Audiophiles seek out lossless audio formats for their superior quality, but the reality is that most listeners stream in lossless simply because it's included with their subscription. Apple Music uses ...

I'm in the process of transcoding my music collection into ALAC and MP3 (I really wish Apple would just offer native FLAC support). I've come across a few files that dbpoweramp says are corrupt, but ...

Convenience versus quality. It’s a conundrum music lovers wrestle with all the time: would you rather download giant FLAC files that sound identical to the original studio master but need to be ...

Digital music comes in many different formats – almost everyone knows MP3 thanks to Napster at the end of the last century, but what about OGG, AIFF, MQA or DSD? Confused? Don't worry, we're here to ...

I will soon be installing a new head unit in my car that will read a largish USB flash drive (64GB) containing my music collection in MP3 format. As it stands, my music collection is mostly a mix of ...

Audiophiles, rejoice! Windows 10 Project Manager Gabriel Aul has announced via Twitter that Microsoft will offer native FLAC support in their latest operating system. FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) ...

Golden ears of the world, unite! While other people are happy with the incredible convenience that listening to MP3s and AACs on an iOS device offers—thousands of songs, anytime, anywhere—audiophiles ...

Microsoft has fixed a known Windows 10 issue that would lead to FLAC encoded music files becoming corrupted when changing their title, artist, or other metadata in File Explorer. The bug impacts ...

I regularly get questions about lossless audio files, or files compressed in a lossless format, for my Ask the iTunes Guy column. These questions come from people who seek to listen to the best ...

Do you know your OGG from your ALAC? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Digital music comes in many different formats – almost ...