Should You Care about High Resolution for Whole Home Audio?
With the advent of the digital audio revolution some two-plus decades ago, audiophiles have bemoaned a perceived downgrade in audio quality from music sources. Devices like the iPod and the smartphone tended to carry compressed digital formats for universal compatibility and to save on storage, but it was at the expense of the loss of some audio detail and dynamics in music. Enter streaming services in the past dozen years, and the transformation was complete.