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Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming (techcrunch.com)

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Incoming Spotify premium plus subscription tier

That was what they were planning to do, a new premium tier that would have lots of extras but then Apple released lossless audio as part of the standard base tier so Spotify gave up on it

To me I don't really get it, I've had flac audio files in the past and I haven't really found much difference in audio quality above 192k

Just to confirm there is no new tier for this

From today (September 10), Spotify Lossless will be rolling out to Premium users across over 50 regions including the US, UK and Australia. Spotify says the rollout is starting now and will continue though October. You’ll receive a notification alerting you when Lossless is available, but that’s not all.

Surprisingly, Spotify Lossless is free for Premium subscribers – a huge sigh of relief given that previous rumors suggested that lossless audio would come in the form of a paid add-on called ‘Music Pro’.

https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/audiophiles-rejoice-spotify-lossless-is-finally-here-and-its-a-huge-step-for-the-streaming-service

[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

You have to listen to loud music on good headphones to hear any difference.

Also usually mid range is compressed OK, it's the very highs that get distorted.