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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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I don’t get it, there is a new post by MacRumors that saying that both AirPods max and pro will not support the regular lossless audio format… what am I missing?
For which users/devices this service was created?
For which users/devices this service was created?
No they will not. LDAC isn’t supported on iOS. And Apple is still using AAC as far as I can tell.
Thanks for the clarification! Glad to know I can still listen to the higher quality music with headphones while working.
This. So much confusion. In fact Apple appears to be banking on it. Imagine everyone running to buy new air pods because they now are “lossless” except they aren’t. They will sound the same as your old air pods. Seems like this is Apple marketing at its best.
no Apple headphones then, no logic what só ever.
do you know if sonos arc will be able to play it via Apple TV?
I am sure i could benefit from a DAC, and have been on the hunt for one that's portable enough to not become a deterrent, but I just plug in directly into the phone or ipad now.
There's definitely a difference however in the standard hi-fi tracks and the 360 tracks on tidal..the soundstage is very different, and feels more studio like. I imagine that would be to a greater degree with a DAC.
How about “higher res” than AAC then. I’m not looking to argue. LDAC is superior to my ears than AAC. Ymmv
Artists (or someone else) will have to create special surround mixes of their songs. Sony has been doing this for a couple of years (their "360 reality" audio is what Deezer's and Tidal's "spatial" audio is based on).
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Then you should say that it sounds subjectively better to you, not that it's "hi res". LDAC is just another lossy codec otpimized for Bluetooth.
He actually lives down the road from me, and went to school with my nieces, so I’m obliged to listen to him 😀. That being said, it’s a hell of an album and his voice amazing.
LDAC is widely considered “hi res”. You are just arguing for the sake of it. Fully expected on an Apple forum.
And yes I’m aware of LDACs faults and flaws. I agree it’s not the perfect codec. I was hoping Apple would actually develop the perfect one.
That's Sony marketing. By that definition AAC is "hi-res" too, since it supports 24 bit audio at up to 96 KHz sample rate.
It is not possible to transmit lossless (CD quality and up) audio over Bluetooth A2DP without making proprietary modifications to the wireless system. It simply doesn't have the bandwidth.
Music provides "inherently new and unique experiences" too, and if your music doesn't, then you are likely listening to the wrong music. You're content listening to 275 songs for decades, and that's fine, but you can't act like it's crazy for people to have life-long passions for music. You simply don't care about music, and that's fine - for you. The fact that a professor could come to you and say "stop listening to music" and you did speaks volumes about how important music is to you. (Read: it's not.) If a professor did that to me I'd probably have stopped taking much of what he or she said. I would go insane being limited to a playlist like you have.
I'm glad those who really dig the subscription service will be able to take advantage of this news, it's pretty awesome especially if there is no price increase.
I have A/B'd to death and cannot tell a difference between 256 AAC and high res on how I digest music. I have 30,000+ ripped albums so as long as Apple doesn't completely remove the ability to sync and store local music I'll be OK.
I have A/B'd to death and cannot tell a difference between 256 AAC and high res on how I digest music. I have 30,000+ ripped albums so as long as Apple doesn't completely remove the ability to sync and store local music I'll be OK.
Ditto. I've got an audiophile setup with stupid-priced headphones and cant tell the difference so I have no idea what people with airpods hope to accomplish.
Only time I felt lossless was worth it was this one Live DVD I got once. But between CD vs. AAC, nope, notta.
I'll be A/B testing out the ass when this comes out in hopes of it improving my experience but I have a good idea my opinion wont change.
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The vast majority of people can't. AAC has undergone extensive subjective testing, and 256 kbps is considered transparent.
On the first question: When you are stating that you use said music as background music, as a timer, and not “active listening”: Yes, I find that odd. But hey, people do odd things.
The second question is a strawman, that’s not what I said at all.