We’ve all listened to digital music, right? And that means you’ve probably heard of “bitrate” or come across files that have “kbps” at the end. Thing is… what does that mean? What the hell is bitrate?

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Netflix is upgrading its audio settings to provide quality as close to the original program master. The network says the changes were prompted by input from the Duffer brothers, producers of its ...

The term lossless is a big one in music streaming right now. Ever since Apple Music rolled out lossless-quality tracks to its subscribers at no extra cost, it forced the hand of all the legacy ...

If you use YouTube to discover and listen to music, you may no longer be bogged down by the insufficient audio quality. YouTube is preparing for updated audio settings which will open up options for ...

Using Gspot I get the audio info of an .avi file. Now if the audio is reported as mp3 128kbps and I demux that sound out of it and re-encode it to mp2 at say 256kbps, will that do any good or am I ...

Android's advanced Developer Options menu includes key settings that can improve your device's sound quality. Here's how to use them.