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Apple Music Launching Spatial Audio With Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio in June at No Extra Cost
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Apple devices and music apps (including iTunes on computers) have always supported ALAC.
You will not be able to hear lossless if you use Bluetooth headphones. iOS devices will encode the audio with AAC to transmit it over BT. Not that lossless makes any sense anyway if you listen through tiny earbuds.
Absolutely. We already can with other music services.
What is the rationale to limit actual purchases to lossy only…I don’t get it
Not that I know of. Local copies are much better and I buy music to support the artisit.
Bands do indeed make songs but I seem to only have one or two songs from an artist or band. And while you are indeed an exception to the rule, you aren't a 'real' person that I have met in person. I can (after the current apocalypse) visit my friends and count the same number of CD's on the rack and same number of songs in their libraries.
Doesn’t necessarily mean that’s all they do though. I use Apple Music a lot, it’s a great discovery tool and awesome for music I might not necessarily buy.
I also maintain a library of purchased lossless and high resolution music, the stuff I really love. Because every now and then Apple messes around with my albums and playlists, removing tracks, or replacing them with entirely the wrong version for an album.
Doesn’t happen too frequently, but it’s annoying when it does happen. Of course, not all of the blame can be laid at the feet of Apple. There’s always licensing and various other reasons why they have to do this.
I also like to use my Walkman for my lossless/Hi-Res music, as it saves me having to plug in an external DAC on the iPhone to fully appreciate it (although I have a pretty decent portable one, it’s just cumbersome).
I may one day give up on streaming altogether, unlikely, but possible. So I will continue to purchase high quality music, even when this comes along next month.
It may well have an effect on just how much new music I actually purchase, that we’ll have to wait and see. I suspect having lossless, streaming, CD quality wirelessly on my AirPods Max will change my usage pattern. But I still think there’s room for both to exist together.
Really? Like I said, I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t go beyond what they listened too in high school. I bet even in these forums, there are more people who will listen to new music then people like you.
I do this as well. I subscribe to Apple Music but for artists I deeply care about I buy their music in a physical format. Just as I do for film and TV. I don’t feel like I truly own something unless I can tangibly hold it. However, it’s unfortunately becoming less common for most people and I feel physical media will be obsolete eventually. Sad. I will cling to physical media and it’s quality when compared to streaming (moreso for bluray and 4K Bluray standards when compared to streaming).
You must not have met many people in your life. What a ridiculous statement.
Regardless of the number of people I have met, my statement holds. If listening habits are different in your part of the world or your generation, that is a-ok, but doesn't remotely change my experiences.
Yes it should work just fine assuming you are talking about a wired headphone.
Different lives, different countries, different ages, so very different world experiences.
Apple Music as a service can likely negotiate better quality as a free upgrade but for purchases it’s a different beast. A purchase gives studios multitudes more than a stream—and higher resolution tends to be priced double that—so why slash that profit for the sole purpose of making Apple look good?
Ok…. Clearly I was wrong to assume that people commenting on a streaming service post would either use a streaming service or continue to search and find new music for themselves.
I didn’t know people listen too the same few songs and basically nothing new over 20+ years.
A previous post mentioned that this is only for subscriptions. Our purchased music will remain as is, Apple seem not to want more money.
My daughter who’s hasn’t been out of highschool very long (a few years) will listen to new music. She actually likes some of the bands I like, and I don’t mind some of her bands and music, and I will listen to them.
My mom is 70+ and will listen to new music. She’s on my family plan and loves it.
I get into the bands. One band I like, members quit and start new bands or go solo, then I listen to their stuff as well. This happens a lot.
I get Apple Music isn’t for you, but you can’t expect the quality to change on stuff you bought just because Apple Music is upgrading music.