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 ...

Today, high-quality music is no longer bound to physical media. HDtracks pioneered high-resolution audio downloads and offers music titles at CD quality and greater. In addition, music played from the ...

Tidal was in the high-resolution music streaming game long before such newcomers as Amazon and Apple, and its format of choice has historically been MQA, a lossy but incredibly efficient high-res ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...

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 ...

Singer-songwriter Neil Young is on a crusade to save recorded music with a new digital audio player called Pono aimed at offering so-called high-resolution digital audio. PonoMusic, the company behind ...

To listen to Hi-Res audio on Windows, you’ll need compatible audio files (like FLAC or DSD), a Hi-Res-capable output device (preferably wired), updated audio drivers, and a player like AIMP or ...

Whether working analog or digital, sound engineers and musicians have always pursued the highest quality recording with the best technology available to them. The introduction of Compact Discs (CDs) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Qobuz is a music streaming service that’s headquartered in ...

When we talk about resolution in the context of screens, we talk about things like how many pixels per inch there are, which determines how many individual colors there are and the amount of detail ...

Tidal has said that starting today, select subscribers will be able to access its catalog of music in hi-res lossless audio that uses the open-source FLAC format. The announcement was made via a ...

Premium: $10 per month, or $100 per year, for MP3-quality streaming at 320 kbps Hi-Fi: $20 per month, or $200 per year, for CD-quality streaming using FLAC 16-bit at 44.1 KHz Studio: $25 per month, or ...