Have you listened to your favorite song through a pair of high-end headphones or $300 Hi-Res Audio certified Bluetooth earbuds? Do you subscribe to Spotify’s free plan, or are you more of a premium-tier Tidal listener? Apple has a massive lossless quality music library right now but you probably don’t have the right equipment to fully take advantage of it. Same thing with Tidal, which is lowering its prices starting April 10th, making its high-resolution music more accessible. Meanwhile, Spotify still doesn’t offer lossless after announcing “Spotify HiFi” back in 2021.
But even though the most popular music streaming service still doesn’t offer hi-res audio, is it something you actually care about? Could you tell the difference between the free lower-resolution offerings on Spotify and the lossless quality streams from Tidal, Apple Music, or Amazon Music Unlimited?
