Though a Spotify spokesperson declined to confirm the existence of the new tier, the move would not be unexpected streaming service competitor Tidal already offers high-fidelity streaming for $19.99 a month. Spotted by Reddit users and confirmed to The Verge by a source inside Spotify, the new tier, currently dubbed Spotify Hi-Fi, will cost an additional $5 to $10 a month on top of the serviceвЂ™s $10 monthly price for its premium ad-free streaming service. High-Resolution Audio offers both quality and convenience.In March, Spotify briefly A/B tested a new lossless audio version of its streaming service. And having to search through an extensive CD collection to find the song you want to listen to can be frustrating. But the real downside of the CD is its lack of portability. ThereвЂ™s no question that CDs sound much better than MP3s. So dust off your copy of вЂњThrillerвЂќ by Michael Jackson, buy a High-Resolution Audio version of the song and get ready to rediscover this timeless classic in a whole new way. Everyone wins because High-Resolution Audio takes up less space while still delivering high-quality audio. ThatвЂ™s because High-Resolution audio formats are compressed in such a way that no audio data is lost. You could listen to one of your favorite recordings in high-resolution that you might have heard hundreds of times and still discover details that youвЂ™ve never heard before. High-Resolution Audio has the opposite effect. Imagine the horror of listening to a dulled-down вЂњDAREвЂќ by Gorillaz! A lot of the details that artists and mixing engineers work hard to put into a recording are diminished or disappear entirely in an MP3 file. A lower bitrate could translate to a softer bass response or weak-sounding drum cymbals, or it could blur the attack and decay of a plucked guitar string. When an original recording is compressed into an MP3 file, a lot of information is lost. And the higher the bitrate, the more accurately the signal is measured.Д«itrate has a direct impact on sound quality. When comparing bitrate, or the amount of data transferred per second, High-Resolution AudioвЂ™s bitrate (9,216 kbps) is nearly seven times higher than that of CDs (1,411 kbps) and almost 29 times higher than that of MP3s (320 kbps). High-Resolution Audio brings your favorite songs to life by retaining more data during the analog-to-digital conversion process. On the other hand, when you convert analog sound to digital formats like CDs and MP3s, that process can compromise the purity of the original signal. ItвЂ™ll sound like you pulled up a stool next to the British diva, allowing you to hear every note of her soulful, impressive range.

So, if youвЂ™re waiting to get your hands on AdeleвЂ™s newly released album, вЂњ25вЂќ, try listening to it in high resolution. Listening to High-Resolution Audio allows you to pick up on the subtle details and nuances that you would hear in a recording studio. How does that translate to the listening experience? High-Resolution Audio files have a sampling frequency of 96 kHz/24 bit, which is significantly higher than the 44.1 KHz/16 bit sampling frequency of CDs. Higher sampling rates mean that more samples per second were taken when the original analog sound was converted into digital. High-Resolution Audio is audio that uses a higher sampling rate than in CDs and MP3s for the encoding and playback of music.

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