If you want to listen to your favorite music at the best sound quality, you have to stream it in hi-res. Hi-res audio aims for minimal distortion and reproduces recordings as closely as possible to ...

If your audio fidelity experience has only been in the form of CDs, MP3s, or lower-quality streaming services (such as Spotify and YouTube Music), you may be missing out on some audio bliss. There’s a ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The market for earphones appears to be booming these days.

MediaNet defines lossless compression as “a class of data compression algorithms that allows the original data to be perfectly represented by compressed data. Sophisticated algorithms create a file ...

Nothing, a consumer tech company, has launched its Ear (2) wireless earbuds with hi-res audio and custom sound profiles. Nothing makes unique products in transparent casings, such as the Phone (1). It ...

To listen to Hi-Res audio on Windows, you’ll need compatible audio files (like FLAC or DSD), a Hi-Res-capable output device (preferably wired), updated audio drivers, and a player like AIMP or ...

Our primer on Hi-Res Audio for those who think Spotify and the Apple iPod raised the bar for music playback. In response, Hi-Res Audio (or high resolution audio) may have been a form of pushback ...

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Audio has come a long way on smartphones. Regular streaming services have quality streaming that’s perfectly fine for Bluetooth headphones. Modern connectivity like 5G and Wi-Fi 6 ensures buffering is ...

It was just a few months ago that the EarFun Air 2 hit store shelves. Sub-$50 wireless earbuds with the sonic prowess of select luxury models, this affordable entry continues to rank among the best ...