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If your audio fidelity experience has only been in the form of CDs, MP3s, or lower-quality streaming services (such as Spotify and YouTube Music), you may be missing out on some audio bliss. There’s a ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

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 ...

We’ve come a long way since the earliest days of home audio, and a number of major leaps have been made: the transition from mono to stereo in the 1960s; moving from vacuum tubes to solid-state ...

With few exceptions, smartphones have never really been seen as serious audio equipment because of compromises that must be made for the sake of portability, size, and price. Lately, however, there ...

Now that pretty much every major streaming music service — except Spotify — offers lossless audio options at CD-quality or better, you may be wondering how you can hear that extra level of sound ...

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 ...

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