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About a year ago, if you wanted to stream lossless audio tracks to your phone, you essentially had one option: Tidal. A lot has changed since then, with Apple recently rolling out support for lossless ...

Due to ship in October, Nura's upcoming high-end earbuds support Qualcomm's aptX Lossless audio codec. But you'll need the right hardware to take advantage of it. Executive Editor David Carnoy has ...

aptX Lossless is the first Bluetooth audio codec to boast bit-exact CD-quality music support. The technology will be part of Qualcomm’s aptX Adaptive and Snapdragon Sound ecosystems. Expect the first ...

The first truly lossless Bluetooth codec will soon be a reality, according to the wireless telecommunications company Qualcomm Technologies. To understand the significance of this development, we must ...

Are you one of them?

Yes, the lossless audio file you're using is probably compressed — that's completely fine for this reason.

It's really amazing how far Bluetooth earphones have come in so short a time, in no small part thanks to Apple. The iPhone maker's push to banish headphone jacks from mobile devices pushed wireless ...

I used to use sheervideo bitjazz because it had a pretty darn fast render speed and did a pretty decent (at least 1/2 size) lossless compression. However it appears OSX Lion doesn't support it anymore ...

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