When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But should you care about hi-res audio? If you want the best digital music experience possible or ...

There’s a whole world of better sound out there, in the form of high-resolution, hi-res, or HD audio. Whichever moniker you choose for it (the industry prefers “hi-res”), it refers to ...

Here’s how it works. But what exactly is Hi-Res Audio? How does it work? It's not a prerequisite to enjoying music, but if you want it, how do you get it? Let's find out. 'Hi-Res Audio' (the ...

The audio brand HED isn’t one I’d heard of but it’s done something that so far has evaded headphone manufacturers the world over – it’s brought together lossless and hi-resolution (hi ...

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 ...

Historically, the relationship between the iPhone and hi-res music over the years has been a complicated one. It’s a shame, because we’ve always found iPhones to be among the best smartphones where ...

When Tidal CEO Jesse Dorogusker announced in April 2023 that the music service would soon be adding lossless hi-res audio in the open-source FLAC format, a lot of folks cheered the move.

To this day, listening to hi-res lossless music on a phone usually means a hunt for a rare handset with a 3.5mm jack or accepting your new dongle life. As if from nowhere, a new breed of wired ...

You may have heard of aptX and LDAC, a couple of hi-res audio formats that more wireless buds are starting to support. Listening to hi-res audio goes beyond CD quality, with many formats ...

The Victrola Hi-Res Onyx is a stylish belt-drive turntable capable of either wireless Bluetooth playback or with a wired connection and its built-in phono preamplifier, or you can bypass that shou ...