Music Tidal Announces New Price Changes: MQA Now Comes at a Premium Price Tidal; which was recently acquired by Jack Dorsey's Square for $297 million in March, have announced new pricing tiers that let you opt out... Ian WhiteMay 1, 2021
Digital Music Systems Qobuz Raises €10 Million to Expand Hi-Res Music Streaming Service Qobuz attracts new investment to grow their hi-res music streaming service to reach more audiophiles who seek the highest sound quality. Brian MitchellSeptember 21, 2020
Music TuneCore Announces Partnership With Qobuz TuneCore is a music distribution company based out of France who have inked a new deal with Qobuz to increase the size of its... Ian WhiteJune 14, 2021
Digital Music Systems Qobuz Celebrates 2nd Anniversary in America: High-Res Streaming Finally Hits Its Stride 2020 was the year Qobuz solidified its position as the world's leading high-res streaming service and not a moment too soon. Ian WhiteFebruary 15, 2021
Music Qobuz DUO Launches Making it Easier to Share Music Qobuz is now offering shared music streaming accounts for about $4 more for people who live at the same address. Ian WhiteJanuary 7, 2022
Articles Winter Weather Essentials When Record Shopping It might be cold and snowy out, but that doesn't mean you can't walk to your local record store. My winter weather essentials for... Ian WhiteJanuary 21, 2022
Music Montreux Jazz Festival & BMG Announce ‘John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years’ The Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG have something exciting planned for March. 'John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years' is being released on every format. Ian WhiteJanuary 21, 2022
Music Ornette Coleman – ‘Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums’ is Coming in March Vinyl sets are becoming really expensive but this one celebrating two Ornette Coleman classics is going to sell out very quickly. Ian WhiteJanuary 23, 2022
Articles Kind Of Blue Gets The UHQR Treatment: Exit To Vintage Street 25,000 vinyl reissues already sold? The 'Kind Of Blue' UHQR album pressing is already sold out. Our thoughts on the record repress. Eric PyeJanuary 17, 2022
Articles Cactus Music and One Howdy Hot Chicken Sandwich in Houston Cactus Music and Howdy Hot Chicken are about a block apart. We found the records we wanted and don't need to eat again. Ever. Ian WhiteJanuary 18, 2022
Music Qobuz Announces Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips as Artist-Approved Sound Spokesperson Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips has become the first artist-approved sound spokesperson for Qobuz. Is Hi-res going mainstream? Ian WhiteJanuary 11, 2022
Articles The Music of Werner Herzog From Popol Vuh to Wagner to cellist Ernst Reijseger, an overview of a great director’s use of music in film. ISC HiFiJanuary 11, 2022
Music Listen to Crossroads Radio with The Record Lady Join Lauren Halliday every Tuesday night on Crossroads Radio broadcast live from Houston, Texas. Don't you dare miss it! Ian WhiteJanuary 2, 2022
Music Podcast: A Look Back at Record Store Day 2021 The ecoustics team discusses the good, the bad, the ugly about Record Store Day 2021 with Jordan Pries, co-owner of The Electric Kitsch record... Mitch AndersonDecember 20, 2021
Articles Our Favorite Albums of 2021 Our favorite albums of 2021 are an eclectic mix of jazz, country, movie soundtracks, and R&B to get you through the holidays. Ian WhiteDecember 21, 2021
Articles Luke Lasso: Nashville is Alive with the Sound of New Music Live music in Nashville took it on the chin during the pandemic, but Luke Lasso is cruising down I-65 with a new library of... Ian WhiteDecember 31, 2021
Music The Last Waltz is Coming from Criterion Collection 'The Last Waltz' in UHD 4K is coming from Criterion Collection in March 2022 and we suggest pre-ordering now before its gone. Ian WhiteDecember 16, 2021