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Pioneering connected audio

Hot on the heels of the compact disc came the FW-i1000 - the world’s rst integrated

audio device connecting to more than a thousand internet radio stations. This was shortly

followed in 2003 by Philips Streamium MC-i250 - the world’s rst wireless broadband

internet micro Hi-Fi system. Designed for the emerging ‘connected home’, this wireless

product was a pioneer in connected entertainment and the forerunner of wireless speakers

we enjoy today. It was the rst audio product to offer access to multiple online music

services and streaming of digital music from multiple devices on a home network.

The MC-i250 was followed by a number of products marketed under the ‘Streamium’ name

with the slogan ‘Don’t dream it, stream it!’. These provided traditional home entertainment

combined with access to audio and video content from a PC, media server or thousands of

on-demand online entertainment services.

The CD revolution

Just as the popularity of the compact cassette was at its peak,

Philips was preparing to unveil yet another ground-breaking

innovation in audio. From 1974, a team of researchers at Philips’

labs in Eindhoven, The Netherlands started work on a project to

develop a 20cm optical audio disc with sound quality superior to

that of the large and vulnerable vinyl record. What they ultimately

revealed to the world in 1979 was a smaller 11.5cm optical audio

disc they named the ‘compact disc’ in line with the Philips compact

cassette. Aware that international standardization was key to the

success of this product, later that year Philips joined forces with

Sony and the two companies collaborated on establishing the

global Red Book standard for digital audio discs.

Philips’ researchers had succeeded in their objective: the music

reproduction was of an unprecedented quality; without interference

and noise, insensitive to light ngerprints, dust and scratches.

The rst album to be manufactured in the new CD format was

The Visitors, ABBA’s eighth and nal studio album in 1981.

By 1983, what is considered the ‘Big Bang’ of the digital audio

revolution took place as CD players and discs were widely released

in the United States and other markets. Many of the early adopters

of the new technology were classical music enthusiasts which

benetted Philips due to Polygram’s strength in the classical genre.

As prices for CDs came down and they became more affordable,

the CD would revolutionize the record industry and the way the

world listened to music at home thanks to improved sound quality,

durable materials and the ability to skip whole tracks in an instant.

All these improvements helped Philips rmly establish its reputation

as an undisputed global leader in audio.

CD-100 - The world’s rst CD player, 1983 (Invented by Philips in cooperation with Sony).

Streamium MC-i250 - The world’s rst wireless broadband internet micro Hi-Fi system, 2003.

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