If mindful music streaming concerns you, don't forget that the original hi-res music service, Qobuz, has been doing some great artist-first things in 2025 and in 2025 it announced that it pays out an ...

Lossless audio is becoming more common, but many people are still unsure what the term means. In simple words, lossless audio keeps all the details from the original recording. Nothing is removed to ...

The McIntosh DS200, MSA5500, and MX123 now support Spotify Lossless—because even Spotify couldn’t fake hi-fi forever. It’s a smart move for McIntosh, whose customers tend to care about the last drop ...

Choosing the right audio format matters to every producer and mastering engineer. When you know precisely when to use WAV, MP3, or FLAC, your workflow becomes more efficient and your masters retain ...

Tracking down compression coils in Outer Worlds 2's "Hazard a Gas" quest feels like finding a needle in a haystack, except you're finding 15 tiny coils in a massive wasteland with little help to go ...

This handy accessory helps me save space and stay organized while traveling Written By Written by Staff Editor, Buy Side Madeline Diamond is a staff writer and editor for Buy Side, specializing in ...

While high-quality photos can take up a lot of storage space, it's the videos that will get you. Just one minute of 4K footage can take up over 1GB, versus 150 to 340 high-quality JPEG photos in that ...

Sennheiser hasn’t debuted a premium set of wireless headphones since the Momentum 4 arrived in 2022. Sure, there were two sets of Accentum cans, but those offer more mid-range performance in the ...

Spotify’s new 24-bit lossless option is still rolling out after nearly five years have passed since the initial tease and official launch last month. It turns out, lossless works with JBL speakers, ...

Back in 2009, I was one of the lucky few to have an invite to Spotify’s UK launch program, when the future of music discovery was bright and exciting, unlike today’s bleak abyss of arist ...

There's no doubting the power and performance of the Steam Deck, but if you're an everyday player that puts hours into your favorite action-adventure and RPG titles, you'll know how taxing certain ...

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