Not intended as a blind test, the presentation offered the files for comparison purposes with an announcement of the resolution level at the start of each segment. Each musical selection began with a ...

Sonos has added its first 24-bit Hi-Res audio streaming service, taking advantage of another of the headline improvements from the company's Sonos S2 platform released last year.

24-bit/192kHz is very high resolution. Even the mighty LDAC audio codec tops out at 96kHz, and while aptX Adaptive is also capable of 96kHz, the quality varies by signal strength (hence the ...

That means Amazon Music subscribers can now stream the service's "Ultra HD" (24-bit) tracks, as well as its increasing number of songs available in immersive Dolby Atmos technology. While Amazon's ...

Qobuz, the music lovers’ Hi-Res streaming and download provider, is now the first music service to deliver 24-bit Hi-Res audio streaming on Sonos. Qobuz customers will be able to listen to ...

Hi-res audio can also include sample rates of 44.1 kHz/24-bit, 48 kHz/24-bit, and 88.2 kHz/24-bit. It offers a more significant sample rate and bit depth than standard audio formats such as MP3 and ...

To celebrate this collaboration (and Chesky's 40th anniversary next year), Qobuz and Chesky Records are also running a competition from today, that brings together hi-res streaming and vinyl: an ...

Given that CD audio is captured at a sample rate of 44.1kHz and a sample size of 16-bits, anything that captures and preserves more data than this is usually considered hi-res.

Sonos enabled high-resolution audio for its speakers last fall, with the release of its updated S2 app. But until now, you could only stream 24-bit FLAC or ALAC files from a local music library or ...

Qualcomm and partners will be announcing products "very, very soon" Lossless audio over Wi-Fi at up to 24-bit/192kHz Rolls back to Bluetooth when Wi-Fi is unavailable or not needed The best ...