We also don’t know when it will arrive in “select markets” other than “later this year.”

Spotify hasn’t shared how much the new HiFi access will cost, but we were able to confirm with the company that it will be an add-on for Spotify Premium subscribers. “Spotify HiFi will deliver music in CD-quality, lossless audio format to your device and Spotify Connect enabled speakers, which means fans will be able to experience more depth and clarity while enjoying their favorite tracks.” In response, the platform is going to be launching “Spotify HiFi” in select markets later this year.

Spotify noted that one of the most requested features from artists and users has bee for higher quality audio. Here’s what Spotify had to say about the upcoming option: But are your ears good enough to make the service worthwhile? They only need to upgrade their servers and UI to accomodate lossless instead of lossy, this is maybe the reason why they are still late as even the giant Apple said that it will takes time to upload their entire 75 millions tracks catalogue in lossless, but assured at least 20 millions of the most popular tracks will be available in lossless at launch.Spotify HiFi, a lossless audio version of the streaming music service, is set to launch later this year at a higher subscription than the standard Spotify Premium membership. I assume that Spotify already have the original master in the best quality to do whatever tuning they need (e.g adjust replay gain for their platform and downgrade/optimize to 320kbps). The music file is already at its highest quality when sent to the services (most will upload in either WAV or AIFF, but Flac is also acceptable with a few exceptions in Mp3 that explains why the particular music file isn't in lossless quality on most streaming services). If you want to know how it works, take a look at Bandcamp and Deezer websites where they explain the uploading process. There's no negociation of whatsoever to be done for HIFI/CD quality (maybe if they want a new copy in Hi Res or MQA, that would be the case)

Regular HIFI and the highest 320kbps that Spotify is using comes from the same source that has been sent by the labels.

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