Referential image. Apple has its own high quality digital music format. Photo: Pexel
Juan Murillo. El Tiempo newspaper of Colombia (I)
The most favorite streaming platforms known to mankind have ensured that the act of wearing headphones and playing games musical material It is not simply a direct act, but rather a moment in which the true user is in tune with his own tastes, which can also be separated from the music.
That’s why they came to the auditory aesthetics as a tool so that the user’s ear is also happy. This has been the goal of the continuous innovations that have been possible thanks to the technological advances of the 21st century.
Hello hi-fi!
HiFi sound refers to audio with maximum resolution. Unlike high-resolution video, sound allows you to play audio material without any loss.
This means that there will be more sections that memorize specific sounds in a specialized way after carrying out a sampling process. The greater the number of sections, the more similar the representation will be to the original analogue recordings, i.e. to the original recording of a piece recorded in the studio.
How can you listen to music in high resolution?
Having an app that offers a paid music-on-demand service isn’t enough. To enjoy this audio quality, a device that can play multimedia material in different formats.
It is worth clarifying that the different types of audio files have a very different tolerance, also depending on the age of use of each of them. For example him MP3 formatwhich is the most popular, but is distinguished by the compression of information from the file musical productionslosing listening quality.
Another well-known format is WAV, which was the first file type that started shaping high-resolution music. It is used by everyone CD so that the user has the possibility to take advantage of metadata archiving, which allows you to insert labels and covers, as well as song lyrics into files.
Samsung, for its part, has been clear about this new market business, not only having its own HiFi format (SSC HiFi), but has also been commissioned to produce the necessary hardware to play this type of file, thanks to headphones capable of playing 24-bit music.
“The 24-bit music listening experience is truly immersive and can lead you to rediscover songs you already know, but in much more detail. Apart from this, it is essential to have a complete experience look for hearing aids that have noise canceling features active noise (ANC, in English) which tracks and eliminates external sound, so that attention is focused on the sound coming from the headphones,” the Korean company explained in a statement.
In which application can I listen to music in HiFi?
If you want to listen to music in the highest possible audio quality and in an accessible way, these are the recommended applications:
Tide
This is perhaps the application that has focused the most on this format. Such confidence in HiFi music has allowed her to make herself known in the music market. music appssince it was the only service that offered, at the time of its release, listening to music with such high quality sound.
Amazon Prime Unlimited Music
Jeff Bezos’ company did not want to lag behind and wanted to publicize its proposal high fedelity. If you have a mobile that can play the different formats that can store so much information, you can give it a try.
Apple Music
The main feature of Apple Music, unlike other applications, is that it has a unique and personal HiFi music format called ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), available for over 75 million songs.
What happened to Spotify?
The Swedish application has not yet commented on any interest in entering the high quality music. All despite announcing its foray into HiFi formats throughout 2021. To date, it is unknown if Spotify plans to step into this new technology.
