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Spotify Lossless boasts a huge leap in streaming quality, but don't be fooled, you'll only benefit if you meet these three specific criteria.
Spotify announced a new Lossless Listening feature, which uses audio files that are compressed to retain all of songs' original recording information.
Spotify launched in 2008 as a problem solver. Napster, the peer-to-peer music service that allowed users to download songs illegally, was in the rearview, and Apple's iTunes stepped in to give legitimacy to a new consumption method: buying tracks.
Spotify is allowing users to exclude individual tracks from their “Taste Profile” content algorithm. The feature is now available globally for free and Premium listeners across Spotify’s web, desktop, and mobile apps, making it easier for users to influence the music that the platform will suggest in the future.
Spotify's Lossless listening allows users to play tracks at up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, the company said, which refers to a 24-bit depth and 44.1 kHz sample rate. Other streaming services like Apple Music and Amazon Music also offer lossless audio.
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Lossless audio means that there isn't anything lost during the compression of what you're listening to, which audio files like MP3 and AAC do suffer from. This will include all the original sound data that was created when the track was cut. It's a more pristine sound that comes through, almost exactly what the creator intended.
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