Update 5/17: Apple has announced high-res lossless audio for Apple Music, launching in June. This article has been updated to reflect the news. While a new AirPods design is welcome, this high-end ...

The hobby of high-fidelity is fascinating. You have to understand, this is a singularly individual hobby, like no other. Audiophiles who came ‘of audio age’ in the Golden Era of the 1960’s-1980’s had ...

Audiophiles have long complained about Spotify's "very high quality" music streams that max out at 320kbps, a far lower audio resolution than what CDs offer. That's about to change, however, as the ...

According to the company, it's designed to deliver "uncompromising sound quality" and redefine portable listening for audiophiles.

It's been seven months since we got our first major leak about Spotify's Hi-Fi plan which, at the time, was expected to be called Spotify Supremium. That was so 2023. Now, we have another leak that ...

All the way back in 2021, Spotify confirmed that a new tier of its music streaming service with high fidelity audio output was in development. Four years laters, that aural nirvana is still nowhere to ...

While there’s been a modest revival in dedicated audio players, most listeners — including many discerning audiophiles — are streaming music straight from their smartphones. And why not? Android ...

Music-streaming app Tidal has begun rolling out hi-res FLAC streams across the platform, according to CEO Jesse Dorogusker via a Reddit post. FLAC (free lossless audio codec) streams offer high ...

The special-edition turntable is marketed towards modern vinyl enthusiasts.

Musical Fidelity is no stranger to high-quality hi-fi components for serious audiophiles — the British audio manufacturer has been making precisely those for over 40 years. Case in point: In 2023, it ...