![]() ![]() Devices like your phones, notebooks, computers, TVs, all have them. It’s simply a component that takes digital music signals and converts them to analogue signals so that they can be amplified (by an amplifier) and played by headphones and speakers. To listen to music that’s of higher quality, you’ll need an external digital-to-analogue converter (DAC). All Apple devices will support lossless audio up to a maximum quality of 24-bit/48kHz. Will my Apple devices play lossless audio? ![]() We have reached out to confirm this, but one thing's for sure, the entire catalogue will eventually be available in lossless quality. While most outlets are reporting that over 20 million songs will be lossless at launch with the entire catalogue going lossless by the end of the year, What Hi-Fi? is reporting that the entire catalogue will be lossless at launch but around 20 million will be in Hi-Res lossless. There’s some confusion as to how much of Apple Music's catalogue will be in lossless and Hi-Res lossless at launch. For a better understanding of music bit rate and sample rate, check out this article. There will also be high-resolution options that top out at 24-bit/192kHz that Apple is calling Hi-Res Lossless. Lossless audio will be streamed in Apple’s lossless codec ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) and will begin at CD quality which is 16-bit/44.1kHz. Before this announcement, Apple Music only streamed lossy music – in 256kbps AAC to be exact. It really just refers to uncompressed audio. Now, there’s some confusion on what’s supported and what’s not so let’s clear up these doubts in this guide. Still, it’s a commendable move especially when you consider that Apple isn’t charging a cent more – lossless audio streaming is a premium option on other services. Rival services like Amazon, Tidal, and Qobuz already support lossless audio streaming and Spotify plans to do the same. Last month, Apple Music announced that it will finally support lossless audio. Note: This feature was first published on 2 June 2021 and it's republished now because Apple has turned on lossless audio on Apple Music.Įverything you need to know about Apple Music Lossless What you need to know and how to get started ![]()
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