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AudFree launches audio converter to remove DRM from Apple Music, Audible

Friday, June 29, 2018 10:58 am9 Comments

AudFree Software has launched a new product called AudFree DRM Audio Converter…

Developers of the MP3 have officially killed the format

Sunday, May 14, 2017 10:26 pm13 Comments

MP3, the digital audio coding format, changed the way we listen to music and drove the adoption of…

About Apple Music’s audio quality

Friday, June 19, 2015 1:02 pm24 Comments

Already there are loads of perceptions about Apple Music…

CNN blows it, erroneously claims Apple Music will ‘sound worse’ than competition

Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:07 pmThursday, June 11, 201534 Comments

Apple Music will be streaming its tracks at a lower quality…

Apple confirms that Apple Music will stream at 256kbps

Thursday, June 11, 2015 11:25 amThursday, June 11, 201522 Comments

Apple has confirmed Apple Music’s streaming bitrate is 256kbps…

Analyst: Low Apple Watch supply due to haptic motor and OLED display issues

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:48 pmWednesday, April 15, 201514 Comments

Considering Apple’s current supply chain capacity and future expansion plans…

AAC: Apple’s preferred audio codec

Friday, July 18, 2014 1:01 pmFriday, July 18, 201432 Comments

It seems that almost every day I read something about people not wanting to rip their music in AAC…

An audiophile’s guide to OS X

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:30 pmTuesday, March 18, 201449 Comments

Vinyl is still the closest to an original recording in terms of audio quality…

When will Apple start selling lossless music on the iTunes Store?

Friday, January 17, 2014 11:01 amFriday, January 17, 201454 Comments

The quality of the AAC files that Apple sells (at 256 kbps) is certainly…

Ars Technica tests quality of Apple’s ‘Mastered for iTunes’ music

Monday, April 30, 2012 2:03 pmMonday, April 30, 201218 Comments

Apple’s push to increase the quality of songs distributed via iTunes…

How to replace low bit rate tracks with higher quality tracks from iTunes Match

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:40 amTuesday, November 15, 201129 Comments

iTunes Match gives subscribers access to 256kbps AAC versions of their audio files…

Adobe capitulates on Flash, adopts Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming for iOS

Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:29 amSaturday, April 16, 201125 Comments

Adobe previewed some new streaming video capabilities of its Flash Media Server…

Adobe gives sneak peek of Flash video streaming to Apple iPad, iPhone (with video)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:17 pm34 Comments

Adobe began previewing new video streaming technology today at the NAB Conference…

New York Times: most non-Apple devices cannot play Advanced Audio Codec (AAC)

Thursday, October 6, 2005 9:03 amFriday, July 18, 201450 Comments

iPods, the most popular music players with more than 70 percent of the American market, can play MP3 music files, a popular digital audio…

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