Tidal was in the high-resolution music streaming game long before such newcomers as Amazon and Apple, and its format of choice has historically been MQA, a lossy but incredibly efficient high-res ...

Audiophiles seek out lossless audio formats for their superior quality, but the reality is that most listeners stream in lossless simply because it's included with their subscription. Apple Music uses ...

CNET explains what FLAC is, where to buy music in the format, and how to play it on your phone, computer or hi-fi. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to ...

Tidal‘s Hi-Fi Plus subscription tier recently became the first place in the streaming music world where you could stream hi-res audio in both FLAC and MQA formats on your smartphone. Unfortunately, ...

Back in March 7digital announced that it was offering the new Radiohead album, The King of Limbs, as a better-than-CD quality FLAC 24-bit digital download. And now the digital music online store has ...

One of the most iconic and quality-focused music streaming platforms, Tidal, is up for a drastic change, deciding to replace its MQA with new formats and experiences. It also follows the recent price ...

Both iTunes and iOS devices support several digital audio file formats, including AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless. The first two are lossy, compressed formats (providing for small files), ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Audiophiles ...

Digital music comes in many different formats – almost everyone knows MP3 thanks to Napster at the end of the last century, but what about OGG, AIFF, MQA or DSD? Confused? Don't worry, we're here to ...