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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Becky Roberts

What is lossless audio? Is it worth it and do you need it?

IPhone sandwiched between Dolby Atmos and Lossless logos.

You’ll likely have seen the term ‘lossless audio’ bandied around in the music space in recent years.

While by no means a new term in the audiophile realm, it has fairly recently expanded into the mainstream courtesy of Apple, Amazon and Spotify adopting it in its recent audio hardware and software products, and consequently shouting about it from its marketing HQ rooftops.

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