An update to the recently released 1.2.0 has been made available. FLAC 1.2.1 brings a variety of bugs fixes and improvements but the main addition is support for all RIFF/AIFF metadata.
For more details on the changes check out the FLAC 1.2.1 Changlog
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For you WavPack users out there, the final WavPack 4.41.0 build was released on May 6th. This new version contains some considerable speed improvements along with fixes.
For more information on the final build check out the Changlog.

Speed improvements of from 10% to 30% depending on mode and CPU (includes MMX intrinsics for stereo 24-bit / […]

The Linux/GNU media player AquaLung has added support for WavPack files. You must be using WavPack 4.40 or higher for it to work. The updated files with WavPack support can be downloaded from here.

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The WavPack 4.41 beta3 is now available bringing with it the following features. Keep your eyes peeled for the final version of 4.41.

Speedup optimizations from the first two betas, plus an other. This includes MMX utilization for encoding 24-bit stereo.
WavPack now refuses to encode WAV files over 4 GB total or WAV files with over […]

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 […]

The developer of the new lossless format TAK has been busy releasing the final version of TAK 1.0.1 which includes TAK Applications 1.0.1, TAK Winamp Plugin 1.0.2, TAK SDK 1.0.2 and the TAK Decoding library 1.0.2.
If you would like to follow TAK’s development check out the following thread over at Hydrogen Audio Forums.
TAK Development Thread […]

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 […]

After using Flac 1.1.4 for the last few days I have to say I am really impressed. 1.1.4 speed improvements are very noticable especially at -8 compression levels which is noted as being twice as fast as -8 compression in 1.1.3. Thanks Josh!

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The latest version of FLAC has been released bringing the current version to 1.1.4. This has been a great year for Flac users with many new devices providing hardware support and the release of 1.1.3 which brought a host of much anticipated features. With Flac 1.1.4 the theme is speed, many improvements in both compression […]

An interesting article on Apple’s attitude when other companies want to use it’s Apple Lossless format.
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This has been a big week for Mac users with the iPhone and the AppleTV being announced in a single day. Early reports show that both iTV and the iPhone support Apple Lossless but I haven’t been able to confirm that the iPhone supports Apple Lossless. The word is that the iPhone has all of […]

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 […]