While we typically focus on lossless audio formats one of the goals of The L.A.B is to help you achieve the best audio quality possible. With that in mind we couldn’t resist showing you an interesting approach to some Ipod docking stations.
Two UK companies have developed Ipod docking stations that implement vaccum tubes, vacuum tubes […]

Lossless compression has begun to be adopted by companies all across the audio industry and the sound recording industry is no exception. Field recording provider Sound Devices who is popular in the taping and live show recording community is adding FLAC support to the latest firmware update for their 7 series recorders. With the implementation […]

There is a new member of Hyundai’s large line of PMP’s that supports lossless audio. The new NH-260 with its 2.4″ TFT screen supports both FLAC and WMA Lossless.
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Known for developing solid, feature rich DAP’s and PMP’s Cowon has announced a new PMP that lives up to the Cowon name. As with previous devices the Q5 supports the usual array of audio formats but what is special about the Q5 is that it not only supports Flac but also adds support for Monkley’s […]

First introduced at CES 2007, the Cowon D2 PMP has generated a lot of buzz but unfortunetly has only been available in Korea. Now the D2 has been seen in both the 2GB and 4GB models at major e-tailers like Amazon and Buy.com for around $200.00. One of the reasons the D2 is such a […]

Two companies have teamed up to create a interesting use of the ZP80 wireless hub from Sonos. Speaker maker PMC and a media integration company by the name of Digital Plumbers have come together to create a wireless speaker that embedded a Sonos ZP80 inside of a PMC speaker. Curently this product is only available […]

JVC has unveiled a new product built on the Microsoft® Windows® Automotive Platform. The is a HDD Navigation and CD\DD Receiver with 40GB Hard drive, bluetooth and 3.5 inch display. What is interesting about this product is the fact that it uses JVC’s Lossless Encoder. We contacted JVC and they replied that they didn’t […]

The developers of the Symphony and Opus network audio players have added perpendicular recording to their Symphony line. This new type of hard drive technology has been added in the form of 2.5 inch hard drives which run quieter and cooler than standard 3.5 drives. Currently this technology is only available for the Symphony 160GB […]

Actions Semiconductor provides System-On-Chip solutions for portable consumer electronics and has just announced there new Actions’ Series 13 product family. What is exciting about the Series 13 family is the support for a wide range of audio and video formats including MP3, WMA, OGG, Audible audio, WAV, APE. Samples have been sent to companies with […]

With an expected release this month, the MediaReady MC is the fourth generation of media center PC’s from MediaReady. The MediaReady MC Digital Home Entertainment Center has all of the features you would expect from a solid HTPC but also includes a variety of audio formats like CD Audio, WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, […]

Envive, Inc. has been busy announcing a variety of products this month including a software suite called Panorama. The Panorama suite is touted as being an all in one solution for serving up media as well as controlling home automation all at a affordable price point. There are three servers including Envive Panorama Cinema Server […]

It’s that time of year again, when companies start releasing sneak peeks of up and coming products as well as products that will never see any more action than the floor of a convention center. With CES 2007 just getting started new product sightings are getting more common. One such product is Netgear’s EVA800. The […]

A company called MSB Technology has some new products for Ipod users who are trying to get the best audio quality possible from there Ipod. MSB Tecnology offers modification services that “upgrade” your Ipod by bypassing the internal DAC which performs the Digital to Analog conversion. This upgrade enables digital output which can be used […]

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 […]

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