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The Absolute Sound

The Absolute Sound

by Nextscreen Services, LLC

96 ratings
63 reviews
🌟 Lifestyle
🎬 Entertainment
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Released
March 17, 2015
Updated
March 11, 2025

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Nextscreen Services, LLC
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About

Explore expert reviews, features, and commentary on high-performance audio and music. This app guides enthusiasts to components and recordings that faithfully reproduce concert hall sounds. Access digital editions through purchases and subscriptions.

✓Expert audio reviews
✓Music journalism
✓Component recommendations
✓Concert hall sound reproduction
✓Digital editions
✓Subscription access
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What users say about The Absolute Sound

Reviews of The Absolute Sound are mostly negative: the Lifestyle app is rated 2.9/5 from 96 App Store ratings. What users like most: great magazine content. Top complaints: app constantly not working, subscription issues. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Great magazine content

Negative things

  • 🐛App constantly not working
  • 🐛Subscription issues
  • 🐛Lost access to purchased issues
  • 🐛Login problems
  • 🐛App crashes
  • 🐛Perpetual spinning wheel
  • 🐛Poor customer support
  • 🐛App not updated
  • 🐛Issues disappear
  • 🐛Cannot restore purchases
  • 🐛App is slow
  • 🐛Flashes between pages
  • 🐛Gets stuck on a page
  • 🐛Repeatedly sends to advertisers
  • 🐛Requires credentials, won't accept Apple account info
  • 🐛No means to reset password
  • 🐛No means to connect to publisher
  • 🐛App looks amateurish
  • 🐛Cannot download issues
  • 🐛App is a scam
  • 🐛Stealing money
  • 🐛"Updating library" never finishes
  • 🐛App won't open on new iPad Pro
  • 🐛App doesn't remember subscriptions
  • 🐛Request for advice ignored
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What's New in The Absolute Sound

12711.2.0

March 11, 2025

To make your reading experience even better, we update the app regularly. This update includes: • General performance improvements

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the absolute sound

Annual (10 new issues/year + archives

$9.991 Year
1 Month trial
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User reviews

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App Not Working!

Honestly folk, I love TAS but I’m missing out because I cannot access the content. After working for a couple of months, I’m back the perpetual spinning wheel!
Bbiggar

Again?

As I predicted, when TAS switched to this platform it would eventually fail as it did with Stereophile. Now I have to unsubscribe again.
Bbassrome

Constantly loses issues

Didn’t work at for a year…. Then worked fine for a few months, but logged in the other day and all but one issue had disappeared. Says I have a subscription, but does not allow me to access any issues and invites me to purchase a subscription.
JJcm451

Caviar content served in a dirty ashtray

The latest update has removed the most current 5 issues from my library, and no amount of restoring iTunes purchases or force synching will make them available without purchasing them again, and I am a subscriber. It would not be as painful to see this if the content was terrible, but the Absolute Sound is and always has been the best audio magazine available.
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GFGuitar Fellow

C’mon absolute sound, you can do better than this

One star because zero is not an option. Long time subscriber and can’t read the mag. No issues in my library…. TAS knows it does not work but still drags their feet on getting it fixed.
SSmersblabbbb
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

47 issues

Perpetual spinning wheel

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App not working

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Constantly loses issues

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Latest update removed current issues

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App forgot subscription

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Lost decades of issues

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Cannot restore purchases after update

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Cannot login to subscription

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Stopped working suddenly

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Username and password no longer work

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No support available

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Cannot access issues

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Blue background engages on page turn

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Terrible viewer

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Slow loading

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Refuses to load new issue

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Flashes between pages

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Gets stuck on a page

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Repeatedly sends to advertisers

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Requires credentials, won't accept Apple account info

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No means to reset password

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No means to connect to publisher

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Looks and feels amateurish

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App crashed again

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App not updated for 2 years

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App updated automatically, does not allow restore of app store/iTunes subscription

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New update locks subscription out

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Login not recognized

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New version is useless

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Cannot access any issues from several years of subscribing

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Suddenly don't have access to content

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Cannot log in

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App will not allow download of purchased mags

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App crashes

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App does not work

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Instantly crashes

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App keeps updating library

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App won't work

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App no longer works

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Lost all previous issues

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Updating library - never finishes

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Hangs on "updating library"

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App won't open on new iPad Pro

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App crashes when trying to open a new issue

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Cannot access purchased mags

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App does not remember subscriptions

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Request for advice ignored

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Requested Features

20 requests

Fix the app

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Make the app work

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Restore access to purchased issues

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Allow restoration of iTunes purchases

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Fix the perpetual spinning wheel

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Fix the login issues

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Improve customer support

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Update the app

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Fix the flashing text on page load

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Remove the blue background on page turn

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Provide a way to reset password

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Provide a way to connect to publisher

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Make the app less amateurish

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Allow downloading of purchased magazines

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Address the "updating library" issue

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Fix app crashes

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Allow access to old magazines

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Fix app not opening on new devices

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Make the app remember subscriptions

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Respond to help requests

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FAQ

What is The Absolute Sound app?

The Absolute Sound app provides expert reviews, features, and commentary on high-performance audio and music. It aims to guide audio enthusiasts and music lovers toward components and recordings that accurately reproduce sound, similar to what you'd hear in a concert hall.

How can I access content on The Absolute Sound app?

You can download the app for free. Access to digital editions requires a purchase. This can be done through a yearly subscription or by buying single issues.

What are the subscription options?

The app offers a 1-year subscription for US $9.99. Single issues can also be purchased individually for US $1.99. Subscribing ensures you receive new issues automatically as they are released.

How does the subscription renewal work?

Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same duration and current subscription rate.

Can I manage my subscription?

Yes, you can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by navigating to your Account Settings after making a purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited upon purchasing a subscription.