What is the highest audio quality on Spotify?

The highest bitrate supported by the streaming platform is 320 kbps, which should be largely indistinguishable from lossless, but in most cases, the streaming app does not guarantee this playback quality.
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What is the highest sound quality on Spotify?

Spotify premium accounts offer a High Quality streaming option in the preferences panel. This will give you 320 kbps streaming, the highest quality compressed streaming audio available.
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Does Spotify have high resolution audio?

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.
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What is extreme audio quality on Spotify?

With Spotify Premium on computers, the "Extreme" streams streams at 320 kbps. The "Extreme" setting on both mobile and computers is only really noticeable when you use a good pair of headphones or speakers. Still, it's there, and there's little reason to keep it off if you're paying for Spotify Premium.
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Does Spotify support 24bit?

SPOTIFY ALLOWS my sound processor to produce 48,000Khz @ 24 Bit Depth. The sound quality seems to be far superior compared to CD's.
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Is 48kHz good for Spotify?

I would use 24 bit 44.1kHz. Spotify audio is 16 bit 44.1kHz but if you use 24 bit output then you can make use of the computer volume control without really losing any quality. Also make sure you turn off Spotify's automatic volume normalization for maximum quality.
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Does Spotify play at 48kHz?

Even though most distributors accept 48kHz sample rate / 24 bit audio or higher, Spotify converts all audio to 44.1kHz sample rate / 16 bit audio (please correct me if this is untrue).
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Does Spotify have 320kbps?

Spotify's audio quality limit is still 320kbps (the maximum bitrate threshold for MP3), which it calls 'very high quality' in its audio settings menu.
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Is Spotify quality as good as CD?

Typical music streaming services like Apple Music or Spotify allow you to stream high-quality MP3s, which have a bit rate of 320kb (kilobytes). Music files on CDs have a bit-rate of 1,411 kbps (this is a limitation of the CD format). High-resolution music can have a bit rate of up to 9,216kbps.
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Is 128 Kbps audio good?

For MP3s, most people find that 128 Kbps is a good compromise of file size and sound quality. At that rate, MP3 files take up roughly one megabyte of space per minute of music. The 128 Kbps rate is considered high quality for the AAC format, which is why iTunes comes factory set to 128 Kbps.
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Is Spotify a FLAC?

Unfortunately, we don't currently support streaming at flac format quality. You can find more info about the audio quality options for Free or Premium users in this support site article. However, this is something other Spotify users have mentioned they'd like to see as well.
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Is Tidal HiFi better than Spotify?

Spotify offers more audio quality settings, including a 'Low' quality setting of only 24 kbps for those who want to conserve their data plans. However, Tidal takes this round hands down with its HiFi and Master audio quality settings.
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Will Spotify get Dolby Atmos?

The feature, which adds support for songs mixed in Dolby Atmos, allows users to listen to a song in 360-degree audio. Spotify, in addition to struggling to add new features, is also facing backlash from its user base with some artists pulling their music off of the platform due to Joe Rogan's podcast.
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Does Spotify have 5.1 audio?

Spotify can only output stereo, there is no other way ? Foobar on the other hand can use Matrix plugin or other surround audio plugin to output 5.1 as well as play DTS content, i'm using that setup at this particular moment.
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Is 160 kbps good enough?

160 / 192 kbps is acceptable for most people, with only a very small difference in perceived quality over higher bitrates. It should be considered a minimum quality bitrate for decent audio listening. It's a good compromise for mobile connections where bandwidth might be limited.
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What Kbps is Spotify?

Up until now, Spotify has compressed audio down to a bitrate of 160 kbps on desktop or 96 kbps on mobile devices — Spotify calls this rate “normal.” Paid subscribers also have a “high quality” option of 320 kbps audio on desktop. High-fidelity or lossless audio has a significantly higher bitrate of 1,411 kbps.
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Will Spotify ever go lossless?

It's important to note that Spotify will be offering audio at CD, lossless quality, not to be confused with high-resolution audio, which is considered to be audio quality higher than 16-bit/44.1 kHz (which is what Spotify HiFi will stream at).
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What resolution is Spotify?

The standard bitrate for the Spotify desktop app is 160 kbps for free users. Mobile devices get an even more compressed 96 kbps bitrate. But subscribing to Spotify Premium unlocks access to 320 kbps audio streaming, which Spotify advertises as 'high-quality sound. '
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What kbps is Apple Music?

Apple music is 256 kbps. Spotify is 320 kbps. So as you can see, a CD has way more information and resolution than either of these services.
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How many kbps is flac?

1411kbps is standard uncompressed CD bitrate. Anything you have in flac over that is an 88khz or 24 bit rip. The bitrate is determined by what it is compressing. A simple quiet song will have a lower bitrate (500-700kbps) where loud complex songs don't have much to lose.
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Is 320kbs CD quality?

When comparing bitrate, or the amount of data transferred per second, High-Resolution Audio's bitrate (9,216 kbps) is nearly seven times higher than that of CDs (1,411 kbps) and almost 29 times higher than that of MP3s (320 kbps). And the higher the bitrate, the more accurately the signal is measured.
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Which is better 16bit or 24bit?

If you choose 24 bit audio then you have a more dynamic range than with 16 bit and you have less trouble with room noise. It also gives you more space before the audio signal starts to clip. This is the main reason that in the battle between 16 bit vs 24 bit audio, 24 bit is advisable.
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Does recording at 96khz vs 48khz?

Many people record at the lower rates of 44.1 or 48 KHz due to CPU restrictions of the mixing computer. Although these rates are fine, 88.2 or 96 KHz will sound slightly better on many playback systems, especially audiophile systems. If your target market might be audiophiles, 88.2 or 96 is recommended.
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Should I upload 16 or 24 bit Spotify?

16-bit is acceptable but 24-bit will likely produce a better end result. Also, depending on the playback device, the audio might play back at 44.1k, or 48k sample rate.
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