Ideas: Higher Audio Quality

[pboser]

How about higher audio quality?  Amazon has introduced this feature, and others have been ahead of Pandora as well.  It would be great to have the Genome Project advantage with higher audio quality.  Do others agree?

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity

[freddiep7]

@whowasat I doubt it because it's been tooooooo long and they haven't upgraded anything

[freddiep7]

When??

[Bookman]

I have tried Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon, and Spotify and he always return to Pandora.  I can appreciate having CD quality streaming music but I must admit that for most people 320 Kbps is adequate (considering where most music is listened to).   If Pandora would increase the bit rate from 192 to 320 I believe it would be very well received.  I like Pandora because I don't have to spend the time creating my own carefully designed playlists.  If Pandora implements this then it makes the service more comparable to the likes of Spotify.  I would pay a bit more for the addition and I am sure others would as well.

[LeonPandora]

@Bookman Welcome to Community!

I moved your post over to this existing thread: Ideas: Higher Audio Quality

I recommend upvoting this thread with a ❤️ to express your interest in seeing it added to the service.

[nunyadamn]

Original post is from 2019?!?!?

Pandora's idea process seems kinda pointless,
but I upvoted this one anyway.

[KevinEyewanders]

1 year later...
Never going to happen if the past 10 years is anything to judge by. I've used Pandora since 2006, much of that time with Plus. I was a Premium sub for the first 2 years from launch. And then I left. They don't care. Musica Genome Project is outstanding. The UI, interface and catalog are all very good. And the bitrate quality is from 2 decades ago. Granted for the given bitrate stream it sounds incredibly good and many/most casual users don't/won't care. The rest of us, it's the broken leg on a three-legged stool. 
I've only used occasional ad-supported Pandora radio since around 2018 and that will never change until they address stream quality/bitrate.

[KevinEyewanders]

5 years laters. Nothing but crickets and 192kbps. SMH

[Tred]

Yes, too bad. I've moved on.....

[bryanlbaker]

Yeah it’s pathetic. I listen to Apple Music when it’s free, and the difference is obvious. The Pandora algorithm is better, but I’m not sure it’s worth it.

[EmperorJJ1]

anyone tried out spotify? i just heard today their AI got a pretty impressive update recently.