC FORMAT FOR AUDIOPHILES?
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” There is no one clear answer to what is the best file format for music playback is and quality mastering of will sound also makes a big impact but there are a many formats that audiophiles tend to use more than others”
Streaming Music Revenue Tops CD Sales
April 13, 2015 Comments Off on Streaming Music Revenue Tops CD Sales
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“Another statistic of interest from the RIAA report for 2014 is that downloads and streaming services now make up 64 percent of the total market by value and downloads remain the largest source of revenue at 37 percen”
Pure Music Improves Streamthrough
March 17, 2015 Comments Off on Pure Music Improves Streamthrough
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” Pure Music 2.0.3, available for download now from the Channel D website, brings enhancements to its Streamthrough streaming audio technology. Streamthrough permits conveniently playing and enhancing other computer audio sources through Pure Music, with full access to Pure Music’s dithered volume control, 64 bit crossover, audio EQ plug-ins, NetSend streaming, metering, etc., all without needing to quit Pure Music”
Wall Street Journal on High-Res Audio
March 10, 2015 Comments Off on Wall Street Journal on High-Res Audio
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“While some will surely cry foul since Rothman did not perform any blind or ABX testing to “prove” what he heard, and he chose a track to highlight that was originally recorded to analog tape, “The difference was clear” is pretty clear to me.”
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