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Lossless compression keeps the original detail of the audio recording that you would otherwise lose with lossy compression. CD-quality audio is a really common bitrate for lossless audio, which is ...

Newly added references in the music app's code suggest the lossless service is at least still under development and could even be getting closer to launch.

Lossless audio is where music tracks are encoded in a way that doesn’t lose any data. The files are still compressed, but fancy algorithms ensure that nothing important is lost from the recording, so ...

Apple Music uses similar terminology, dubbing “lossless” as 16-bit/44.1 kHz up to 24-bit/192 kHz and “Hi-Res Lossless” as audio quality that maxes out at 24-bit/192kHz.

Lossless audio is higher quality, but most listeners won't be able to notice a difference compared to high-quality lossy formats. Compression makes audio files easier to store and transfer, and ...

Lossless and hi-res audio boil down to better sound. It comes at the expense of bandwidth usage (or file size, if you download music), but you can always fall back to standard audio quality if ...

If you want to access high-resolution lossless audio, you’ll need a DAC that offers at least as much resolution as the highest-quality files you’re streaming—that is, 24 bits at 192 kHz.

But not all lossless audio is equal. Qualcomm aptX can only transmit lossless audio in 16-bit form at 44.1kHz – that is to say, CD quality.