In reality, supported by statistics and real double-blind listening tests, majority of people, whether they claimed they're audiophiles or not, will find ~128kbps on modern codecs transparent to the source. There's a reason 128kbps MP3 became the "norm," and more modern codec can push the bitrate even further down.
Tidal filing anti-competitive lawsuit soon.
My guess the current generation won’t be able to play this stream. You’ll need HomePod 2 to take advantage of it. 😆
Still got two for my audio for my PS5 and PS4.I thought I read Apple is announcing the iPod HiFi… say what now?
Imo the critical hurt of digital audio is not the bitrate/codec, but the loudness war. Older and classical recordings tend have more dynamic range, and thus can instill the "higher" audio quality feel.
Great, Auto-Tune has never sounded better, the Ad copy we’ll never see 😂
Citing sources within the music industry, Hits Double Daily reports that Apple is preparing to launch a new HiFi Apple Music tier in the "coming weeks," which will come alongside the release of the rumored third-generation AirPods.
According to the report, the new tier, which will offer high-fidelity music streaming, will cost the same $9.99 monthly subscription as the current individual tier. Spotify, Apple Music's most fierce competitor, has announced that later in 2021, Spotify users will be able to "upgrade their sound quality to Spotify HiFi and listen to their favorite songs the way artists intended."
The report says that an announcement of the new Apple Musc tier and the launch of the third-generation AirPods will take place in the "coming weeks." Apple plans to hold its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 7, and while no hardware was announced at the conference last year, hardware announcements are possible at the software-focused event.
The third-generation AirPods are expected to feature a design that's similar to the design language of the AirPods Pro but lack certain "Pro" features such as Active Noise Cancelation. If the rumor is to be accurate, the new AirPods release comes on the backdrop of a report signaling that Apple is cutting back on AirPods production due to decreasing sales.
Article Link: Rumor: Apple to Announce Third-Generation AirPods and HiFi Apple Music Tier in 'Coming Weeks'
Purchase from Bandcamp. You get lossless versions and the artist takes a WAY bigger cut. I use Apple Music for streaming but if I listen to an album more than, say, 10 times I’ll head to bandcamp and buy it to support the artists a lot better, and also so that I actually own a copy of the files in case they’re ever taken off Apple Music for any reason, as has happened a couple of times.
“VERY” good doesn’t tell us anything. What’s the response frequency? The interference resistance? Etc, etc.
That’s one issue, who cares if material is streamed in HiFi when the source material isn’t up to it because of cheaply done, don’t care, or older. Another is listening environments and equipment. I don’t have golden ears, nor golden eyes for that matter, so I tend listen to the music not my equipment.
Where is this setting on an iPhone. Could not see it in Settings or in the Music app (no settings at all that I could find).
Tidal is 2x price and Rap/hip-hop centered. Don't see how they have a case...Tidal filing anti-competitive lawsuit soon.
Audiophiles only. You need enough correct hardware. Though I have a feeling people with AirPods Max will notice some difference.
Yeah, I'm sure combined with road noise, wind, engine, exhaust, horns and general traffic noise, the subtilties of HiFi will come right through in your car and make a big difference! 😂
