Ars Technica

At what bitrate do you encode music?

Just curious to see what everyone else is doing, including the encoder and codec you use. I'll start: AAC 320k VBR encoded with iTunes on Windows 10. FLAC CD images for archive and anything that'll ...
TechHive

High-res music-streaming service Tidal launches MQA codec support (finally)

It seems like every year around this time we have some exciting news about MQA. In 2015, MQA wowed us at CES as one of the best products we saw. At last year’s CES, MQA announced several deals that ...
TechHive

MQA was one of the best products of CES 2015; soon, we’ll finally be able to buy and listen to music encoded with it

Meridian wowed us at CES 2015 with its MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) audio demos. This year, MQA is taking a big step towards getting its high-quality audio technology into people’s hands, ...
Macworld

iTunes 4

On the surface, iTunes 4 isn’t a huge upgrade, but Apple wasn’t content to let the application remain just a music player and encoder. As the iTunes Music Store’s interface, iTunes has become a Web ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes new Windows 10 bug corrupting FLAC music files

Microsoft has fixed a known Windows 10 issue that would lead to FLAC encoded music files becoming corrupted when changing their title, artist, or other metadata in File Explorer. The bug impacts ...
Ars Technica

At what bitrate do you encode music?

FLAC for archival and to use as a lossless transcoding source. Ogg Vorbis for listening, currently using q9 quality (~320 kbps). q9 is overkill, but the files are still small enough that it's not an ...