There are also several different hi-res audio file formats to choose from, all of which have their own compatibility requirements. They include the popular FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and ALAC ...

High-resolution music can have a bit rate of up to 9,216kbps. That’s a substantial difference, and if the music is mastered well, and you use nice equipment, ...

Several major streaming services, such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, and Qobuz, now offer a wide selection of high-resolution audio tracks.This enables listeners to access high-quality ...

A growing number of musicians, composers and sound engineers aim to put the fidelity back into your digital hi-fi, and get the output -- the digital song file you listen to -- to match the effort ...

Forum member Cork says: "I listen to hi-res for music that I think was well recorded, typically music recorded relatively recently. I like to own the music, so I purchase CDs for non-hi-res and ...

• The Band – Music from Big Pink ($67.49 on Amazon.com).In addition to a Blu-ray Disc with high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround versions of the 1968 classic and six bonus tracks, there's a ...

Hi-res tracks have to be lossless, but the inverse is not true: CDs are considered lossless, to offer one counterintuitive example, and a small amount of the ALAC files found on Apple Music top ...

So, given this kind of music is what I want as good as I can get for files, it looks like I need to buy online in hi-res/flac/96khz kinda format (which is totally fine, I want flac files all the ...

Before the advent of hi-res music streaming services, hi-res files would normally be stored on a computer, and you’d need to employ a third-party app such as Vox or Onkyo HF player to play them back ...