http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/ Sharing our Stories - the blog of Gilad Tiefenbrun, Managing Director of Linn Products en Copyright 2012 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:26:02 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Finally it's begun. The waiting is over. I'm delighted and excited to report that this week we've launched our Studio Master download partnership with Universal Music Group. The first titles are some of the greats of classical music, remastered at 24-bit by Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics from their original analogue tapes. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2012/02/universal-24-bit-treasure-trove-is-studio-master-milestone.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2012/02/universal-24-bit-treasure-trove-is-studio-master-milestone.php 24-bit Decca Classics Deutsche Gramophon Linn Records remastered Studio Master Universal Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:26:02 +0000 Apple's decision to finally open source its Apple Lossless (ALAC) format is welcome news. For one thing, people who use iTunes to store and archive their CD collection, and take care to change the audio quality to Apple Lossless, will be able to stream their collection to a wider range of products. For Linn, where we've been advocating FLAC, yet supporting an unofficial version of ALAC, it means we no longer risk the wrath of Apple HQ for letting people listen to their music collections through our systems. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/11/apple-opens-the-way-to-24-bit-itunes.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/11/apple-opens-the-way-to-24-bit-itunes.php 24-bit ALAC Apple Apple Lossless FLAC iTunes Neil Young Studio Master the majors Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:06:31 +0000 Out with the Old Our previous website was conceived as an online catalogue. The structure neatly mirrored the areas of Linn's business and the categories of products. This was ideal for people who knew Linn and knew what they were looking for.The home page was used as a podium to display the latest products and upgrades. It broadcasted: "Look at our latest offering." It assumed knowledge of Linn, assumed that the latest offering made sense in the context of an existing understanding of our business and products.]]> http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/10/why-weve-simplified-our-website.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/10/why-weve-simplified-our-website.php DSM Systems Linn DS music first new Linn website watch this space Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:28:18 +0000 Following my last blog on music industry moves towards studio master, and Neil Young's blog on the same subject, I was both gob-smacked and terrified to be invited to Broken Arrow Ranch to meet with the man himself. Neil Young's music was a soundtrack to my teenage years, especially Harvest. Inevitably, every time I was dumped by the seemingly-never-to-be-replaced love-of-my-life, 'Man Needs a Maid' with its heart-breaking story and dramatic orchestral backing felt like it was written for me. And 'Needle and the Damage Done' just had to be nailed on the guitar in order to have any kudos at all with my guitar-playing friends. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/08/listening-to-the-harvest-studio-master-with-neil-young.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/08/listening-to-the-harvest-studio-master-with-neil-young.php 24-bit Harvest Harvest Moon Neil Young open Studio Master Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:40:59 +0000 The music industry has spent the last 25 years trashing the quality of its own product, mesmerised by the allure of convenience whilst watering down the quality of the music. It may not have been apparent to the music industry in 1985, when CD started to appear in the mass-market, but it was the beginning of a gradual decline in quality that led to the commoditisation of its core product -and to today's crisis. The solution: the adoption of the Studio Master download as an industry standard is the only way out of this mess... http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/05/music-industry-set-to-embrace-studio-master.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/05/music-industry-set-to-embrace-studio-master.php 24-bit Linn DS Linn Records Neil Young Sondek LP12 streaming Studio Master Fri, 20 May 2011 16:30:00 +0000 "Music companies are in a real spin - battling falling profits, increasing competition and rampant piracy." So the inevitable has happened, and EMI has fallen into the hands of the bankers, after one of the most spectacularly bad bits of business in history. The private equity firm Terra Firma has lost $2.7bn - its entire investment - Citibank $3.5bn. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/02/major-change-at-emi-warner-apple-look-on.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2011/02/major-change-at-emi-warner-apple-look-on.php Apple EMI Google Linn Records Studio Master Universal Warner YouTube Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:28:11 +0000 Really, she did. Let me explain, and I can assure you it's not as dodgy as it sounds. Linn, together with our Russian partner Linn Prestige, brought Claire Martin to Russia for the first time to perform in front of an invited audience in St Petersburg. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/11/claire-martin-ironed-my-shirt.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/11/claire-martin-ironed-my-shirt.php A Modern Art Claire Martin Gareth Williams Linn Prestige Ronnie Scott's Winter Palace Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000 As the latest debate on whether Linn should support a proprietary Apple format, this time the newly-announced AirPlay, flared up on the Linn Forum, it reminded me of the calls before the Klimax DS was released from some quarters for Linn to get on the bandwagon and support iPod docking, the latest "must-have" feature for home music systems. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/09/its-not-an-apple-world-its-a-networked-world.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/09/its-not-an-apple-world-its-a-networked-world.php AirPlay Apple Chorus DS iPod iTunes Klimax DS Linn DS Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:39:18 +0000 With Spotify's announcement of greater Facebook integration, music could well be heading for a permanent home in the cloud. What implications does that have for audio quality and the future of music itself? http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/05/is-music-moving-to-the-cloud.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/05/is-music-moving-to-the-cloud.php BPI Cloud Facebook Linn Records Playdio Spotify Studio Master Wed, 12 May 2010 14:49:36 +0000 In the UK we have the unique situation of a compulsory license fee for every household in order to fund our public service broadcaster, the BBC. How on earth then have we arrived at a situation where the BBC... http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/04/what-right-has-the-bbc-to-close-down-iplayer.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/04/what-right-has-the-bbc-to-close-down-iplayer.php Apple BBC iPlayer Linn DS Open Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:29:51 +0000 If you've been following Linn closely over the last couple of years, I doubt you'll have failed to notice our emphasis on Open. We do this in the knowledge that Open is best for the customer and at Linn we believe, as my father Ivor is fond of saying: What's best for the customer is best for the company. http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/01/whats-best-for-the-customer.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2010/01/whats-best-for-the-customer.php FLAC Linn DS LP12 Open Sondek Studio Master Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:15:28 +0000 A journalist I spoke to the other day said to me: "Your father, he's rather opinionated, isn't he?" "Oh, how so?" I replied. Journalist: "In the 1980's he said that CD would never catch on." Me: "Well, he was... http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/11/linn-ends-its-cd-players.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/11/linn-ends-its-cd-players.php CD players KinskyDesktop Linn DS Studio Master Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:31:16 +0000 As I mentioned in my earlier entry on introducing Cara to Japan, Linn has been responsible for introducing music streaming into the Japanese audio market and probably because of that I was asked to speak to an invited audience... http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/11/linn-ds-future-of-music-seminar-ototen-tokyo.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/11/linn-ds-future-of-music-seminar-ototen-tokyo.php Alfie Boe Claire Martin HQM Kripton Linn DS Linn Records PhileWeb Scottish Opera Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:45:27 +0000 Although I've been at Linn for over 6 years, this was my first ever business trip to Manhattan... and I was nervous as hell! I find the place intimidating to visit even as a tourist, so the idea of... http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/11/linn-ds-innovative-audio-new-york.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/11/linn-ds-innovative-audio-new-york.php Atlantic Records Claire Martin Craig Kallman Linn DS Linn Records SCO Scottish Chamber Orchestra Studio Master Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:16:31 +0000 If you love live music, you have to visit Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London before you die.I had the pleasure and privilege to watch Claire Martin perform her new album, A Modern Art, at Ronnie Scott's this week.... http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/09/claire-martin-a-modern-art-at-ronnie-scotts-jazz-club.php http://blogs.linn.co.uk/giladt/2009/09/claire-martin-a-modern-art-at-ronnie-scotts-jazz-club.php A Modern Art Claire Martin Ronnie Scott's Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:23:24 +0000