Dr. Dre with Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine has a partnership with Hewlett-Packard. HP will release premium priced laptops, headsets, and software featuring the “Beats by Dr.Dre” brand during this fall.

In an interview last week with CNET News, Iovine declined to discuss HP or any other company that may be involved. Iovine confirmed that he and Dr. Dre are part of a plan to reconstruct the entire “digital music ecosystem” from the sound file to the computer and culminating with high-end headsets.

But can high-quality audio persuade people to buy albums?