Ask HN: Whatever happened to Spotify lossless 5 points by gaspoweredcat 8y ago ↗ HN A long time ago I read that Spotify were testing a lossless option called hifi but I've never heard any more, is it still alive?
[–] CrystalLangUser 8y ago ↗ I’m not sure, but I can’t imagine that many users really wanted it. Or cared.I have a minor in acoustic recording/physics so I fully understand the lossless desire for some people, but we’re a minority.My counterpoint: I use Spotify for the super convenient downloading of music. Hit 2 buttons, save + download, bam I got music on my phone.... with mobile are you actually carrying around high fidelity headphones anyways? I sure don’t, it’s annoying versus small earbuds.
[–] asdfg8asdf 8y ago ↗ Under preferences, enable "High quality streaming" [–] mrkrabo 8y ago ↗ That's not lossless.
3 comments
[ 0.18 ms ] story [ 14.6 ms ] threadI have a minor in acoustic recording/physics so I fully understand the lossless desire for some people, but we’re a minority.
My counterpoint: I use Spotify for the super convenient downloading of music. Hit 2 buttons, save + download, bam I got music on my phone.
... with mobile are you actually carrying around high fidelity headphones anyways? I sure don’t, it’s annoying versus small earbuds.