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an AURALiC streamerjustbecause ofourapp. LightningDSis,again,ourownproprietarydesignand somethingwe’reveryproudof.Theinterfaceishighly intuitiveandengaging–thelayoutoftext,artist& albuminformation,crispalbumartwork,suggestions forfurtherlisteningalcontributetoanenjoyableuser experience.Webelieveit’sabsolutelythebestwayto browseandenjoylisteningtomusic. Whatdoyouthinkwilbethenextbiginnovationin digital? Digitalsignalprocesingwilbethenextbigthingin digitalaudio.Wehavebeenactivelydevelopinga varietyofrealhigh-end qualitysignalprocesing algorithmsforalongtime.Takingupsamplingasan example,wehavedevelopedanalgorithm thatcan upsamplealincomingsignalstoDSD512formatwith qualitybeyondmeasurement.Torunthisalgorithmin realtime,wehavetouseanFPGAchipthantcost about 10,000fiveyearsago,butwehaverecently sucesfulymadeitrunona 2,000procesing platform sincetheprocesorsaretodaylowercost andmorepowerful.Ibelievewewilbeabletomake thisupsamplingtechnologyavailableinthenextfew years.
between our subjective listening experiencesandobjectivemeasurementsat the very beginning ofthe development proces.We’veexpandedalofourR&D workbasedonthesemathematicalmodels. Withthismethodicalapproach,werealyfeel al products we produce don’t have surprises,butathoroughly‘designed’level ofperformanceandarerealvalueformoney. Is the ‘computer and DAC’dead in high-end,high-resolutionaudio? Yes,theoriginalreasonthatpeoplelistened to music through their computer was becauseitwastheonlywaytomanagea musiclibraryandplayhighresolutionmusic. Rightnow,wehavealkindsofdiferent music streamers on the market;most streamersusetheLinuxsystem withUSB audiooutputsandsupportalPCMandDSD samplingrates.Thereisnoreasontokeepa noisy computer in the listening room anymore.We’realsostartingtoseemany customersmoveawayfrom storing their music, toward streaming from high resolutionservicessuchasQobuzatupto 24-bit192Khz.Theindicatorsarethatmore andmorepeopleliketoaces altheir favoritemusictheymayhavepurchasedon CDtogetherwithnewmusicingreatquality from ahighqualitystreamingservice–its likevisitingarecordstoretobrowsefornew and interesting music anytime you like. Fewerpeoplestoretheirmusicnowinlarge partsoftheEU. Howimportantisflexibilityinappcontrol today?Doyoupreferpeopleadoptinga rigid set ofapps,or like people to experiment?Why? Thecontrolinterfaceofamusicstreameris soimportantandcanmakeaproducta sucesorfailure.Theconvenienceofusage isthefirstprioritywhenwedesignthe controlapplication.Wedevelopedourapp forIOSoniPadandiPhone,butthird-party appsforIOSandAndroidalsowork.Ihave seensomanypeoplemakedecisiontobuy
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