Spotify: UK broadband not yet capable of supporting lossless audio

pctech · Jul 24, 2010, 19:03:48

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/359521/uk-broadband-rules-out-lossless-spotify-service

Rik · Jul 24, 2010, 19:04:37

In the words of Linda Rondstadt,

What's new?

Steve · Jul 24, 2010, 20:05:32

That's a shame however unless the musicplayer is of HiFi quality it's a waste of bandwidth

pctech · Jul 24, 2010, 21:18:01

Or unless like me you have you have a sound card geared towards music and Harman/Kardon speakers

Technical Ben · Jul 24, 2010, 22:18:08

Define lossless? As my hypothetical guitar plays analogue sounds. These have infinite fidelity, and take up infinite MB to store.

PS, also CDs are not lossless.

Simon · Jul 24, 2010, 22:33:03

I guess they're talking about WAV, FLAC, SHN, etc, as opposed to MP3s.

Steve · Jul 24, 2010, 22:42:01

It's only lossless against a 16/44.1 CD. I have the odd 24/96 flac file which I can play through my CA DacMagic. Yes it sounds good but can I tell the difference between that and 16/44 possibly not. BTW the limit on most USB DACs is 16/44-48 to get the higher resolutions you need S/PDIF

esh · Jul 26, 2010, 16:17:50

Didn't Sony try some kind of format that sampled at 2.8MHz with 120dB dynamic range? That's pretty much lossless I'd say. Not that I've ever seen any music I'd want in said format, or even have a player for it.

I know I can hear higher than 20kHz, to somewhere around 22-23. But more importantly I can tell between a 128Kbit and 192Kbit MP3. More than that... I don't think so, unless the encoder is really bad.

Rik · Jul 26, 2010, 16:20:57

I can think of a lot of classical music which would benefit from such a high sampling rate, but not much else. Plus, my ears are getting older.

esh · Jul 26, 2010, 16:23:42

Buy some new ones. Digital ones.

Glenn · Jul 26, 2010, 16:24:24

Quote from: Rik on Jul 26, 2010, 16:20:57
I can think of a lot of classical music which would benefit from such a high sampling rate, but not much else. Plus, my ears are getting older.

Quote from: esh on Jul 26, 2010, 16:23:42
Buy some new ones. Digital ones.

You can buy digital ears?

Rik · Jul 26, 2010, 16:24:58

If only.

gizmo71 · Jul 26, 2010, 16:37:57

Quote from: Rik on Jul 26, 2010, 16:24:58
If only.

Bionic ear

The only way to get lossless music is to hire an orchestra.

Rik · Jul 26, 2010, 16:40:41

Now for the rest of the body parts.

Fox · Jul 26, 2010, 22:21:56

...as long as you can still chew your own steak at dinner Rik, I think you will manage just fine

Rik · Jul 27, 2010, 09:34:15

You know me too well.