All items tagged with Qobuz Connect (10)

BluOS 4.12 Now Allows Users to Create Playlists from Multiple Sources and Streaming Services

September 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

BluOS 4.12 Now Allows Users to Create Playlists from Multiple Sources and Streaming Services

BluOS, the premium multiroom music management platform, announced the launch of Queue Builder Mode, a new feature designed for intuitive queue and playlist management. Available now as part of the BluOS 4.12 software update, Queue Builder Mode gives users a more efficient way to create personalized listening experiences while browsing their favorite streaming services. Playlists can include local files and different music streaming services.

Kii Audio Integrates Qobuz Connect Into Kii SEVEN With Free Firmware Upgrade

August 29, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Kii Audio Integrates Qobuz Connect Into Kii SEVEN With Free Firmware Upgrade

Since Qobuz introduced its direct streaming feature that offers simplified control and seamless continuity between devices in May 2025, it is triggering a series of announcements that reveal which systems are truly future-proofed and allow technology updates. Audio components such as network streamers and media players should continuously evolve and expand their capabilities over time. But for connected, active loudspeakers, this is relatively new. Qobuz Connect is now available in the Kii SEVEN high-end wireless music system through a simple free firmware update.

SOtM Launches sMS-2000 High-Performance Music Computer and Streamer

July 14, 2025 by Joao Martins

SOtM Launches sMS-2000 High-Performance Music Computer and Streamer

SOtM Audio is now shipping its sMS-2000 network server and streamer “for true audiophiles”. The ultimate “music computer” with a Linux foundation and a web server interface, the sMS-2000 combines all the greatest components the Korean company has ever developed in a single integrated system. Reflecting over a decade of developments by SOtM, the sMS-2000 runs the company’s Eunhasu OS tailored specifically for high-end audio, and supporting a range of audio playback software, including Roon, MPD, and DLNA, complemented by all the connectivity options anyone can dream of.

High End Show 2025: It Was a Great Run

June 6, 2025 by Joao Martins

High End Show 2025: It Was a Great Run

High End Audio Meets the Future. From May 15-18, audioXpress attended the 42nd edition of the High End show. The 2025 edition of High End was vibrant, exciting and full of new interesting things to discover. And it was also the last one in Munich. This article details our impressions of a show that will be remembered very fondly by all participants and attendees, with every corner of the MOC Event Center Messe München sold out. Next year, the High End show is moving from Germany to Austria.

Qobuz Launches Qobuz Connect at High End 2025

May 20, 2025 by Joao Martins

Qobuz Launches Qobuz Connect at High End 2025

Qobuz, the French high-quality music streaming and download platform, is the latest to launch a direct streaming feature that offers simplified control and seamless continuity between devices. Qobuz Connect enables users to stream music directly using Qobuz to control their compatible hifi devices without the need for third-party applications, while benefiting from the best possible sound quality.

Nagra Adds a New Digital Source to Its Product Range

May 6, 2024 by Joao Martins

Nagra Adds a New Digital Source to Its Product Range

Audio Technology Switzerland announced the introduction of a new digital source. 30 years after the then state-of-the-art Nagra D, the first high resolution digital recorder, and almost 20 years after the Nagra CDC reference CD player, Nagra is releasing a streamer. In a compact format but packed with features, the new design can play all current high resolution formats. The Nagra Streamer will be premiered at High End 2024 in Munich.

Kii Audio To Present New Kii Seven Wireless Speaker at High End Munich

April 25, 2024 by Joao Martins

Kii Audio To Present New Kii Seven Wireless Speaker at High End Munich

Kii Audio will demonstrate its new Kii Seven compact wireless music system at the 2024 High End Show in Munich. This will be basically the official launch of this new design, announced back in September 2023, which will have fully integrated network and wireless streaming features. More than eight years past from the unveiling of the Kii Three, all the details about the second product from the company are also now available.

Naim Unveils Uniti Nova Power Edition All-in-One Player

February 8, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Naim Unveils Uniti Nova Power Edition All-in-One Player

Naim launched its new Uniti Nova PE (Power Edition) all-in-one player, an elegant design that is also able to drive the best and more demanding hifi loudspeakers effortlessly. The British brand excels in the creation of high-end hifi systems, and this high-resolution audio player and 150W stereo amplifier is an ideal all-round solution to bring music to any home or office.

Sonus Faber Launches Cutting-Edge Duetto Stereo Wireless Loudspeakers

October 5, 2023 by Joao Martins

Sonus Faber Launches Cutting-Edge Duetto Stereo Wireless Loudspeakers

Sonus faber announced the launch of Duetto, a wireless stereo hifi speaker system with very distinct characteristics across design, sound quality, connectivity, and ease of use. An exquisite two-way stereo speaker system, the Duetto features Sonus faber’s signature marriage of natural materials and classical design cues with the latest in digital audio technology. The two speakers connect using UWB technology to enable the lowest latency, uncompressed audio performance - a first in the audio industry.

Kii Audio Drops Innovative Kii Seven Wireless Music System

September 29, 2023 by Joao Martins

Kii Audio Drops Innovative Kii Seven Wireless Music System

More than eight years past from the unveiling of the Kii Three, Kii Audio "drops" a new revolutionary speaker into the world, and it's called the Kii Seven. We don't know if the Four, Five, and Six were not considered good enough by the engineering team, and I guess we will never know. What we know is that the Kii Seven is much more of a lifestyle home system, having fully integrated network and wireless streaming features. And of course, the Kii SEVEN combines high-end audio with cutting-edge "smart" technology.