All items tagged with Spotify (56)

Acoustic Research Introduces M20 Digital Audio Player for HRA Enthusiasts

October 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Acoustic Research Introduces M20 Digital Audio Player for HRA Enthusiasts

The famous audio equipment brand from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Acoustic Research (now part of Voxx International) released a new portable high-resolution audio (HRA) digital player. The new M20 Hi-Res DAP is slimmer and lighter than the brand’s previous flagship model, the AR-M2, and is even more affordable, with 32GB of internal storage and expansion using Micro SDXC cards (up to 256GB). Essentially, the new M20 focuses on the quality of its audio circuits and DAC, offering a “less is more” approach.

Sonos Announces Expanded Partnerships for Connected Home Listening

September 1, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Sonos Announces Expanded Partnerships for Connected Home Listening

Founded in 2002, Sonos is now present in more than 60 countries, and already supports dozens of streaming music providers. Still, the company’s networked home sound systems have remained a closed-garden concerning software and remote control integration. Now, Sonos wants to change all that and announced new partnerships with Amazon for voice control, a new level of software integration with Spotify, and control integration with AV control manufacturers such as Crestron, Lutron, Savant, Control4, and iPort, among others.

SoundHound Integrates Houndify Speech-to-Meaning Technology

May 20, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

SoundHound Integrates Houndify Speech-to-Meaning Technology

Sound recognition and voice search technology specialists, SoundHound Inc., has enhanced its popular music app, SoundHound, to include “the most advanced voice interface of any mobile app, enabling a hands-free experience.” The updated SoundHound music discovery app now enables hands-free search, discovery and play, including ability to add songs to a Spotify playlist, all using the company’s Houndify natural language voice search engine.

New NAD Masters Series M32 Direct Digital Amplifier and M50.2 Digital Music Player

May 9, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

New NAD Masters Series M32 Direct Digital Amplifier and M50.2 Digital Music Player

For NAD Electronics, the 2016 High End show, in Munich, Germany was all about the excitement of high-performance and high resolution audio. Complementing the five existing Master Series components, NAD announced two new additions, the M32 Direct Digital Amplifier and M50.2 Digital Music Player, both running the brand’s dedicated BluOS operating system with support for popular music services and High Resolution Audio.

Spotify Acquires CrowdAlbum to Extend Services Provided to Music Artists

April 27, 2016 by Joao Martins

Spotify Acquires CrowdAlbum to Extend Services Provided to Music Artists

Streaming music service Spotify announced the acquisition of social media aggregator CrowdAlbum to enhance the development of products that help artists understand, activate, and monetize their audiences. Having reached 30 million paid subscribers, the Swedish company is expanding its services to artists, providing insights about their listeners and introducing Concerts to promote artists’ shows to relevant fans - two new Spotify tools recently developed with CrowdAlbum.

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 35 All-in-one Wireless Home Music System

February 8, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 35 All-in-one Wireless Home Music System

Loudspeaker manufacturers are constantly trying to refine the wireless speaker concept for home applications, introducing new designs and more integrated features for both all-in-one or networked system use. Bang & Olufsen started from scratch for its latest project. The new BeoSound 35 is probably the epitome of all-in-one wireless music systems, generating a wide staged sound experience at home.

Sonos Introduces New Flagship PLAY:5 Smart Speaker and Trueplay Tuning Software

October 11, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Sonos Introduces New Flagship PLAY:5 Smart Speaker and Trueplay Tuning Software

The pioneer and market leader in whole-home audio connected solutions announced the all-new flagship Sonos PLAY:5 smart speaker and a new speaker-tuning software called Trueplay. The announcements signal a new series of innovations in hardware and software from Sonos with which the company intends to respond to increasing competition, while leveraging the latest technology advancements.

CanJam London 2015, the First Official Head-Fi Event in Europe

July 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

CanJam London 2015, the First Official Head-Fi Event in Europe

North America’s premier headphone audio event is coming to the UK for the first time this summer. CanJam London 2015, the first of Head-Fi’s official CanJam events to be held in Europe, will take place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August 2015, bringing together the world’s best names in high-quality headphone design.

Radio is Revolutionary (Again)

July 2, 2015 by Joao Martins

Radio is Revolutionary (Again)

I promised to come back to Apple’s announcement of Beats1 Worldwide Radio as part of its Apple Music service. From one perspective, it is a great promotional idea—not much different from those great video ads Apple puts out. It will certainly stimulate awareness for traditional radio and Apple can afford to spend the money. So, no harm done. But that’s it.

Keeping up with Apple Music

June 11, 2015 by Joao Martins

Keeping up with Apple Music

"Bring your own music or we’ll have to play Norah Jones”: That’s exactly how I felt this week while watching that “one more thing” moment during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2015 keynote presentation in San Francisco, CA, probably one of the most anxiously awaited moments for the music industry and certainly for every audio enthusiast.

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