We’ve come a long way since the earliest days of home audio, and a number of major leaps have been made: the transition from mono to stereo in the 1960s; moving from vacuum tubes to solid-state ...

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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The term lossless is a big one in music streaming right now. Ever since Apple Music rolled out lossless-quality tracks to its subscribers at no extra cost, it forced the hand of all the legacy ...

The Hi-Sound Compact is the brainchild of Italy's Ivano Pelicella, who founded a company called Dodotronic in 2003 to design and build quality parabolic and ultrasonic microphones. Pelicella says that ...

Here’s a riddle: If higher-quality audio sounds better, and better-sounding music is more enjoyable, then shouldn’t you stream music in the highest possible audio quality? The answer is yes. Listen to ...

Now that pretty much every major streaming music service — except Spotify — offers lossless audio options at CD-quality or better, you may be wondering how you can hear that extra level of sound ...

Discover the best affordable Hi-Fi brands of 2025 leading the stereo audio revival with premium sound at budget-friendly prices. A new wave of affordable hi-fi brands is shaking up the audio world, ...

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As Spotify prepares for lossless audio, Qualcomm aims to make things simpler for consumers As Spotify prepares for lossless audio, Qualcomm aims to make things simpler for consumers is a former senior ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. For many people, the transition from buying digital music ...