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Episode #159 - Has Lossless and High-Resolution Audio Finally Come to the Masses?

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Amazon announced a new lossless and high-resolution music streaming service. Has high-res music finally come to everyone? We talk with Chris Connaker, of Audiophile Style, to try to understand Amazon's logic.

Guest:

  • Chris Connaker: Audiophile Style, Superphonica

    • Show notes:

    • Amazon Music HD
    • Amazon Launches Amazon Music HD (and Lies a Lot)
    • Apple's Mastered for iTunes; now called Apple Digital Masters
    • Amazon's press release, with the quote from Neil Young
    • Book Review - Neil Young's To Feel The Music: A Songwriter's Mission to Save High-Quality Audio
    • Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (where we discuss MQA)

      • Our next tracks:

      • Franz Schubert: Piano Trios Op.99 & 100
      • To Cry You a Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (Discogs info)

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