High-resolution digital audio has reached exciting new heights in recent years. Increasing Internet bandwidth has enabled music download providers, such as HDtracks, to offer larger file sizes, and streaming (from the likes of Spotify and Tidal) has even begun to make inroads with audiophiles thanks to access to lossless CD-quality streams. These advancements come with a confusing mass of jargon and new options, but for the motivated listener, these digital leaps forward can provide many sonic rewards.

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