About Olive Media Products

Olive was founded in 2005 by Dr. Oliver Bergmann and Robert Altmann, who are not only passionate about technology but also about music. Dr. Bergmann was immediately excited by how digital technology has made it so much more convenient for people to purchase, store, and manage their music. Thanks to products like the iPod, people of all ages are able to listen to digital music on the go. The new devices promised thousands of songs in their pocket, delivering more access to music than ever before. And a better way to organize and search for the music people wanted to hear. However, Dr. Bergmann found something disturbing in thisnnew trend. Although the benefits of digital music werenwonderful, he realized that they came at a significantnquality cost. Compressed digital files seriously affect thenquality of sound, creating a dramatic compromise for musicnlovers. Being a music lover themselves, they were frustratednby the fact that people had to make this compromise.nThe founders feel that technology should be able tonimprove the experience that people have withnmusic - and ultimately, they decided to donsomething about it, and as a result they startednOlive Media Products and built the digital musicnfor the rest of us...