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To "get" the exclusive audio benefits of this format, you must use specific, often older, software that supports the proprietary SBR data. Standard players will play these files but at significantly lower quality. Official Demo Player/Encoder: get mp3pro exclusive
This is the spiritual successor to mp3PRO. It also uses Spectral Band Replication but is a global standard used by Apple, YouTube, and Spotify [30]. , an exclusive technology that promised the "holy