Archive for December, 2006

musikCube Media Player

Based on an embedded SQL database engine called SQLLITE musikCube is an actively developed audio player that is certainly worth a closer look! At it’s heart is musikcore which uses the BASS Audio Library, an efficient and powerful audio library with a tiny footprint. With features galore like themes, icon packs, dynamic playlists and plugins […]

Do You Want FLAC Support in iTunes?

So do a lot of other people and so now is the time to voice your opinion. Check out the iTunes FLAC Support page at the FLAC website and let Apple know what you think by filling out the iTunes Feedback Form. We will be adding permenant link on our site to the FLAC/iTunes Support […]

Lossless Formats Seep Into DJ Hardware

Beginning with the release of the Numark HD based Turntable that we reported on back in 2005, lossless formats started showing up in a variety of tools geared at DJs. This trend continues with M-Audio’s Torq MixLab Digital DJ System which is a starter kit for any new DJ. Included in the kit is the […]

Firmware for HD MediaBox Adds Flac Support!

Pixel Magic Systems has released new firmware that adds Flac support to it’s HD MediaBox.
1.3.4 Firmware

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Mobile Lossless Player’s

I recently went back to the Pocket PC camp after using a Smartphone for the last year and I am glad to be back. In the past playing lossless files on your mobile device was a difficult procedure and consisted of hunting for some random plugin that may or may not work. While this can […]

Rockbox Rocks!

For those Ipod users out there who are contemplating on using Rockbox or are using Rockbox then you are a lucky bunch! The owner of this site has made some vicious themes for the Ipod video including jBlackglass. He has also made a new boot screen with a nice Rockbox logo seen above.
Rockbox continues […]

Command Line Music Player For Your Lossless Files?

For those command line junkies out there we have an interesting media player for your lossless files. Herrie is simple command line music player that supports MP3, Ogg, FLAC and WAV. Herrie can run on Windows, MAC OS X and is included in FreeBSD, Suse, OpenBSD and PLD Linux Distribution.
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Lossless Audio in Your Beetle

While this is not new news it is news. The developers of the Phatbox have made a model available for a variety of Volkswagen models. The Phatbox is also available for select Acura, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Volvo, Mazda, Lincoln, Mercury, Mini Cooper, Porche, Range Rover, Scion, Toyota and Audi models. The Phatbox supports MP3, […]

Audiophile’s Respond to Article

Apparently there was a huge response to last week’s article by the Christian Science Monitor, so much so that they have written a follow up article about the response. The article focused on the idea of sacrificing portability for quality, a plight that most of us have already come to grips with. It is great […]

WavPack Directory Utility

There are a wide variety of lossless tools scattered across the web. Check out this utility for checking your WavPack files. Developed by the same person who created the WavPack4Wavlab plugin for WavLab this utility searches your directories for errors in your .wv files.
WavPack Utility
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Back to Playing Mobile Lossless

I finally switched back to a Pocket PC after using the Audiovox SMT5600 Smartphone for the last year. I had one of the first Pocket PC Phone Editions, which was the XDA Wallaby also known as the Siemens SX56. I received it as part of a beta program for T-mobile. Until it’s demise in 2005, […]

Software Support For Flac Cover Art Begins

The welcome addition of cover art support in the latest release of FLAC 1.1.3 is starting to appear in a few applications and utilities. One of these being a patch for the SlimServer software from Slim Devices.
Stay tuned for a list of all the existing and upcoming applications that support this awesome new feature.
SlimServer Cover […]

VideoLan Adds True Audio & Apple Lossless Support

VideoLAN is a free multimedia player with support for a wide variety of operating systems including Windows, MAC OS X and a huge list of Linux Distros. It is also characterized by the amount of formats it supports which include MPEG Layer ½, MP3, AC3 – A\52, DTS, LPCM, AAC, Vorbis, WMA ½, WMA 3 […]

Sacrifices of Portability?

There is an interesting article from The Christian Science Monitor that discusses the idea of users sacrificing quality for portability. Found on Slashdot.com.
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It’s The Holiday Season for Flac Users

With the recent release of FLAC 1.1.3 many applications, plugins and utilities will be updating there software to include the new version of FLAC. One of the first to add the new version is the Adobe Audition and Cool Edit filter for FLAC.
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