'SoundCloud has not altered its approach to audio quality. 'We always appreciate feedback, but these reports are inaccurate,' a SoundCloud spokesperson told Billboard in a statement. UPDATE: SoundCloud tells Billboard that this swap in codecs is nothing new and is part of frequent tests it runs with its audio - just as other streaming services do regularly. Whether this will have a major effect on audio fidelity remains to be seen, as well as whether such a move will affect the already ailing music service's business. Opus has been touted as a more efficient codec than the aging MP3 codec.
CordovaCon83 writes: NestHQ published an article today noting that online streaming service Soundcloud has implemented the Opus codec for its archive of music and started streaming at 64kbps instead of its prior 128kbps streams.
