lossless formats such as FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) retain every nuance of the original track. For audiophiles, this means hearing music as the artist ...

This is known as ‘lossy’ audio, because of the lost data. MP3s and Apple’s AAC files are both lossy audio file formats. Lossless audio is where music tracks are encoded in a way that doesn’t lose any ...

The 75 million songs in the catalog will use the ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) format and start with CD-quality 16-bit audio at 44.1 kHz and go up to 24 bit at 48 kHz. Apple will also offer ...

Apple has announced that it's adding 'Lossless' and 'Hi-Resolution Lossless' streaming options to Apple Music in June 2021 for no extra charge, as well as offering Dolby Atmos 'Spatial Audio' 3D ...