<p>Amazon announced a new lossless and high-resolution music streaming service. Has high-res music finally come to everyone? We talk with Chris Connaker, of Audiophile Style, to try to understand Amazon&#39;s logic. </p>

<p><strong>Guest</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Chris Connaker: <a href="https://audiophilestyle.com/" rel="nofollow">Audiophile Style</a>, <a href="https://superphonica.com/" rel="nofollow">Superphonica</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Show notes</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/2lyoeWQ" rel="nofollow">Amazon Music HD</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kirkville.com/amazon-launches-amazon-music-hd-and-lies-a-lot/" rel="nofollow">Amazon Launches Amazon Music HD (and Lies a Lot)</a></li>
<li>Apple&#39;s Mastered for iTunes; now called <a href="https://www.apple.com/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/" rel="nofollow">Apple Digital Masters</a></li>
<li><a href="https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-music-introduces-highest-quality-audio-streaming-amazon" rel="nofollow">Amazon&#39;s press release, with the quote from Neil Young</a></li>
<li><a href="https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/book-review-neil-youngs-to-feel-the-music-a-songwriters-mission-to-save-high-quality-audio-r834/" rel="nofollow">Book Review - Neil Young&#39;s To Feel The Music: A Songwriter&#39;s Mission to Save High-Quality Audio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thenexttrack.com/39" rel="nofollow">Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (where we discuss MQA)</a></li>
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<p><strong>Our next tracks</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/2lpCSQs" rel="nofollow">Franz Schubert: Piano Trios Op.99 &amp; 100</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/2mvPiX8" rel="nofollow">To Cry You a Song: A Collection of Tull Tales</a> (<a href="https://www.discogs.com/Various-To-Cry-You-A-Song-A-Collection-Of-Tull-Tales/release/2623401" rel="nofollow">Discogs info</a>)</li>
</ul>

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<iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *;" frameborder="0" height="300" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/album/schubert-piano-trios-op-99-100/1148300030&at=11l6om" width="660"></iframe>
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<iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *;" frameborder="0" height="300" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/album/to-cry-you-a-song-a-collection-of-tull-tales/90064853&at=11l6om" width="660"></iframe>
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Episode #160 - Golden Years

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.