Neil Young Archives Collection Bows on BluOS Players This Quarter, Says Lenbrook

Lenbrook is integrating Neil Young Archives, a streamed high-res music collection of the musician’s works, into its BluOS multiroom streaming platform, it announced Monday. This quarter, North American users of NAD, Bluesound and Dali loudspeakers will be prompted to update their players to be able to sample Young’s archived song of the day and album of the week in full resolution, Lenbrook said. Users interested in subscribing can do so through the app. The agreement demonstrates how a content creator and a home audio equipment provider “can collaborate and model an effective and simple solution for music lovers to access and enjoy a unique and fully high-resolution streaming experience,” Lenbrook said. The collaboration is a way for musicians to take more control over their work and by bypass traditional music distribution channels to reach fans more directly, it said. Parent company Lenbrook said in December it's collaborating with OraStream (see 1912200010), giving the company’s music content customers access to the BluOS platform on Lenbrook brands. OraStream’s adaptive streaming platform, based on the MPEG 4 SLS codec, encodes music files in their native resolution; a decoder at the listening point delivers the audio file, adjusting and buffering data to fit bandwidth limits, while eliminating skipping and pauses. At CES, Lenbrook will demonstrate Neil Young Archives on BluOS at its Venetian suite, #29-140.