Streaming services and hi-fi brands now promote “lossless” music as the new gold standard, promising studio-grade sound in ...

Lossless formats like ALAC and FLAC grab headlines, but AAC is the best audio format for most everyday listeners.

A good quality DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) is one of the crucial elements when it comes to deciding the kind of audio experience you can expect from a device. And at large, the same holds true ...

We all want value for our money, especially during the current economic downturn. But when it comes to compression algorithms, what’s the best way to determine value? Let’s take a look at audio ...

The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the ...

The EnvivioTV MPEG-4 player for set-top boxes, PCs and mobile devices is available as a plug-in for QuickTime, RealOne, Real Player and Windows Media player products. Compression technology has ...

Choosing the right audio format matters to every producer and mastering engineer. When you know precisely when to use WAV, MP3, or FLAC, your workflow becomes more efficient and your masters retain ...

Large files are difficult to share via email or through any other media without first compressing them. Windows makes it easy to compress large files through a zip process. Alternative services also ...

New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats. For more than a decade, Zip has been the most common ...