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PODCAST: Why is Streaming Audio So Complicated?

In this episode we discuss the complexity of audio options when streaming music and movies, and why you may not be hearing everything you could.

Streaming has become the dominant format for both music listening and video viewing. Music streaming services account for 84% of all music listening and 89% of music industry revenue. Video streaming services account for approximately 95% of the home video market. Fully 99% of US households subscribe to one or more video streaming services as of 2023. Many video streaming services can deliver video in high quality 4K resolution with HDR (High Dynamic Range) for a gorgeous image. But those who seek out and appreciate the finest possible sound quality may find actually getting that high quality sound through a streaming service is more complicated than it should be. 

In this episode, eCoustics founder and CEO Brian Mitchell and Editor-at-Large Chris Boylan discuss the options out there for high quality audio including immersive sound, aka “spatial audio,” lossless music and even hi-res audio. Which services do it right? Which do it wrong? Listen in to find out. 

Sponsors: Thank you to our sponsors SVS and Q Acoustics.

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4 Comments

4 Comments

  1. Robert Silva

    August 12, 2024 at 2:24 pm

    Great Podcast!

  2. ORT

    August 14, 2024 at 12:06 am

    The good thing about music, streaming music, is that it’s like fast food but with all the love of a meal cooked by friends. Lots of friends. Except they’re musicians.

    In my world, music comes on vinyl, CD, cassette (I recently found a tape I made!) and yes, streaming.

    If music be the food of love, deliver it however I can get it.

    And no. I am not suggesting that coconuts migrate. But do they look like huuuuuge tracts o’ land?

    Gaius Petronius ORTbitre (cool Europeen surname spelling!)

  3. Howard Rodgers

    August 14, 2024 at 6:12 am

    Great podcast. However, Roku no longer supports Tidal.

  4. jimf

    August 15, 2024 at 1:43 am

    Very good podcast…of course, the only music I stream is that in my personal library. I stream over Roon and Roon Ark. I see no point in streaming from commercial services where 90+% of the music would be of no interest.

    Good discussion of Atmos too…in my AVR system, I am set up with Atmos in a 9.1.4 system…I enjoy it on a Blu-Ray disc, but would not pay extra to a streaming service for it. It would be of no interest on a TV I would buy as I basically use the TV as a monitor for my streaming over Prime, Roku and NVIDIA Shield. If I could get a high quality tv with no tuner, that would be best.

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