Year: 2025

Your guide to lossless and HiRes internet radio stations, services, and software.

Greek Hits
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1st Greek New Age Flac Radio

04/10/2025
1st Greek New Age Flac Radio is a Greek radio station with two channels of music. 1st Greek New Age Flac Radio has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC, a 320kbps AAC and 128kbps MP3 stream and Greek Oldies which has a DAB+ and internet presence broadcasts a CD Quality FLAC stream and a 320kbps AAC stream. According to the station: ‘1st Greek New Age FLAC Radio, based in Athens, was founded to promote Greek New […]
BesideFM
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BesideFM

03/10/2025
BesideFM was a ‘pop-up’ internet radio station broadcasting a rock and blues channel and a chillout channel. The rock and blues channel had a lossless CD Quality FLAC stream and a 320kbps AAC stream and the chillout channel offered a 256kbps Opus stream. The Rock station server tag said it offered “Endless radio Rock and Blues in lossless FLAC for the best sound Vinyl Rips” but there was no associated website.   To find out […]
Spotify Taste Profile Explained
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Spotify Taste Profile Explained

02/10/2025
Spotify has added a long-requested feature: the ability to exclude certain songs, albums, or artists from your Taste Profile. This gives listeners more control over recommendations, playlists like Discover Weekly, and overall listening stats. But playlists? Not yet — though there are workarounds. What is the Taste Profile? Your Taste Profile is the behind-the-scenes model Spotify builds from your listening history. It affects Discover Weekly, Release Radar, Daily Mixes, personalised recommendations, and your Spotify Wrapped […]
Spotify Lossless - What You Need to Know
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Spotify Lossless: What You Need to Know

02/10/2025
Spotify has finally rolled out its long-awaited Lossless tier as part of its Premium subscription plan. For years, audiophiles have debated whether Spotify would join rivals like Apple Music, TIDAL, Qobuz, Amazon Music, and Deezer in offering lossless audio. The answer is now clear: Spotify Lossless offers 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC streams — better than CD quality, but not full HiRes (24-bit/96 kHz or higher). The rollout is global, covering more than 50 countries where Premium […]
How music streaming services are using AI in 2025
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How music streaming services are using AI in 2025

30/09/2025
The AI Wave in Streaming Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping streaming — both in how music is delivered and how it’s created. For listeners, this plays out in two big ways: Trust & integrity: Services like Spotify and Deezer are tightening rules to keep out deepfakes, spam, and fraudulent AI-generated tracks. Discovery & experience: Others, like Amazon, Napster and SiriusXM, are using AI to deliver personalised playlists, smarter recommendations, and live content enhancements. Spotify and […]
Spotify Premium integrates with leading DJ software in 51 countries
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Spotify Premium integrates with leading DJ software in 51 countries

30/09/2025
Spotify has announced that Premium users in 51 countries can now access their full Spotify libraries and playlists within leading desktop DJ software — Rekordbox, Serato, and djay. This marks Spotify’s return to DJ integrations after years of absence, aiming to make it easier for music fans to mix and experiment. What’s New Premium subscribers can now log into Spotify inside supported DJ apps and browse their personal and editorial playlists, searching and mixing tracks […]
YouTube Music tests AI Hosts
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YouTube Music tests AI Hosts

30/09/2025
What is YouTube Labs & the AI Hosts experiment? In September 2025, YouTube announced YouTube Labs, a new initiative to test AI-powered features on its platform. Its first public experiment inside YouTube Music is AI music hosts, which deliver commentary, trivia, and stories between tracks — a kind of smart audio ‘radio host for your playlist.’ As of now, the test is limited to users in the US via opt‑in; not everyone will see it […]