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A new high-class music download service for audiophile listeners. highresaudio.com offers high-resolution music in studio master-quality Cult favorites, Jazz and Classic at double the sampling rate to standard CD up to 192kHz/24bit-resolution in FLAC and WAV format
Berlin February 1, 2011 – highresaudio.com is a new website with a primary target to offer high-resolution “studio master” music downloads, delivering popular hits, cult favorites, jazz and classical masterpieces to audiophile enthusiasts who feel passionate about audio reproduction, purest in sound quality and a thrilling music experience. Music giants such us Keith Jarrett, Bobo Stenson, Jan Garbarek, Tord Gustavsen, Nick Bartsch and many more belong to the download repertoire. Discover also music for the senses from Acousence, NAXOS, Chandos, Ozella Music, Katzenberger Productions, Kontor New Media and from many smaller music labels. Further highlights are Tchaikovsky, played by star-violinist Susanna Yoko Henkel with the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra as well as high-class music productions from Scandinavia in Stereo and 5.1 surround sound, captured and recorded by Morten Lindberg - a feast for the ears! Designed, edited and operated in Germany, highresaudio.com is the first commercial music download service for audiophiles offering albums and songs in 24-bit at sampling rates from 88.2kHz up to the highest in 192kHz. highresaudio.com brings online music distribution to the next level – far beyond from existing heavily compressed audio download services; to include extensive editorial data, detailed album description, biographies, reviews and artist related content. Thanks to its proprietary structure and rich graphics design, highresaudio.com provides ease of access to all hosted content, extensive search and discovery capabilities as well as innovative features to allow customers to easily browse, manage, customize and purchase High-Res-Audio digital music that is compatible with multiple platforms and devices. highresaudio.com will provide stereo and 5.1 studio master albums and songs in FLAC and WAV format as instant download. Prices start from 1
below 17 Euros for a complete High-Res-Audio album. Customers can also create with the unique Burn-on-Demand feature, their personally complied High-Res-Audio album, which is burned onto DVD-R and delivered by mail. An additional service charge and postages will be added at checkout. In the fast growing convergence of the modern, digital music-ready home, songs are stored on an audio server and streamed through the home network to streaming clients, computers and digital audio devices, replacing the old fashion CD player. In the flourishing digital audio market, the transformation towards digital playback has reached already today a profitable market size. “The time is right, in offering premium quality High-Res music over the Internet with the exceptional listening experience in stereo and 5.1.” said Lothar Kerestedjian, CEO highresaudio. The term “High Resolution Audio” (highresaudio) specifies digital audio with higher amplitude and time resolution than the ubiquitous CD with 16-bit, 44kHz. “There is an advantage in listening to music with higher sampling rates – it sounds better! Less cluttered, more air, better dynamics and details and in particular better spatial resolution. Although to hear an audible difference, good equipment is a must”, said Lothar Kerestedjian, CEO highresaudio.
About HIGHRESAUDIO highresaudio.com is a high-resolution music download service offering a diverse catalog of music in only high-resolution audio. highresaudio is the perfect companion for audiophiles, music lovers and digital audio systems and anywhere else that pure sound quality matters. highresaudio is founded by a team of experienced, visionary and enthusiastic music specialists in Germany. We embrace the transformation brought by technologies to the music industry and audiophiles in the pursuit of the ultrasonic music experience. highresaudio strives to develop innovative services and applications, business models and shape new commercial opportunities for record labels, artists and manufacturers of digital audio products. For more information visit: www.highresaudio.com.
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HIGHRESAUDIO ⎢home of audiophile music Lothar Kerestedjian Gradestrasse 60 D-12347 Berlin, GERMANY Phone: + 49 30 55878326 Fax: + 49 30 61293029 E-Mail:
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