Suppose on the face value their claims are true about the compression ratio vs fidelity loss - "CD quality audio at 1/10th the current standard data size". That's an order of magnitude improvement. So ...

A variety of audio compression technologies are being used today, each having a distinct advantage over the other in terms of compression ratio, coding delay, coding complexity or legacy system ...

With the introduction of Qualcomm’s aptX Lossless technology, Bluetooth headphone customers will finally join their wired audiophile brethren with the option to listen to lossless quality audio. The ...

Streaming services and hi-fi brands now promote “lossless” music as the new gold standard, promising studio-grade sound in your living room, on your commute, and even from your phone. Behind the ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

It's not as simple as just firing up Spotify Lossless making your music magically better.

We asked a sampling of industry engineers and users for their perspectives on the evolution of codec designs and applications ...

With a majority of smartphone brands ditching the beloved 3.5mm audio jack, it has become more difficult now than ever before to find a pair of good headphones. We believe one of the reasons for this ...

[In our Three-Minute Tech series, we tell you everything you really need to know about a technology in three minutes or less.] The day may come when increased storage capacities and unfettered ...

Claiming to set new industry benchmarks for lossless performance, the apt-X Lossless scalable, adaptive audio coding scheme boasts of outperforming FLAC audio compression. Claiming to set new industry ...

Digital is becoming the dominant technology in today's audio applications. With satellite radio, VoIP, cellular phones, and MP3 players, digital is replacing analog techniques in broadcast ...

Last week, Meta announced an AI-powered audio compression method called "EnCodec" that can reportedly compress audio 10 times smaller than the MP3 format at 64kbps with no loss in quality. Meta says ...