Adios!  This long time subscriber lost interest in Pandora.  Better options available.  Buying CD's again (one time expense, forgot how amazing they sound!) and for anywhere/streaming, really enjoying TIDAL HiFi Plus!! Innovative Audio Formats Up to 9216 kbps Master Quality audio, Dolby Atmos, Sony 360 Reality Audio, and HiFi 90M+ songs and 450K+ videos Ad-free Listen offline with unlimited skips TIDAL Connect Listen in all innovative and immersive audio formats on your supported devices Direct Artist Payouts Up to 10% of your subscription is directed to the artists you listen to the most Track and share how your listening habits impact your favorite artists Expert curated playlists ... View more

I don't understand how this Open Idea (Higher Quality Audio) is ranked 6th (likes) on Feature Requests. 1. Someone else listening - Show what other device is being used   2. Make Listening History Available   3. Lock for creating new stations   4. More sorting options for Premium   5. Standalone Samsung Galaxy Watch App   Pandora leadership, you can probably lower the quality even more to reduce cost.       ... View more

Apple Music is stepping up the listening experience!   Our commitment to your listening experience Apple Music delivers an unparalleled listening experience that’s defined by the highest standards of audio quality. We developed our own implementation of AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) that delivers audio that’s virtually indistinguishable from the original studio recording. We also introduced Apple Digital Masters to deliver the highest-quality recordings. And now, we’re offering Apple Music subscribers the additional option to access our entire catalog encoded using lossless audio compression at no extra cost. ... View more

If there were more Likes from the community, this feature request might get some attention from Pandora.  Sorting top feature requests by Likes, the "Higher Audio Quality" request is currently 7 positions from the top spot.  We need more people to like "Higher Audio Quality."  Also, I read this on Investopedia, "Pandora makes its money the same way radio stations do, from advertising that is inserted into the playlist."  Maybe advertisers would help us out by asking for higher audio quality.  Ads would sound so much better on our hifi systems! 🙂 ... View more

Point of the post... "High-quality music streaming is consistently one of the most requested new features by our users." "Spotify HiFi will begin rolling out in select markets later this year, and we will have more details to share soon." Spotify is delivering a highly desired feature to users.  Still no news on HiFi from Pandora. ... View more

Read on for five things you need to know about our new high-quality music experience: High-quality music streaming is consistently one of the most requested new features by our users. Spotify HiFi will deliver music in CD-quality, lossless audio format to your device and Spotify Connect-enabled speakers, which means fans will be able to experience more depth and clarity while enjoying their favorite tracks. Ubiquity is at the core of everything we do at Spotify, and we’re working with some of the world’s biggest speaker manufacturers to make Spotify HiFi accessible to as many fans as possible through Spotify Connect.  HiFi will be coupled with Spotify’s seamless user experience, building on our commitment to make sure users can listen to the music they love in the way they want to enjoy it.  Spotify HiFi will begin rolling out in select markets later this year, and we will have more details to share soon.   ... View more

I really like Pandora, but only using Pandora FREE until they upgrade the streaming quality/bitrate.  Upgrading to a higher quality stream does not seem to be a priority for Pandora.  Maybe they make more money from ads and would prefer free users.  Pandora is nearly always ranked at the bottom in streaming quality/bitrate.  If you are spending money, go with another service, any other service probably sounds better.   ... View more