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Tech Talk: What is lossless audio? Understanding Spotify's new feature and why it matters


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With Spotify finally making the move to provide higher quality (maybe) streaming music with its new Lossless Listening feature, it's time to figure out if you should even care. Lossless formats compress audio and programmatically toss out unnecessary information while keeping everything needed to recreate the original. A normal and budget-friendly phone like the Pixel 9a and a cheap pair of wired (more on that in a bit) headphones will be able to take advantage of a lossless stream.

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