CNET explains what FLAC is, where to buy music in the format, and how to play it on your phone, computer or hi-fi. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to ...

You don’t need to look anywhere when the inbuilt Media Player app supports FLAC files. It comes pre-installed with Windows 11/10 and can play FLAC files. The ...

The FLAC file format is a great way to capture the sonic breadth and power of your sprawling CD collection. If you want your digital tunes to sound just as immersive as they do on the album, FLAC ...

Windows 10 will make it easier for audiophiles to enjoy lossless music, with support for the popular FLAC format across all modern and desktop programs. Microsoft’s Gabriel Aul revealed the plans for ...

When Tidal CEO Jesse Dorogusker announced in April 2023 that the music service would soon be adding lossless hi-res audio in the open-source FLAC format, a lot of folks cheered the move. And by a lot ...

If you're looking to buy lossless music in FLAC format, from indie to classical to jazz, here are our favorite sites. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to ...

You aren't alone in your confusion, but luckily, it's pretty simple once you understand it all. Here's a quick lowdown on the differences between each of these audio formats. FLAC: The Free Lossless ...

TIDAL is introducing hi-res FLAC to the platform but does that really mean the end of MQA? We take a deeper look into a story that has customers confused. In my coverage last week of MQA’s Chapter 11 ...

Tidal was in the high-resolution music streaming game long before such newcomers as Amazon and Apple, and its format of choice has historically been MQA, a lossy but incredibly efficient high-res ...

Tidal has confirmed to What Hi-Fi? the streaming playback hierarchy now that hi-res FLAC files have been added to its library. When Tidal CEO Jesse Dorogusker announced in April that the service would ...

Both iTunes and iOS devices support several digital audio file formats, including AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless. The first two are lossy, compressed formats (providing for small files), ...

I'm in the process of transcoding my music collection into ALAC and MP3 (I really wish Apple would just offer native FLAC support). I've come across a few files that dbpoweramp says are corrupt, but ...