Getting a better-quality CD experience without having to upgrade your CD player sounds delightful, doesn't it? Sony's new Blu-spec CD format promises just that, employing the same technology used to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...

Universal Music Group recently did a low key introduction of a new hi-res audio format called High Fidelity Pure Audio. The launch was kicked off at the Dolby headquarters in London on June 20th and ...

Momentum behind the Super Audio CD format accelerated with the announcement that the world’s largest music company — Universal Music Group — plans to sell its first Super Audio CD discs in the next ...

When you look at the excitement that Dolby Digital and dts 5.1-channel soundtracks from DVDs can generate played over a good home theater system, it’s not surprising that Sony/Philips and the DVD ...

The world of audio formats has always been a bit of a minefield, especially in recent decades where numerous companies have launched proprietary technologies specific to their hardware and software ...

Spotify is finally going the lossless way, with the streaming audio giant announcing that it will soon offer the option of CD-quality audio streams. Spotify HiFi will arrive later this year in “select ...

The rise and fall of the digital compact cassette remains a salutary lesson for tech titans—it shows how you can get nearly everything right, and yet still fail badly. Like Britpop, whose 1993-1996 ...

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Tunes isn't the most accurate or most powerful CD ripper, but it's the best for most people with demanding digitizing needs.