For you Squeezebox owners there is a thread going on at the Slim Devices Forum on playing Linn Records 24 bit masters through your Squeezebox. If you don’t know who Linn Records is you should. Linn Records is one of a very few companies that offers DRM free lossless downloads in WMA Lossless and are […]

Unfortunately the discussions between EMI and digital download services regarding DRM Free downloads have ceased. Andrew does a good job of summing it up.
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With the status and opinion of DRM being questionable it is nice to see sites offering DRM free music. Zunior is a Canadian site that offers DRM free music in both MP3 and Flac formats. MP3 albums are $8.88 and encoded at 192 kbps and Flac albums are $10.88. These prices are very competitive compared […]

The Glasgow based company who developed the Sondek LP12 turntable have added high quality lossless downloads to their list of available formats. Linn Records is known for there high quality SACD and HDCD offerings but high quality WMA Lossless downloads are now being included. Additional formats include MP3 as well as a CD quality WMA […]

This year has proven to be an interesting one for online audio services. Sites like Zamar and Songbird are providing new ways to manage, interact and use audio your lossless audio files.
A new site in this movement called Splice is adding mixing to the list of online lossless audio services. Think of Splice as social […]

Starting sometime in December live recordings from The Austin City Limits Music Festival will be available in FLAC and MP3 on there upcoming website www.aclfestdownloads.com
Currently the tracks are only available through the iTunes store so the new site will be a welcome addition. Some of this years acts included The Flaming Lips, The Shins, Son […]

A majority of the festivals I have attended and have audio copies of are audience taped shows done by amateur tapers, some with the consent of the artist and others without but one thing that many are lacking is quality. While audience tapes do have there own feel so do high quality soundboards. […]

Smithsonian Global Sound offers music from around the world allowing you to sample high quality audio from an enormous variety of cultures. The browsing structure is simple allowing you to start by choosing from 6 main areas around the world. You can then get as specific as certain cultural groups. You can also browse by […]

Mandriva who is the developer of the Mandriva Linux OS and the online music distribution service Mindawn announced a partnership that will provide the first Linux desktop with a built-in online music service. Mindawn has provided support for Linux for the last year as well as MAC OS X and Windows. Artists are also […]

While this is a bit off topic it’s an interesting concept. The Multnomah County Library in Portland Oregon is offering audio books that can be downloaded online. This means no more returning books!
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VitalStream, Inc. a global provider of streaming audio and video services and has agreed to provide distribution of lossless audio for MusicGiants, Inc. MusicGiants is the first to offer the entire catalogs in lossless audio format for major labels like Sony, Universal Music Group, EMI Music and Warner Music Group. The only format available is […]

The Internet Archive website reacted to a request by the Grateful Dead to remove the GD archives and make it available for streaming only. But based on this post it seems that the Internet Archive reacted too quickly in trying to comply with GD’s request. Instead of wanting all of the GD archives taken down […]

Nugs.net, a live music download service has gathered a group of musicians together to provide tracks that will benefit New Orleans charities that aid local musicians. The artists involved are some of the greatest improvisional bands to date including Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio of Phish, Jerry Garcia Band, David Grisman Quintet, New Riders of the […]

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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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 […]