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LOSSLESS, LOSSY AND HI-RES AUDIO EXPLAINED

You may have already gathered that ‘lossless audio’ generally represents higher quality audio than you may be used to. That is what it is being sold as anyway, and if you have spent many years listening to lossy MP3s and streaming services, that could well be the case. But you are just as likely to have heard of ‘hi-res audio’ too. So what is lossless audio exactly? What is the difference between lossless and lossy, and how does lossless compare with hi-res?

WHAT IS LOSSLESS AUDIO?

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