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Artificial 'Intelligence' R&B Persona Scores $3M Deal
Xania Monet, an AI-crafted R&B persona operated by Mississippi poet Telisha Jones, has landed a reported $3 million record deal from Hallwood Media after a rapid rise on streaming platforms and Billboard charts. Her five-song catalog has attracted millions of on-demand streams and generated industry attention as labels weighed bids for the project. The signing has intensified an already heated debate over AI in music, with performers and industry groups warning that generative systems trained on existing catalogs could undermine creators, complicate copyright and royalty flows, and devalue years of human craft. High-profile artists voiced fierce objections on social media, arguing that AI-driven releases crowd out emerging musicians and raise questions about authorship and
fairness. Business supporters of the deal and Jones's team point to the
music's authorship of the lyrics and to a blend of human direction with AI production as justification for commercial rights and label
investment....
---> Artificial 'Intelligence' R&B Persona Scores $3M Deal.
Samsung-Owned HARMAN Completes Sound United Acquisition
HARMAN International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Sound United, the former consumer audio arm of Masimo. The deal brings renowned brands including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Polk Audio, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics into
HARMAN's Lifestyle Division, immediately expanding its product mix across home audio, amplifiers, AVRs, headphones, and car audio. HARMAN says the acquisition creates one of the
industry's most comprehensive audio portfolios and positions the company to offer consumers greater choice and deeper innovation across all listening
environments. HARMAN will operate Sound United as a standalone Strategic Business Unit within its Lifestyle Division to preserve each
brand's heritage, craftsmanship, and loyal customer base while leveraging
HARMAN's global scale. Company leadership highlighted that the combination pairs Sound
United's award-winning product design and engineering with HARMAN's strengths in connected technologies and worldwide
distribution.
---> amsung-Owned HARMAN Completes Sound United Acquisition.
audioXpress' October 2025 Issue
Editorial: The Appealing Promise Of Tiny MEMS Speakers
Pushing The Boundaries Of DIY Audio
MEMS Speakers: Finding the Right Problem To Solve
Subjective Evaluation Of Production Vehicle Audio System Variance
The StreamAmp Platform For Speaker Designs
The HTL-100 High-Fidelity Multimedia Loudspeakers
Instrumental Assessment of Audio Quality For Cars And Headphones
Nugen Audio DialogCheck Measuring Speech Clarity
Acoustic Absorption In Ceilings
And Much More!
---> audioXpress October 2025
Issue.
U.S. Music Industry Hits Record $9B Mid-Year Revenue, Driven
By Internet Streaming And Vinyl LP Sales
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its 2025 Mid-Year Music Revenue Report, revealing a historic $9 billion in recorded music revenues for the first half of the year—a 7% increase over the same period in 2024. Streaming continues to dominate, accounting for 84% of total revenue, with paid subscriptions alone contributing $6.6 billion. The number of paid subscriptions rose to 101 million, underscoring the continued growth of platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. Notably, ad-supported streaming also saw gains, reaching $1.2 billion, buoyed by strong performance from services like YouTube and
TikTok. Physical formats showed surprising resilience, with vinyl sales climbing 15% to $882 million, maintaining their lead over CDs for the third consecutive year. CD revenues held steady at $250 million, while overall physical format revenue grew 11% to $1.2
billion.
---> U.S. Music Industry Hits Record $9B Mid-Year Revenue, Driven By Internet Streaming And Vinyl LP Sales.
The Fantastic Florida International Audio Expo 2026
Florida International Audio Expo (FIAE) returns to the Sheraton Tampa Brandon Hotel February 20th through 22nd, 2026, for its eighth annual gathering of high-fidelity
enthusiasts and you know Enjoy the Music.com will once again be
there too! More than 100 exhibit spaces will showcase the latest in audio innovation, and attendees from around the world can immerse themselves in live music performances scheduled throughout the weekend. Industry leaders will lead seminars on everything from room acoustics to vinyl resurgence, ensuring every visitor—from the casual listener to the seasoned audiophile—finds something to spark their passion. Dedicated audition rooms will give guests the chance to compare speakers, amplifiers and digital sources side by side, making this three-day event a must-visit for anyone committed to exceptional sound.
"The opportunity to audition your favorite brands and engage directly with company representatives remains a vital part of the buying and showgoing
experience," said Bart Andeer, FIAE's Director of Show Operations.
---> The Fantastic Florida International Audio Expo
2026.
Best Of 2025 Blue Note Equipment Awards
Celebrating the best high
fidelity / high-end audiophile gear of 2025!
High-End Audio
Awards By Enjoy the Music.com
Enjoy the Music.com's
Best Of 2025 Blue Note Awards celebrates the many great achievements
by audiophile manufacturers within the high-end audio and Hi-Res Audio industry. Our
2025
Blue Note Awards is a three decade culmination of reviewing luxurious high-end
audio equipment and carefully
choosing what products have earned special recognition for our annual awards. Our Best Of
2025 Blue Note Award celebrates the finest products we have reviewed during the
previous 12 months. Recipients have
been carefully chosen after much debate and consideration by our staff of
reviewers. With each passing
year our industry has experienced great advancements in technology including analog
circuitry, vinyl LP and analog playback, digital-to-analog
converters (DACs), loudspeaker design, personal media
players, and more. While there are many great
pieces of premium high fidelity audio equipment now available within the marketplace, Enjoy
the Music.com's Best Of 2025 Blue Note Awards is compiled
from products we have reviewed within the past 12 months that have earned extra special
attention.
---> Best Of 2025 Blue Note Equipment
Awards.
Star Trek And Enjoy the Music.com Are In Another Universe
Roger writes to 360 completely different degrees of immersive high-end audio.
Article
By Roger Skoff
This month, Enjoy the
Music.com celebrates their very
special 30th Anniversary in bring joy to both music lovers and audiophiles. For
decades, we helps our loyal readers realize their sound system's dream and true
potential! The number 360 is Highly Composite: It has 24 divisors, more than any
smaller positive integer. That makes it extremely useful in measurement and in
geometry, where, for example, a circle is described as having an immersive 360
degrees, a convention dating back to Babylonian astronomy, which used base-60 (sexagesimal)
math. Ancient calendars often used 360-day years, with 5 extra days added later
to remain astronomically accurate. The sound we hear reaches us in a full
360-degrees. The number's divisibility was what made it practical for early
astronomy. 360 also has rotational Symmetry: In trigonometry and polar
coordinates, 360° represents a full rotation—returning to the starting point.
--->
Star Trek And Enjoy the Music.com Are In Another Universe.
World Premiere Review!
The Amazing Audionet Mach Linestage And Schrödinger
Monoblock Amplifier Review
A more affordable slice of World-Class performance.
Review By Senior Editor Greg Weaver
If you are unfamiliar with the brand Audionet, one of
today's premier audio electronics manufacturers located in Berlin, Germany, it's
time to correct that oversight. Founded in 1994, after nearly a decade of developing sensors and measurement
electronics, all of which produced extraordinarily weak signals, and the
essential need to build highly reliable, high-resolution analog amplifiers for
this entirely new breed of measurement electronics at Ruhr University in Bochum,
western Germany, that same research team, who were also music lovers, created
what would become Audionet. Armed with the invaluable experience gained building these
low-noise, highly resolving amplifiers, they began building some of the most
refined and precise audio electronics available, and now, more than thirty years
later, they have grown to offer a full line of some of the finest linestages,
stereo, mono, and integrated amplifiers.
--->
The Amazing Audionet Mach Linestage And Schrödinger Monoblock Amplifier Review.
World Premiere Review!
Genesis Advanced Technologies Premium Platinum Phono Preamplifier Review
Immersing yourself within the sensational sound of spectacular music.
Review By Senior Editor Tom Lyle
Within the July 2025 issue of Enjoy the
Music.com's Review Magazine, I reviewed
the Genesis Advanced Technologies G7 Samba floorstanding loudspeakers.
Even though my reference speakers were priced considerably higher than the
Sambas, it was relatively easy to overlook this fact due to the Genesis'
outstanding sound quality, not to mention their good looks. After this Genesis
speaker's review was published, I had a chat with Genesis dealer Larry Borden of
Distinctive Stereo when he came over to pick up the speakers. We didn't discuss
the speakers as much as we talked about high-end audio in general, and of
course, music. This led us to the topic of analog reproduction, and it was
then that he mentioned the Genesis Premium Platinum phono preamp. This caught me
off guard. I had always thought that Genesis only designed and manufactured
loudspeakers. When I was speaking with Genesis's Chief Designer and CEO Gary
Koh he shared with me some specifics about the various phono preamplifiers he
owned over the years, but had never been wholly satisfied with.
--->
Genesis Advanced Technologies Premium Platinum Phono Preamplifier Review.
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