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In a world driven by music downloads and streaming Internet radio - the music business has changed drastically since the days when dinosaurs like the Compact Disc ruled the world. With that said, there are more audiophiles looking for HD music news and reviews than any pony-tailed, Baby-boomer executive will give credit for. If you care about high end music, HD music tracks, music on Blu-ray and high definition music downloads - you've found the right HomeTheaterReview.com resource page.
Digital Music Sales Overtake Physical Sales
Well, it has finally happened. Digital distribution of music, encompassing both downloads and streaming, have overtaken physical sales of music for the first time in history. But this may not be all bad.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
KEF Muon's Used to Play at The Who's Launch of Quadrophenia - The Director's Cut
A new version of The Who's Quadrophenia has been made, and during the launch event where the tracks were premiered, KEF was there with the company's Muon speakers to provide the sound.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Man Who Could Save HD Music Is Gone - A List of Who Could Be Next
The music industry has been struggling for some time. And it will need innovative thinking and powerful individuals to turn it around. Jerry Del Colliano offers a few ideas of who those people could be.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
For Once The Music Industry Got It Right With Rush's Moving Pictures Album on Blu-ray
Audiophile music has been a bit of a battle to obtain. With the ease and convenience of MP3 downloads, it is hard to convince record labels to release an album on Blu-ray. That is why the re-release of Rush's Moving Pictures album is worth talking about. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
B&W Announces Second Sound Sessions Event with Jeff Bridges
Bowers & Wilkins continues the company's new agenda of bringing music to consumers in unique ways with the second Sound Sessions event, this time featuring an event with Jeff Bridges.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Bowers & Wilkins Announces First Sound Session with Tinie Tempah
Bowers & Wilkins has launched an exciting new program to put fans in touch with musical artists so that they can experience and discuss music in a comprehensive way and in VIP style.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Selling HD Content To A Generation of Thieves That Honestly Don't Know Its Wrong To Steal
There is a dynamic at work with audio and video content that might be funny if it wasn't so alarming. A lot of users haven't figured out the equation that if they obtain all of their entertainment for free, the entertainers don't have the money to make anything else.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Rolling Stones in High Definition Exclusively from HDtracks.com
The band has been around for almost five decades, but only now are classic tracks from the Rolling Stones being made available in high-definition digital downloads in the fidelity FLAC format, courtesy of ABKCO Records and HDtracks.com.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Beatles Arrive on iTunes
Given the prominence of the Beatles in modern music, one would have imagined the band would have made it to iTunes long ago. Then again, given the legal wrangling that has often surrounded the Fab Four, it's great that it hasn't taken longer.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Google Plans To Launch iTunes Competitor By December
Google is already one of the world's most-used sites for finding information. Now Google is hoping to also become a top destination for finding and downloading music with its Google Music, designed to be a competitor to the current music download champ iTunes.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Masters From Their Day, Webisodes #2 and 3
Perry Margouleff owns and is chief engineer at Pie Studio, the recording space where the Internet series Masters From Their Day - which can be found online at www. mastersfromtheirdaycom - is shot. Each segment shows a song being recorded in a single session.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Aerosmith Set to Arrive in Oakland on July 23rd for Start of 'Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock' Tour
Live Nation is bringing the unstoppable Aerosmith on an eighteen-city summer tour, starting in Oakland on July 23 at the Oracle Center Arena. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler says that the band is "looking forward to getting back out there with a vengeance."... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Plans Underway for Zappa Dedication and Tribute Concert
The late Frank Zappa should arguably canonized just for writing "Valley Girl," not to mention his battle against music censorship. Now it is reported that the city of Baltimore, Maryland, is hoping to mount a Zappa tribute concert and festival.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Percussion Stars Host Benefit for Little Feat's Ailing Drummer
There is a feeling of brotherhood among musicians, which is often evident when one of their number falls ill and others rally round to offer help and support. The latest example is the DRUM! Magazine Rhythm Night, which will benefit Little Feat's drummer Richie Hayward.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Queensryche's Triple-Platinum 'Empire' Remastered and Expanded for 20th Anniversary Edition, to be Released September 14 by Capitol/EMI
Two decades ago, Queensryche's album Empire went triple-platinum. To commemorate this event, an expanded edition is being brought as a joint effort by Queensryche and Capitol/EMI in a choice of formats, 2CD and digital.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Would Jimi Hendrix Use Auto-Tune If He Were Alive Today?
HomeTheaterReview.com publisher/editor Jerry Del Colliano takes on the controversy about auto-tune technology, and whether its use improves or desecrates rock classics by "fixing" notes that the original performers attempted but failed to hit.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Stone Temple Pilots 'Live From New York' Set to Rock AT&T Screens and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Tonight
The 'Jimmy Kimmel Live" show is getting together with AT&T to present the Stone Temple Pilots band in live performance as they play two songs in concert, with the remainder of the concert available to viewers exclusively via AT&T's screens.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Heavy Metal Icon Ronnie James Dio Dies at 67
The heavy metal universe lost a major star with the death of Ronnie James Dio, who passed away at age sixty-seven, reportedly from stomach cancer. Dio rose to fame as the lead singer for the influential bands Rainbow and Black Sabbath.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
HDtracks Lands Getz/Gilberto For 24 Bit Download
In what has to be the umpteenth version of Getz/Gilberto HDtracks has announced that it will be offering the classic as a 24 bit download via their service. While I'm sure digital enthusiasts already have ripped their copies of the classic album a dozen times already the announcement does paint a clearer picture of the importance of higher quality downloads.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Benchmark Media Challenges Recording Engineers and Musicians In New Web Video Series
Aspiring music industry professionals on both sides of the microphone have a new venue to strut their stuff in a new Internet series from Benchmark Media, which is seeking engineers and performers to participate in the show about the world of music production.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Why Audiophile Music Doesn't Sell To The Masses
HomeTheaterReview.com publisher/editor Jerry Del Colliano explains why audiophile music, beloved by those who have been taught to appreciate it, doesn't necessarily spark ownership cravings in consumers who have grown up with lesser-quality devices.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Linn Records To Release New William Orbit Electronic Album on 180 Gram Vinyl and HD Download
While Linn Records may sound like a vinyl only affair it's not for they offer HD music downloads too and that's precisely what Linn Records is doing with electronic artist, William Orbit's, latest album. Linn Records will release Orbit's latest on both 180-gram vinyl as well as offer it as a high definition music download.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Abbey Road Studios For Sale By Equity Firm That Owns EMI
Abbey Road Studios, the recording facility made forever famous by the Beatles' Abbey Road album, not to mention all the historic tracks laid down there, has been put on the commercial real estate market by Terra Firma, which owns EMI.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Blu-ray Based Norwegian Record Label Get Two Grammy Nominations
Leave it to the Norwegians to do something as ludicrous as to release music on the highest res format available -Blu-ray. Not only do they release music on Blu-ray but also the music they do release is now garnering some notoriety, specifically two Grammy nods.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Aerosmith To Replace Steven Tyler As Frontman?
As hard as it may be to imagine, Aerosmith may be looking to replace Steven Tyler as lead singer/front man. In a report published in today's Los Angeles Times, Tyler has left the band he helped make so successful and is looking to focus on his own image and career.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Musical Innovator and Guitarist Les Paul Dead at 94
The world of luthiers - that is, makers of guitars - lost a giant with the passing of Les Paul, whose instruments have brought glory to their players. Paul, who was famous as a jazz guitarist in addition to his skill as a guitar-maker, died at the age of ninety-four.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
An Inside Look at Michael Jackson's $100,000 A Month Rental Including His Home Theater
Take an exclusive look at the King of Pop's Holmby Hills digs including a lush home theater - screening room. Before his untimely death, he was living in style (right down the street from the Playboy Mansion) including the best in the world of home theater.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Michael Jackson Dead At 50
The AP wire service has reported that Michael Jackson, the musical superstar often referred to as the King of Pop, has passed away at the age of fifty. Jackson was in the midst of rehearsals for a massive international concert tour at the time of his death.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
R.E.M To Release Reckoning and Murmur On 180 Gram Vinyl
Going back to (almost) basics, R.E.M. is making its much-admired Reckoning and Murmur album available in vinyl format, which seems in keeping with the band's emo aesthetic ethics. The release is aimed at audiophiles and vinyl aficionados.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Best Buy To Add Vinyl To Music Sections
For people who have never gotten over perceived losses in quality when consumer music largely switched over to digital, Best Buy has good news. Best Buy stores are now bringing back vinyl LPs to their music sections, even though it is unclear how profitable this will be.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Legendary Music Photographer Jim Marshall Launches
Jim Marshall has a photographic career that has spanned half a century, as he has captured images for every form of music, shooting over 500 album covers. Now he is making his work available through the e-commerce site Groovy Collectibles LLC.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Telarc Records To Stop Producing Its Own Records - Firing 26
In another sad sign of the times, the Grammy-winning, Cleveland, Ohio-based audiophile company Telarc Records has announced that it will no longer produce its own albums on its label. The company president has resigned from his position.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
CDs Sales Tank in 2008 While Blu-ray, Downloads and Even Vinyl Boom
It's not just a matter of newer being better - vinyl sales are improving, along with Blu-ray and downloads, while CD sales continue to slide, according to a report from Nielsen. What does this mean? HomeTheaterReview.com evaluates the situation.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
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24-Tech: Ideas On How To Get Your Home Theater Working Like It's Installed At CTU -
24 was a great show that had some ridiculously impressive technology. So impressive, it defied the reality of the actual technology used. However, the ideas are great. Jerry Del Colliano thinks about how those ideas could be translated to home theaters.
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