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Pure Audio Blu-Ray. This is a new audio-only disc format that, while it was in the planning stage for years, has finally been released. Titles from major artists in classical, jazz, and popular genres have already been announced and some are already available. Labels releasing titles in this format include Universal (Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Verve), Sony, Warner, Gimell, Tacet, Naxos, Crystal, Camerata, 2L, Sono Luminus, etc. Note that Universal, Sony, and Warner are the Big Three Labels in terms of market share. It will be interesting to see how many titles get released over the next few years as compared to high resolution file downloads which are also available.

A Pure Audio Blu-Ray disc can be played in any Blu-Ray player. In addition there can be surround options contained on a disk. So, like the SACD and DVD-Audio formats which came before, here is another disc format which will provide an alternative for listening to high resolution music. Typical stereo PCM sampling/bit rates for a Pure Audio disc are 96/24 or 192/24. The nice thing about this format is that you can use it without having a Blu-Ray player hooked up to a video screen by using the color-coding on the disc packaging and the four color buttons which are on every Blu-ray player remote control.

ProStudioMasters - High Resolution Download Site. Covering a variety of genres including rock/pop, jazz, and classical, ProStudioMasters offers high resolution downloads, including those of major artists, from a variety of labels. Available in the US & Canada they offer sampling/bit rates in 88.2/24, 96/24, 176.4/24, 192/24 in both FLAC & AIFF formatsas well as some DSD DFF 2822.4kHz 1bit files. In addition they offer high quality cover art. To see for yourself just click on the cover art below!

HGST Ultrastar He6 6TB hard drive announced.

If you looking to store a lot of music or movies on a server you might be interested to know that 6TB hard drives have finally been introduced! These are hermetically sealed drives which are helium-filled in order to reduce both power consumption and heat. More info and specifications here.

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