Clues hidden in the beta code of iOS 14.6 suggest Apple Music will offer significantly better audio quality in the future. But owners of regular AirPods may be left out. The first beta for iOS ...

Any digital audio that improves on these qualities is thus considered hi-res. As an example, Apple Music offers its hi-res audio catalog in 24-bit, with sample rates ranging from 48kHz to 192kHz.

An iOS-friendly alternative to FLAC. The entire Apple Music catalogue uses ALAC, with streams ranging from 16-bit/44.1kHz up to 24-bit/192kHz. DSD (hi-res): The single-bit format used for Super Audio ...

Our primer on Hi-Res Audio for those who think Spotify and the Apple iPod raised the bar for music playback. In response, Hi-Res Audio (or high resolution audio) may have been a form of pushback ...

So let’s take a quick look at what lossless audio is, and maybe more importantly, what it isn’t, and how you can listen to it ...

Hi-res audio also possesses a wider range of dynamics in music, and can pick out the subtle nuances of a guitar lick or the pounding bass of a drum solo. It’ll certainly give a boost to Apple Music’s ...

Right now, Tidal, Amazon Music HD, Apple Music and Qobuz offer high-res audio, to varying degrees. Most of them offer lossless streaming with some high-res encoded titles. The cheapest of the ...

The IEM-style buds incorporate a digital audio converter (DAC) capable of handling Apple Music’s top-tier Hi-Res Lossless files (192kHz/24-bit). Ahead of CES this month, the company released a ...

"Due to the large file sizes and bandwidth needed for Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless Audio, subscribers will need to opt in to ...