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Lossless Listening Arrives on Spotify Premium With a Richer, More Detailed Listening Experience — Spotify

Lossless on Spotify Premium is here. Lossless audio has been one of the most anticipated features on Spotify and now, finally, it’s started rolling out to Premium listeners in select markets. Premium subscribers will receive a notification in Spotify once Lossless becomes available to them...

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Lossless on Spotify Premium is here.

Lossless audio has been one of the most anticipated features on Spotify and now, finally, it's started rolling out to Premium listeners in select markets. Premium subscribers will receive a notification in Spotify once Lossless becomes available to them. Whether you're diving into a new album or revisiting old favorites, lossless delivers the highest music audio quality on Spotify.

"The wait is finally over; we're so excited lossless sound is rolling out to Premium subscribers," saidGustav Gyllenhammar, VP Subscriptions,Spotify. "We've taken time to build this feature in a way that prioritizes quality, ease of use, and clarity at every step, so you always know what's happening under the hood. With Lossless, our premium users will now have an even better listening experience."

Lossless is part of our commitment to continually improve Spotify Premium so fans can discover and enjoy the music they love. This highly requested feature takes your Premium experience to the next level. Together with popular features like DJ, Jam, AI Playlist, brand-new Mix, and daylist, as well as playlists curated by our leading global music editorial team, the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service continues to get better.

With Lossless, you can now stream tracks in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, unlocking greater detail across nearly every song available on Spotify. So you can enjoy new releases and your favorite tracks, in the highest quality, while being immersed in the music.

 

[GymWolf]

Does it sound better than the app i use to turn yt videos into lossmore mp3?

 

[forsakkenSoul]

Finally, but now it's too late, at least for me. I canceled my subscription a while ago and moved on to other services because of the lack of lossless audio. These days I'm using Qobuz, really enjoying it, and I'll be sticking with it for quite a while.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Finally, but now it's too late, at least for me. I canceled my subscription a while ago and moved on to other services because of the lack of lossless audio. These days I'm using Qobuz, really enjoying it, and I'll be sticking with it for quite a while.

Billie Eilish must be dead by now, it really has been a while.

Do they offer gapless playback?

 

[Ironbunny]

Yippee....cant hear the difference. I dont know what kind of ears you need to hear the difference.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Yippee....cant hear the difference. I dont know what kind of ears you need to hear the difference.

Not ears, equipment. Throw your ears away.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Does it sound better than the app i use to turn yt videos into lossmore mp3?

This is exactly what I do, and I'm baffled why people are still using Spotify, throwing money away month after month. Even funnier when you see a YouTube comment saying, "I wish this was on Spotify".

 

[Ironbunny]

Not ears, equipment. Throw your ears away.

Tried those too. Cant hear it

 

[p_xavier]

Yippee....cant hear the difference. I dont know what kind of ears you need to hear the difference.

I have this old DAC and it makes a major difference.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Tried those too. Cant hear it

That's possible.

 

[Ironbunny]

I have this old DAC and it makes a major difference.

I have a B&W 805D with marantz pm8005 and a marants HD-DAC1. Sennheiser HD800S + fiio k9 pro ess dac. With both of those setups trying to judge quality after 320kbs becomes impossibe for me or for the friends I've listened with. Even on showroom setups (expensive) I've tried listening differences and just cant hear it. And my hearing is good and I am not tone deaf. I have come to the conclusion that its more a placebo then anything. They do sell 3000$ 2 meter audio cables for morons too.

 

[AJUMP23]

That is nice, but I want to see how it sounds. I like my FLAC files on my local host. I still prefer CDs really.

 

[Soltype]

I have a B&W 805D with marantz pm8005 and a marants HD-DAC1. Sennheiser HD800S + fiio k9 pro ess dac. With both of those setups trying tp judge quality after 320kbs becomes impossibe for me or for the friends I've listened with. Even on showroom setups (expensive) I've tried listening differences and just cant here it. And my hearing is good and I am not tone deaf. I have come to the conclusion that its more a placebo then anything. They do sell 3000$ 2 meter audio cables for morons too.

for me it depends on the type of music and how it's mixed, there are definitely diminishing returns though.

 

[GymWolf]

This is exactly what I do, and I'm baffled why people are still using Spotify, throwing money away month after month. Even funnier when you see a YouTube comment saying, "I wish this was on Spotify".

I was self-depracating myself for being such a cheap bum but ok, i take the solidarity, no backsies

 

[TheHighFlyingBirds]

Currently have spotify and tidal, will probably get rid of tidal when spotify lossless arrives. Prefer the spotify UI and it seems to have more choice.

On my LMS/Pi rigs I dont get the full fat lossless through tidal, I only get full fat on my main system (Lyngdorf streaming amp). Hopefully spotify lossless works fully on my LMS / pi rigs, which I use more frequently as its at my work desk.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Would I notice a difference if I'm using Bluetooth headphones? You're limited to bluetooth codec quality at that point, right?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Would I notice a difference if I'm using Bluetooth headphones? You're limited to bluetooth codec quality at that point, right?

no, yes.

 

[forsakkenSoul]

Do they offer gapless playback?

Yep. And I think Qobuz's interface is pretty cool too, better than the other music streaming platforms I've tried. I'm enjoying it. Before that I subscribed to Tidal to see how it was, the interface is nice and it's easier to find some songs, but for some reason the PC app has an audio bug where the volume keeps changing automatically depending on the track quality. It was really annoying. I tried everything to fix it, even contacted support, but nothing worked.

 

[Idleyes]

Spotify, hah. I've been using Tidal, not just because they offer lossless (HiFi/Hi-Res) streaming, but because they also support stem-separation AKA Neural Mix that I use to isolate or tweak vocals, bass, drums and other elements on many tracks, depending on how the song was mastered. I'm a shit DJ, but all my friends and family is always asking me to bring the boom to BBQ's, Birthday Parties, Weddings, etc because I do some insane mixes with that amount of control. I can even slow music down without effecting the pitch. Jesus it's fun!! I've done shit like, turn the Don't worry be Happy song into a sad depressing one using a Jazz blues instrumental, & Bob Marley's Get up stand up into what amounts to a death metal joint.

 

[Pagusas]

Cool, won't be leaving Apple Music though, love it and Atmos surround music is magical.

 

[Axelon]

Would I notice a difference if I'm using Bluetooth headphones? You're limited to bluetooth codec quality at that point, right?

Depends on the Bluetooth headphones and device. If you're on Android, anything with LDAC will take advantage of the higher sound quality as LDAC can do around 900kbps (yeah not fully lossless, but it's still a meaningful upgrade). I think iOS is out of luck unless you do USB-C.

I've been using Apple Music for the last month and Amazon Music before that and lossless+LDAC on my Sony XM5's absolutely make a difference. I MIGHT try Spotify again with this, but honestly Apple Music is pretty good (Amazon Music is complete garbage in the UI department).