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When digital music first started popping off, the vast majority of us didn’t care all that much about audio quality. Some of the less, erm, legal methods of downloading music offered horrific quality audio, while even the best options at the same (i.e., iTunes) only supported MP3, a relatively low-quality codec. Times have changed: While most of us still aren’t necessarily audiophiles, we do expect high-quality tracks from the streaming services we use—especially if we pay for them. It might not be the “gold standard,” but streaming sounds great, even with wireless headphones.
But there is a clear ceiling in audio quality for those of us that listen this way. Bluetooth can only support 320 kbit/s, which is good enough for many of us, but does mean you lose details originally there in the mastered track. If you have the right
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