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David Solomon

David Solomon

Chief Hi-Res Music Evangelist at Qobuz; former VP of Business Development; pioneered hi-res audio streaming advocacy

Jun 2, 2026

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6:27
Yeah
6:27
... of analog in those days, maybe three.
6:31
Uh, you had may- a tuner, a turntable maybe, a, maybe a tape deck.
6:39
Uh, beyond that there, there were no analog sys- There, there were no analog devices or sources that really even meant anything, uh, because nobody was using them anymore, right? So I started looking at all these analog inputs and thinking h- what a waste of space this was 'cause nobody will ever use them.
7:00
And I looked at my partner, I'm going, "What if we built a, a...
7:05
What if we built a unit that had two analog inputs and, and four digital inputs? That would be much more relevant to the way people are using their systems these days." And so at that point, we, we thought of the concept and opened the company Peachtree Audio, which really put this in mind.
7:26
And a- and, and at this s- at this time p- people still weren't streaming, this was around 2004, people still weren't streaming over the air.

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31:34
Yes.

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