Here is a little-known fact about music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music: they all let you listen to audio at different resolutions. A lesser-known fact: the default playback setting on ...

Music mixed in stereo spans left and right to make use of our two ears, but music in Apple's Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos adds more dimension to songs. As with anything in audio, it's much easier to ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Apple Music supports spatial audio using the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Step into a revolution of sound – Apple Music has transformed into a wonderland of Dolby Atmos Music tracks (courtesy of Apple’s mind-bending Spatial Audio wizardry) alongside a treasure trove of ...

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 ...

The current decade has seen a surround-music revival through new digital technologies and Dolby Atmos Music isn't the only game in town. Sony's 360 Reality Audio (360RA) is a growing new format ...

Last month, Apple announced it would soon add lossless audio streaming and Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos to its Apple Music subscription at no extra charge. That upgrade has now gone live ...

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