HRA Streaming now available for Apple iPhone and Apple iPad

HIGHRESAUDIO has for years been one of those music services that understands high-resolution playback not as an optional premium layer, but as the very centre of its proposition. The company applies that principle not only to Hi-res Audio downloads, but also to Hi-res Audio Streaming, placing quality ahead of mere quantity – a position already explored in the feature “HIGHRESAUDIO – HRA Streaming for music enjoyment in true studio quality”. Now the Berlin-based company is adding an important mobile element to its ecosystem: with HRA Streaming, a native Apple iOS app for Apple iPhone and Apple iPad is available for the first time. For existing customers, this is both a logical and significant step. Anyone who has previously used HIGHRESAUDIO through downloads, compatible HiFi components or stationary streaming solutions now gains direct mobile access to the service. For new subscribers, meanwhile, HRA Streaming becomes available exactly where music is often selected, organised and handed over to playback systems today: on the smartphone and tablet.

Key Facts

• Native Apple iOS app HRA Streaming for Apple iPhone and Apple iPad
• Free for customers with an active HRA Streaming subscription
• Streaming via UPnP/DLNA, Apple AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth
• Access to the HIGHRESAUDIO music archive
• HRA-VirtualVault for previously purchased downloads
• Editorially curated playlists and recommendations
• Digital booklets in PDF format
• Personal user profile with optional Genre Mode
• No on-the-fly downsampling, according to HIGHRESAUDIO
• Seven-day free trial for HRA Streaming

HRA Streaming becomes the mobile gateway to HIGHRESAUDIO

HIGHRESAUDIO was founded in 2010 and has since positioned itself as a music service for listeners who make a deliberate choice in favour of sound quality. The company offers Hi-res Audio downloads for purchase as well as subscription-based streaming, and refers to a catalogue of more than one million tracks across a broad spread of genres. One of its defining aspects is quality control, with HIGHRESAUDIO placing particular emphasis on native 24 Bit recordings and the highest available sampling rates wherever possible.

With the Apple iOS app HRA Streaming, HIGHRESAUDIO now extends that concept into the mobile world. Apple iPhone and Apple iPad are no longer merely control points or companion devices, but become direct access points to the HIGHRESAUDIO streaming service.

The app is designed to provide access to new releases, catalogue titles, editorial recommendations, charts, playlists, discovery functions and personal playlists. According to HIGHRESAUDIO, digital booklets in PDF format can also be read within HRA Streaming. That matters, because it keeps the service closer to album culture than many large-scale streaming platforms, where music is often stripped down to individual tracks and algorithm-led consumption.

UPnP/DLNA, Apple AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth

The most important aspect is not simply that HIGHRESAUDIO now has an Apple iOS app. It is how HRA Streaming connects with existing playback systems.

Via UPnP/DLNA, music can be streamed in Hi-res quality at 24 Bit to compatible network devices. This makes the app particularly relevant for network players, streaming amplifiers, All-in-One systems and modern HiFi components designed to work within a home network.

Apple AirPlay 2 adds a more convenient wireless route for compatible Apple AirPlay setups. It allows content to be sent easily to suitable loudspeakers, streaming components and multiroom systems. Bluetooth, meanwhile, covers the more immediate everyday scenarios: headphones, portable speakers, compact desktop audio systems and mobile listening away from the main system.

In practical terms, HRA Streaming addresses three distinct use cases: audiophile playback via UPnP/DLNA, convenient wireless replay via Apple AirPlay 2 and straightforward everyday use via Bluetooth.

A significant step for HIGHRESAUDIO

For HIGHRESAUDIO, HRA Streaming is an important step in making the service more approachable for both existing customers and new listeners.

“Finally, our existing customers and new customers can stream music in their subscription via UPnP/DLNA in high resolution at 24 Bit or losslessly via Apple AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth to any end device.”

Lothar Kerestedjian, founder and CEO of HIGHRESAUDIO

The quote gets to the heart of the app. This is not only about placing HIGHRESAUDIO on Apple iPhone and Apple iPad. More importantly, HRA Streaming is intended as a flexible bridge between the service and a wide variety of playback systems.

Editorial curation rather than algorithmic overflow

One of HIGHRESAUDIO’s defining characteristics remains its curated approach. The company points to editorially maintained playlists, recommendations by music journalists and a structured presentation of its catalogue. This places it at a certain distance from the major streaming services, where algorithmic recommendations tend to dominate the user experience.

HRA Streaming carries that philosophy into the app. Users are not expected merely to search, press play and move on. New releases, editorial recommendations, charts, playlists and a discovery mode are intended to guide them through the catalogue with more context and intention.

This is reinforced by a personal user profile, which HIGHRESAUDIO describes as a Genre Mode. Users can enter preferences for artists, genres and moods. According to the company, the corresponding filter can be activated or deactivated in the app and adjusted in the account settings.

HRA-VirtualVault for existing download customers

A particularly sensible part of HRA Streaming is the integration of HRA-VirtualVault. Customers who have already purchased downloads from HIGHRESAUDIO can access these titles through the app and stream them from HRA-VirtualVault. According to HIGHRESAUDIO, this is possible even without an active streaming subscription.

That gives the new app more relevance than a simple subscription front end. It connects HIGHRESAUDIO’s download heritage with the convenience of mobile streaming. Listeners who have built up a purchased music library over the years gain direct access to those recordings without having to transfer files manually to a mobile device.

For music lovers who still value ownership, yet expect the flexibility of modern streaming in daily use, this is one of the more attractive aspects of the service. HIGHRESAUDIO is not abandoning the download model; it is making it more usable within a contemporary listening routine.

No level normalisation, no adaptive streaming

HIGHRESAUDIO also emphasises that music is not manipulated, re-coded or processed through filters in order to align loudness levels across albums or playlists. Customers are intended to hear the full dynamic range of the respective recording.

The company further states that it does not use on-the-fly downsampling or adaptive streaming to adjust playback to lower-bandwidth connections. Worldwide delivery of streams is handled via the Akamai Cloud, according to HIGHRESAUDIO.

That is a clear audiophile stance. Many streaming services rely heavily on adaptive processes for stability and data efficiency. HIGHRESAUDIO, by contrast, keeps its position focused on quality. This may place higher demands on network conditions, but it is consistent with the service’s identity.

All benefits at a glance

• Native mobile access to HIGHRESAUDIO via Apple iPhone and Apple iPad
• Easier everyday use for existing HRA Streaming subscribers
• UPnP/DLNA playback for compatible HiFi network components
• Apple AirPlay 2 for convenient wireless listening in compatible systems
• Bluetooth support for headphones, compact speakers and desktop audio setups
• HRA-VirtualVault access for previously purchased HIGHRESAUDIO downloads
• Editorial recommendations and playlists instead of purely algorithmic discovery
• Digital PDF booklets for a more album-oriented listening experience
• Personal user profile with optional Genre Mode
• Clear focus on dynamics, resolution and unaltered playback

Price and Availability

The new Apple iOS app HRA Streaming will be available for Apple iPhone and Apple iPad in the Apple App Store from 5 June 2026. For customers with an active HRA Streaming subscription, use of the app is free of charge.

HIGHRESAUDIO offers a seven-day free trial for HRA Streaming. According to the company, the HRA Streaming subscription is offered at a special price of € 79,- for six months or € 149,- for twelve months. The HRA Streaming plus Downloads package is available for twelve months at € 199,-. With this option, customers receive a permanent 30 per cent discount on downloads, according to HIGHRESAUDIO.

Conclusion

With HRA Streaming, HIGHRESAUDIO takes a welcome and strategically important step. The service becomes more mobile, more accessible and better suited to everyday use, while retaining its clear emphasis on Hi-res Audio, dynamics and unaltered playback.

What makes the app persuasive is that it is not presented as a token addition to an existing service. UPnP/DLNA, Apple AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth give it meaningful flexibility, HRA-VirtualVault respects the company’s download customers, and the editorially curated approach remains a useful point of difference.

For listeners who care about sound quality, album culture and guided discovery, HRA Streaming is therefore more than a technical update. It makes HIGHRESAUDIO easier to live with, without sanding down the qualities that have made the service distinctive in the first place.