Audio Quality Archives

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 […]

SoundCloud upgrades its audio quality

22/10/2018

SoundCloud has upgraded its audio quality for its SoundCloud Go+ subscribers with 256kbps AAC streams available when the original file has been uploaded in a lossless format. Only tracks uploaded in lossless formats such as WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC or a high bitrate will be available for streaming in this higher quality. SoundCloud HQ (High Quality) audio streaming is only available to Go+ subscribers and is in addition to ad-free listening, offline sync and full […]