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 ...

When Apple introduced “spatial audio” to Apple Music and the AirPods family, it quickly became a bigger buzzword in audio discussions. In just a few years, it has become ubiquitous. This popularity ...

Most people shrug off spatial audio because they don't know what it is or have decided it's a gimmick, but others are convinced Dolby Atmos songs sound better. Here are some practical examples of that ...

Clear sound is the goal of any serious audio setup, but there’s more than one to get it. Your music files, your amplifier and your headphones are the three crucial ...

Apple Music hopes to increase its Spatial Audio music offering by paying artists up to 10% more royalties as long as they've published songs in the format. Dolby Atmos music, which Apple has dubbed ...

From sleek DACs to clever wireless add-ons, these audio gadgets bring sharper detail and richer sound to your setup without major replacements.

A soundtrack cue that once had room for planning, recording, and revision now often has to come together on a much tighter production schedule. That pressure has made AI music tools more relevant to ...

If you’ve been in a movie theater recently, you may have noticed that the sound is a whole lot more immersive. That’s thanks to spatial audio, a type of surround sound. The most well-known version is ...

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 ...

Spotify is finally rolling out its long-awaited, high-quality “lossless” audio streaming feature after years in the works, finally putting it on par with competitors like Apple Music, which have long ...

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 ...

If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, you may have seen something called 8D Audio showing up in the Up Next column or in your recommended videos. 8D? As in eight-dimensional audio? Yes, it’s a thing.