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Ziv_Ger Author

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Quality of purchased music

Now that Apple Music offers Hi-Res and lossless music, should we expect our purchases to be obtainable in such quality (if offered by the artists)?

And what about spatial audio music / Dolby audio (if supported)?

Posted on Jul 29, 2021 3:18 AM

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ed2345

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Posted on Jul 29, 2021 5:26 AM

Ziv,

Not if you buy it from the iTunes Store. All music downloads sold in the iTunes Store are still in AAC/256, not lossless. The recent lossless announcement applies to the Apple Music streaming service, not to the iTunes Store.

if you are in the market for lossless or hi-res music downloads, you can purchase tracks from HDTracks.com, Qobuz.com, etc., and add them to your iTunes/Music library.

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