Most of us listening to music on a smartphone will have a music collection encoded as AAC Lossless files. A few people still hang on to the older MP3 format but many people now also choose to listen ...

Record labels have always salivated at the opportunity to re-sell you their catalog in some new, “improved” format. Their latest update comes in the form of high-resolution digital audio: Music ...

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Hi-res audio does come with a downside, though: file size. A hi-res file can typically be tens of megabytes in size, and a few tracks can quickly eat up the storage on your device. Thankfully, storage ...

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 ...

Just as video standards have gone from SD to HD to 4K, audio has also seen drastic improvements in quality. Now high-res audio is the order of the day for those who want the very best listening ...

A lossless audio stream might not actually be lossless by the time it reaches your ears. Don't pay extra for high-res music streaming until you read this. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag ...

Music-streaming app Tidal has begun rolling out hi-res FLAC streams across the platform, according to CEO Jesse Dorogusker via a Reddit post. FLAC (free lossless audio codec) streams offer high ...

Enjoying the richer, smoother sound of high-resolution digital music doesn't require audiophile-grade equipment. WSJ's Michael Hsu joins Lunch Break with a tour of the various formats and the gear to ...

Apparently the folks at Sony were listening to Neil Young: The company that introduced the Walkman portable cassette player in 1979 hopes to breathe new life into the brand with a high-resolution ...