“I put a pitch-shifter on the master bus!”: In the era of lo-fi beats and bedroom recording, does sound quality even matter anymore?

With bedroom-produced DIY tracks topping the streaming charts and explosive distortion the new norm on TikTok, is sound quality becoming irrelevant in 2026?
Lifehacker

Spotify Doesn’t Need to Sound Like Crap

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CNET

Do musicians care about sound quality?

Do audiophiles care more about sound quality than your average musician? Jazz drummer and audiophile Billy Drummond helps unravel the stereotype. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has ...
Rolling Stone

Apple Music Will Pay Artists More for Higher Quality Audio

Apple Music will give higher royalty payments to music released on the streaming service in the more immersive Spatial Audio, the company announced on Monday. “As our technologies continue to evolve ...
Gizmodo

Lossless Audio Does Not Sound Better Than MP3

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