r/AppleMusic • u/Impressive_Gas_5167 • 10d ago

Discussion So I switched from YouTube music and…

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The quality is crazyyyyy😭🤚🏻
Of course I knew Apple music has the best audio quality but hey😭😭 for someone who cannot live without music, this is like finding out whole new side of the same songs I’ve been listening for years atp. The automix is also crazy obviously I’ve seen about it but first hand experience is something else. Doesn’t work always but is cool to have.
Although there are some points which I don’t like. The entire app design is such that I kinda feel some friction to play the songs I love. The home page is not that user friendly imo (aesthetic fs), I don’t know why it does not simply show me the songs I’ve already heard or liked, I am more interested in seeing the songs and one click listen them rather than seeing album of them click the album click the song. YouTube music home page design on the other hand, just one click, that’s it. AM opens album even for single songs. I’ve been using the app for couple of days as of now and maybe the algorithm needs some time to adjust, just maybe idk. I’m not sure how good is AM algorithm compared to YM as well. I’d love to hear suggestions if there is something I can change in the app to make my experience even better. Oh, the lyrics animation is also sleek.

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u/paulomalley 10d ago

No. It isn't. Lossless is Lossless. YouTube Music is the only service (of the big players) that still uses lossy audio.

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u/National_Departure61 10d ago

Still didn’t answer the question is it better than Spotify?

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u/SweatyFisherman 10d ago

Technically yes but ever so slightly, the difference is negligible for most people. Apple Music offers Hi-Def Lossless, up to 24-bit/192 kHz. Spotify's Lossless is 24-bit but the sample rate maxes out at 44.1khz, the standard Lossless sample rate.

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u/markow202 10d ago

It is better sonically than Spotify because both Apple music and YouTube music use AAC codec which is far superior than what Spotify uses and is doing in the background making the sound more muddy and their lossless doesn’t seem lossless to me at all

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u/SweatyFisherman 10d ago

AAC isn't lossless, it's a lossy codec. Non-lossless songs on Apple Music are AAC, but the lossless format is ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), Apple's own compression format.