Audio News for November 16, 2010

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Politicians in the Recent Election Sued for Infringement in Music Use – According to the American Bar Association, a growing number of politicians – ranging from President Barack Obama to Sen. John McCain – have been cited for unauthorized use of copyrighted music in their various campaign efforts.  Some of these public figures break the law by using music without permission which they picked up for their advertisements. The Association’s magazine Landslide carries an article on this subject titled “Politicians Often Tone Deaf to Songwriters’ Rights.”

State-of-the-Art Music Server – Olive Media will launch by the end of this month a new high-end music server which builds on their present 03HD server. The 06HD has a dedicated 192kHz/24-bit 1792 DAC, headphone output and 24-fit fully-balanced differential. It has a dedicated linear power supply for the analog output stage and a custom-built toroidal transformer. It will feature upsampling to 384 kHz, fanless cooling and a solid aluminum shell. SRP of the server was not announced, but the first twenty customers to pre-order the 06HD will be brought to Olive’s San Francisco headquarters for a VIP experience to pick up their unit.

Record Label Offers Multiple Formats – A number of hi-res music download sites have begun offering high end downloads as alternatives to the usual data-reduced MP3 files, the small record label Soundkeeper Recordings seems to have them all beat by offering seven different options on certain of their recordings. In addition to the standard 44.1/16 CD, they offer a higher-quality CD-R transfer, a DVD-R disc at 96K/24bit (playable on most DVD players), 96/24 AIFF files on disc, 96/24 WAV files on disc, 192/24 AIFF files on disc, and 192/24 WAV files on disc.  The latter four options are for use with music servers and computers using applications such as iTunes. Soundkeeper reports that even the best replicated (pressed) discs do not sound exactly like the digital masters from which they are made.  They feel a slow-burned CD-R does a better job of capturing the original’s fine detail and focus when played on a CD player. (For transfer of the audio files directly to a music server or computer there would be no advantage.)  Of course the 96K and 192K sampling rates will further match playback quality of the masters even more closely if your equipment passes the signals properly. As an added bonus, the artwork of the first 25 copies of each of the custom-burned formats will be autographed by the artist. www.soundkeeperrecordings.com

Yamaha Adds Pandora and iPhone/iPad Capabilities to AV Receiver – Yamaha Electronics has brought out the only Wi-Fi-enabled multichannel AV receiver with full IR control of external devices via iPhone and iPad, and at the same time reduced the price to $500. The YMC-700 is one of their neoHD designs, allowing a user to control all sources with a simple graphical user interface and simplified remote control. A new ap will also allow using either an iPhone or iPad as a remote. The receiver has convenient wireless access to digital files of music or photos on your computer and connects you to the world of Internet radio and Pandora. You can attach it to a five-speaker system for room-filling surround, or use surround processing technology to produce home theater sound from a single pair of stereo speakers. The HDMI connections allow switching among three different digital HD sources, and analog-to-HDMI conversion can send older analog video to your TV via a single HDMI cable.

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