Spotify users have been waiting for almost two years for the platform to up its game when it comes to audio quality. Apple, Tidal, Qobuz, Amazon, and others are already available in higher-resolution
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In the early days of online music, we needed compressed files like MP3s because data was so expensive. It’s still too expensive in some countries (hello, Canada!) but it’s not as bad as
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Earlier this week, Apple Music bumped its monthly individual subscription price from [insert currency symbol here] 9.99 to 10.99. That basically gives all the other platforms to raise their prices, too. Paris-based Deezer
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Rumours surfaced over the weekend that Spotify may finally be ready to up its game when it comes to audio quality. A story in 9to5Mac speculates on the imminent launch of a “Platinum”
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One of the big announcements from Apple at the end of last year was that they’d converted all 95 million songs in their streaming library to higher-quality audio. Amazon, Tidal, Quboz, and one
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Please don’t shoot people over loud music, especially on Christmas Eve. Then again, this is a Florida story. Segueing to music news for December 28, 2021… Here’s Pitchfork’s list of the 100 best
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Earlier this month, Apple Music launched its Spatial Audio offering, which they say greatly enhances the audio quality of streams on Apple Music. By the end of the year, they plan to roll
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On day one of WWDC, Apple previewed a series of products and services as well as announced some changes to Apple Music. The first was the formal launch of Apple Spatial Music, which
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I won’t blather on once again about how much I detest our willingness to make do with substandard digital audio. What most people listen to today is vastly inferior to the audio enjoyed
Read MoreLet’s be honest. While MP3s and other digital files are wonderfully convenient, they sound awful when compared to true high-fidelity formats. But since convenience will always trump quality, the world has been settling
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Peter is trying to create a central location for all his digital music files and is musing on which format–MP3 or Lossless–is better. He stumbled on this article from Lifehacker that compares the
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