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Spotify Add Lossless Audio(24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC) for Premium Subscribers
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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2025
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Gotta say I'm surprised to see Spotify adding something people actually want. It must be getting rough for them.
I might be out of the loop. Who wants this exactly? There is no audible benefit from lossless audio. I rip all my music to lossless files but that's archival. There's nothing to archive with streaming services.
I want this, and although there isn't always a perceptible difference in audio quality, there sometimes can be. It depends on the content, and I'd rather sometimes stream audio at an excessively high bitrate than always lose the high–end definition that I could have enjoyed where it exists.
All my life I've been getting into disagreements with people who believe that because they can't tell the difference between A and B, I must not be able to either. I find this immensely frustrating.
Sounds like you just want it because it is possible. If that's the case, I'm fine with that. There is however no perceptible difference in sound, ABX tests showed that many times.