Thus, CD-quality audio can be referred to as hi-fi (or lossless, if the original was recorded in CD resolution – aka no 'loss' was incurred in the recording process) but that resolution is easily beaten by Apple Music – even if you'll need wired headphones and potentially a DAC to hear it properly. That is because hi-res music is specified as music files that have an equal or higher sampling frequency and/or bit depth than CD, which is specified at 16-bit/44.1kHz. To explain: what Spotify is technically justified in calling 'HiFi' might not be anywhere near as good as Apple Music's Lossless offering. Whether or not Spotify launches its Platinum tier, I see no promise of any Dolby Atmos-enhanced music in the above list – and double the price of its own offering and Apple Music's hi-res service is just too steep.įor me, the resolution debate is key. Take Apple Music Sessions for instance: yes, the concept was Apple's response to Spotify Sessions (opens in new tab) (and hardly a subtle one at that), but frankly it's easy to see who won that race. Opinion: Spotify needs to do much better to make me switchĮven if the 'studio sound' and 'headphone tuner' features promised by Spotify receive further clarification, I doubt there's anything to challenge Apple Music here, because Apple's supported ecosystem is just so strong. See how Spotify is left looking a little flat? Only, Apple Music went several steps better than offering its entire catalog in CD-quality for free, giving us two even higher resolution tiers at no extra cost: Lossless (up to 24-bit/48kHz) and Hi-Res Lossless (up to 24-bit/192kHz), all of which use Apple’s ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) codec.Īnd that's before we even get to the Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio content, which sound even better using a set of the Cupertino giant's own new AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Max or AirPods 3 and an Apple source device for head-tracked 5.1, 7.1 or object-based immersive audio.
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