Magnatune is an experimental record label. The idea is that Megatune provides an alternative to the big record labels. Magnatune offers albums in FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, and VBR MP3 and all files are DRM free. Albums start at $5.00 and once downloaded can be transferred to CD, mobile audio players or file sharing networks.
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German software company Germanixsoft has released a new version (2.23c) of its freeware audio conversion application called GX::Transcoder. GX::Transcoder supports a variety of lossless formats as well as a batch mode and video conversion. ID3v1, ID3v2, APE v1 and v2, Vorbis Comments, FLAC and WMA Tags are supported as well.
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Monster Music who is owned by Monster Cables has released a series of discs they call SuperDiscs. The package will include 2 discs, one disc containing a stereo mix for use on standard CD players and the second disc features a variety of formats like WMA (192Kbps), AAC format (320Kbps) and Apple Lossless (PCM […]

SlimDevices has released a new version of its popular Squeezebox along with an updated version of their SlimServer software. The new SlimServer 6.2 software adds Wake-On Lan support while the new Squeezebox sports a sleeker form factor,improved display, dual internal antennas, bridging capabilities, automatic volume leveling, WPA2, linear power supply and native WMA playback. As […]

If you are looking for an audio distribution system that supports lossless audio NetStreams based out of Austin, Texas may be worth looking at. One of the interesting possibilities of using an IP-based system is that you can use PDAs, PCs and Tablet PCs to interact with the system. Any hardware company that takes the […]

FLAC T-shirts are now available. They are currently out of grey but still have black and blue.
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This is an intersting article that explains the reasons why many users may eventually be disappointed with their MP3 downloads.
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Music Giants, Inc. has released a online music service that offers lossless audio downloads up to 1100 kps instead of the normal 128-192 kps offered by other music services like Itunes and Napster. With hard drive prices dropping on a weekly basis and currently below .50 per GB there is plenty of room on todays […]

Meedio supports a wide variety of audio formats including FLAC, APE, WavPack and Ogg Vorbis. Meedio is one of the few HTPC front ends that support lossless formats and with the active community surrounding Meedio plugins for new formats are constantly being developed. Stay tuned for a more in depth article regarding Meedio and lossless […]

A new Pocket PC application, Live2496 supports loseless compression directly to FLAC so you can record directly to a CF, SD, mini SD, pr PC card at 24 bit resolution and up to 96kHz. The following operating systems are supported Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003 and Windows Mobile 2003 SE.
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Flac 1.1.2 is available. The new version features increased decoding performance for all platforms as well as increased encoding performance in fast mode. Also included are various bugfixes.
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