Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Windows 10 will officially support the Free Lossless Audio Codec and offer audiophiles a new, more ...

The FLAC file format is a great way to capture the sonic breadth and power of your sprawling CD collection. If you want your digital tunes to sound just as immersive as they do on the album, FLAC ...

Audio files come in different formats, sizes, and quality. Many media players cannot play every type of format, and there are certain functionalities that are limited to a few audio formats. Thus, it ...

Google is adding a little treat for audiophiles in the next version of Chrome. Chrome 56, which is expected to roll out by the end of January, is coming with native support for FLAC (Free Lossless ...

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 ...

Both Google and Mozilla have released new updates to their respective browsers in the form of Firefox 51 and Chrome 56 which brings native support for FLAC the free and WebGL 2.0 graphics. The ...

On MacOSForge, Apple has announced that they are releasing the Apple Lossless Audio Codec as an open source project: The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is a lossless audio codec developed by Apple ...

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) has been updated to version 1.1.1 adding several optimizations and bug fixes. In the updated release optimizations have almost doubled the decoding speed on a G4 or G5 ...

Apple has quietly included support for playback of FLAC audio files on the 4K Apple TV, iPhone 8, and iPhone X, with compatibility also added retroactively to the iPhone 7 when iOS 11 gets its public ...

First, it’s important to understand that there are basically three tiers of audio quality: lossy, lossless and Hi-Res. But what is lossless audio? If you’ve invested in a pair of the best wired ...