Audio News for December 24, 2010

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New Linn Music Server – Linn is in the music server business with their new generation Linn DS music player. It stores all of one’s music collection on a hard drive, from either CDs or music downloads, and claims to be the only authentic hi-fi product to access stored digital music and stream if over a home network. The entire collection can be controlled from a remote in the palm of the hand. The Linn DS has no moving parts, so there is no interference from a CD playing mechanism. Proprietary technology for clocking and up-sampling is used to deliver superior audio quality. One’s computer can be used for storage as a start, but Linn suggests Network Attached Storage (NAS), which units have a slot in the front for insertion of CDs to rip them quickly to the drive.

The Universality of Mobile Devices – Since 2008 more people worldwide have been accessing the Internet using mobile devices than standards computers or laptops. Of course this imbalance is largest in third world countries where cell phones are also paramount, due to the limited existence of infrastructure for standard wired connections and the greater expense of computers. Upwards of 120 million iOS (Apple’s mobile operating system) are being sold worldwide now. The iPhone 4 and iPad have advanced mobile usage tremendously. The Android system continues to gain and is available on more devices and carriers, but Apple has over 70% of the app marketplace. It is predicted that the iPhone will be available on Verizon by this February.  Musicians, artists, photographers, businesses, all types of content creators, benefit from having their own free mobile apps, reaching their clients and community wherever they go. But having a mobile app isn’t the same as having a website.  

New Sony Classical Website – A new online classical music store has been set up by Sony Music Entertainment in cooperation with leading names in classical music performance and radio. It is designed to improve the ways classical listeners can discover and purchase music on the Net. Carnegie Hall, the London Symphony and Atlanta Symphony, New York’s WQXR and Chicago’s WFMT will curate and promote special programming and features at the site – www.Ariama.com   The site will also serve as a sponsor of programs and features with each of the partners. For example, Robert Spano, Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will offer music recommendations, and you will be able to purchase releases from the orchestra’s new record label – ASO Media – starting February 2011. Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine are two other partners in the site, sharing some of their editorial content. Ariama presently offers a growing catalog of over 200 classical labels on an elegant platform for purchase of physical CDs, lossless FLAC digital downloads, and high-quality MP3s. Powerful search tools are designed to meet the needs of classical music consumers.

Summit Wireless Products Receive FCC Certification – The first consumer products to be approved by the FCC for wireless operation in the uncongested 5GHz radio frequency band are the Summit Wireless Home Theater HDMI Audio Hub and Speaker Modules. The Summit Home Theater System is being manufactured by Hansong Technologies of China, and Aperion Audio is utilizing the wireless speaker technology on some of their loudspeakers. The present 2.4GHz ISM band has been become crowded and congested with signals from many different Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cordless phone systems.  This can result in audio dropouts, crackling and pops or worse. Therefore the FCC and other standards groups around the world have opened up the new 5.2-5.8GHz UNII band spectrum, with up to 21 new channels.

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