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Apple Music announces Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos; Lossless Audio to entire catalog, no extra cost
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As I predicted, I can not hear the difference, and I have a well rated speaker setup. I will continue to ignore this scam, thank you :)
I guess this is the only way music streaming services can evolve now.
I had 3 months of Tidal Hifi (lossless) for 3 bucks and when the promo ended I downgraded to the standard subscription (320kbps AAC) and I can't really tell much of a difference between them.
I had 3 months of Tidal Hifi (lossless) for 3 bucks and when the promo ended I downgraded to the standard subscription (320kbps AAC) and I can't really tell much of a difference between them.
Just replaced my AirPods pros with Sony XM4s, will I notice a bump in quality with lossless too?
this. the browser interface is still pretty buggy for me as well. Basically the user experience across the board is not as good as spotify
I see Amazon are including HD in their standard price now too. Good to see Apple and Amazon giving Spotify a kicking on pricing.
I'm sure spatial audio will be much more exciting than losless. My brother-in-law uses Tidal and is convinced to hear a difference with his expensive setup at home. Well, I don't hear shit lol. I recently bought some good headphones from Philips and that was quite the jump in quality. It will be interesting to see if I can hear a difference with them
I'm not American so I can't point you to a price website, but if there's no sale now, there will be.
Here in Europe I can get them straight from Amazon for under 195 right now, amongst other retailers, so I doubt it will be long for one to pop up stateside.
I dont understand the appeal of spatial audio... like why would I want to hear music above my head?
This is awesome for audio. I honestly think if you pay to stream music you should be entitled to at least FLAC quality. Anything higher than that I understand having to pay an extra cost.
Now just get out there and buy some non-wireless headphones, lol.
Now just get out there and buy some non-wireless headphones, lol.
Isn't that the point of spatial audio playing music from multiple directions?
I wonder if the new AirPods soon to be announced will have a better driver to up the sound quality. It might make them better than the AirPods Pro for music quality but I am sure they can change that in the next version of the pro.
So is Music in Atmos supported from the AppleTV then? Unclear from the OP...
Edit: Website says it is.
Edit: Website says it is.
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I of course have no idea yet how it sounds in Apple Music. But if it's working as in Apple TV the music will come from the direction defined by Dolby Atmos. I'm not sure why anyone would put music above your head?
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Spatial Audio is awesome news, I just wish Blu-ray audio became the new CD Music standard and I could buy them for decent prices.
Music subs are a waste of money for me, had 4 months Apple Music for free and used it maybe twice, lol.
But I'm definitely gonna try out some surround albums, if my shitty non Apple hardware is deemed worthy to use it.
Music subs are a waste of money for me, had 4 months Apple Music for free and used it maybe twice, lol.
But I'm definitely gonna try out some surround albums, if my shitty non Apple hardware is deemed worthy to use it.
So in regards to Apple & Bluetooth - from what I am aware of, the W1/H1 chips in combination with ALAC will enable streaming at 24-Bit / 48khz & 24-Bit / 192khz. Right now I believe streaming quality is set to 16-Bit.
My house has a bi-amped 7.1 Dolby Atmos surround-sound home theater that I regularly play Spotify on. If this is coming in June I'll have to get Apple Music to try on my system.
I have AirPod Pros but I'm not expecting enough of a difference to warrant switching from Spotify.
The PR says it's coming to tvOS, so unless someone is using their Apple TV to route music to their AirPods I assume it'll work.
Edit: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/17/apple-music-dolby-atmos-all-airpods-models/
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My opinions:
CD quality lossless is great. I think the bump of 24 bit tier is going be the most notable. 192kHz no one will notice.
So for me 24 bit / 48kHz is going to be amazing and not kill your bandwidth.
CD quality lossless is great. I think the bump of 24 bit tier is going be the most notable. 192kHz no one will notice.
So for me 24 bit / 48kHz is going to be amazing and not kill your bandwidth.
In the past 24bit and 96kHz or 192kHz I could never tell the difference vs CDs.
BUT 128kbps MP3 vs FLAC from my same CDs I could tell the difference. I never tested Apple's codecs on myself, I imagine ACC has better compression compared to MP3 and it will be harder to tell. And lossless will probably be better on wired than Bluetooth.
But anyways I'm glad we're getting lossless. I might just subscribe to Apple Music. Lossless should be a standard quality setting option on every streaming service.
BUT 128kbps MP3 vs FLAC from my same CDs I could tell the difference. I never tested Apple's codecs on myself, I imagine ACC has better compression compared to MP3 and it will be harder to tell. And lossless will probably be better on wired than Bluetooth.
But anyways I'm glad we're getting lossless. I might just subscribe to Apple Music. Lossless should be a standard quality setting option on every streaming service.
No word on offering any old 5.1 album mixes already available, other than that mention of catalog tracks. There's so many 5.1 albums I'd like to hear, like the Talking Heads catalog, I hope they're planning on including those and not just strictly "Atmos" branded albums.
I could be wrong, but my understanding is that it should result in a greater sense of space between the instruments. You might get a sound that closer resembles hearing the songs live at a concert.
I already enjoy the sound quality of AM's AAC files better than whatever Spotify does to encode mp3s so lossless is just icing on the cake. I doubt my old ass iPhone 6 has a good enough built-in DAC to make a noticeable difference but I'm still willing to waste hours comparing both lol.
Is this just for Apple Music, or does it apply to iTunes store purchases? I'm a dinosaur who still buys their music song by song.
I am one of the few that prefers the Apple Music app over the Spotify app. I haven't any real issues with the app in years.
That said today is the day I learn that Apple Music now has a browser interface.