diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0d46417..028c808 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -4063,6 +4063,7 @@
                                     </div>
                                     <select id="streaming-quality-setting">
                                         <option value="auto">Auto (Adaptive)</option>
+                                        <option value="HI_RES_LOSSLESS">Hi-Res Lossless (24-bit)</option>
                                         <option value="LOSSLESS">Lossless (16-bit)</option>
                                         <option value="HIGH">AAC 320kbps</option>
                                         <option value="LOW">AAC 96kbps</option>
diff --git a/js/api.js b/js/api.js
index 15f2bad..75b0c8a 100644
--- a/js/api.js
+++ b/js/api.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { preferDolbyAtmosSettings, trackDateSettings, devModeSettings } from './
 import { APICache } from './cache.js';
 import { DashDownloader } from './dash-downloader.ts';
 import { HlsDownloader } from './hls-downloader.js';
+import { getProxyUrl } from './proxy-utils.js';
 import { loadFfmpeg, FfmpegError, ffmpeg } from './ffmpeg.js';
 import { triggerDownload, applyAudioPostProcessing } from './download-utils.ts';
 import { isCustomFormat } from './ffmpegFormats.ts';
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ export class LosslessAPI {
             for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxTotalAttempts; attempt++) {
                 const instance = instances[instanceIndex % instances.length];
                 const baseUrl = typeof instance === 'string' ? instance : instance.url;
-                const url = baseUrl.endsWith('/') ? `${baseUrl}${relativePath.substring(1)}` : `${baseUrl}${relativePath}`;
+                const url = baseUrl.endsWith('/')
+                    ? `${baseUrl}${relativePath.substring(1)}`
+                    : `${baseUrl}${relativePath}`;
 
                 try {
                     const response = await fetch(url, { signal: options.signal });
@@ -134,7 +137,10 @@ export class LosslessAPI {
                     }
 
                     if (response.status === 401) {
-                        const errorData = await response.clone().json().catch(() => null);
+                        const errorData = await response
+                            .clone()
+                            .json()
+                            .catch(() => null);
                         if (errorData?.subStatus === 11002) {
                             console.warn(`Auth failed on ${baseUrl}. Trying next instance...`);
                             instanceIndex++;
@@ -1763,7 +1769,7 @@ export class LosslessAPI {
             if (streamUrl.startsWith('blob:')) {
                 try {
                     const downloader = new DashDownloader();
-                    blob = await downloader.downloadDashStream(streamUrl, {
+                    blob = await downloader.downloadDashStream(getProxyUrl(streamUrl), {
                         signal: options.signal,
                         onProgress,
                         calculateDashBytes: calculateDashBytes ?? true,
@@ -1782,7 +1788,7 @@ export class LosslessAPI {
             } else if (streamUrl.includes('.m3u8') || streamUrl.includes('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
                 try {
                     const downloader = new HlsDownloader();
-                    blob = await downloader.downloadHlsStream(streamUrl, {
+                    blob = await downloader.downloadHlsStream(getProxyUrl(streamUrl), {
                         signal: options.signal,
                         onProgress,
                     });
@@ -1807,7 +1813,7 @@ export class LosslessAPI {
                     /* ignore HEAD failure; proceed with GET */
                 }
 
-                const response = await fetch(streamUrl, {
+                const response = await fetch(getProxyUrl(streamUrl), {
                     cache: 'no-store',
                     signal: options.signal,
                 });
diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 3b25c86..817722c 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -467,31 +467,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
     const audioPlayer = document.getElementById('audio-player');
 
     // i love ios and macos!!!! webkit fucking SUCKS BULLSHIT sorry ios/macos heads yall getting lossless only playback
-    // Use isIos from platform-detection (set before UA spoof in index.html) so detection works on real iOS.
-    if (isIos || isSafari) {
-        const qualitySelect = document.getElementById('streaming-quality-setting');
-        const downloadQualitySelect = document.getElementById('download-quality-setting');
-
-        const removeHiRes = (select) => {
-            if (!select) return;
-            const option = select.querySelector('option[value="HI_RES_LOSSLESS"]');
-            if (option) option.remove();
-        };
-
-        removeHiRes(qualitySelect);
-        removeHiRes(downloadQualitySelect);
-
-        if (isIos) {
-            document.querySelector('#hi-res-download-warning').style.display = '';
-        }
-
-        const currentQualitySetting = localStorage.getItem('playback-quality');
-        if (!currentQualitySetting || currentQualitySetting === 'HI_RES_LOSSLESS') {
-            localStorage.setItem('playback-quality', 'LOSSLESS');
-        }
-    }
-
-    const currentQuality = localStorage.getItem('playback-quality') || 'LOSSLESS';
+    const currentQuality = localStorage.getItem('playback-quality') || 'HI_RES_LOSSLESS';
     await Player.initialize(audioPlayer, MusicAPI.instance, currentQuality);
 
     // Initialize tracker
diff --git a/js/dash-downloader.ts b/js/dash-downloader.ts
index 7ac3a93..d328a1b 100644
--- a/js/dash-downloader.ts
+++ b/js/dash-downloader.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class DashDownloader {
 
             await Promise.all(
                 urls.map(async (url) => {
-                    const result = await fetch(url, { method: 'HEAD', signal });
+                    const result = await fetch(getProxyUrl(url), { method: 'HEAD', signal });
 
                     if (result.ok) {
                         const contentLength = result.headers.get('Content-Length');
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class DashDownloader {
 
             onProgress?.(new SegmentedDownloadProgress(downloadedBytes, totalSize ?? undefined, i, totalSegments));
 
-            const url = urls[i];
+            const url = getProxyUrl(urls[i]);
             const segmentResponse = await fetch(url, { signal });
 
             if (!segmentResponse.ok) {
diff --git a/js/hls-downloader.js b/js/hls-downloader.js
index 19ab45f..3355e5c 100644
--- a/js/hls-downloader.js
+++ b/js/hls-downloader.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { SegmentedDownloadProgress } from './progressEvents';
+import { getProxyUrl } from './proxy-utils';
 
 export class HlsDownloader {
     constructor() {}
@@ -6,12 +7,12 @@ export class HlsDownloader {
     async downloadHlsStream(masterUrl, options = {}) {
         const { onProgress, signal } = options;
 
-        const response = await fetch(masterUrl, { signal });
+        const response = await fetch(getProxyUrl(masterUrl), { signal });
         const masterText = await response.text();
 
         const variantUrl = this.getBestVariantUrl(masterUrl, masterText);
 
-        const mediaResponse = await fetch(variantUrl, { signal });
+        const mediaResponse = await fetch(getProxyUrl(variantUrl), { signal });
         const mediaText = await mediaResponse.text();
 
         const segments = this.parseMediaPlaylist(variantUrl, mediaText);
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export class HlsDownloader {
             onProgress?.(new SegmentedDownloadProgress(downloadedBytes, undefined, i, totalSegments));
 
             const segmentUrl = segments[i];
-            const segmentResponse = await fetch(segmentUrl, { signal });
+            const segmentResponse = await fetch(getProxyUrl(segmentUrl), { signal });
 
             if (!segmentResponse.ok) {
                 throw new Error(`Failed to fetch segment ${i}: ${segmentResponse.status}`);
diff --git a/js/player.js b/js/player.js
index 7952b98..16fdf09 100644
--- a/js/player.js
+++ b/js/player.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { audioContextManager } from './audio-context.js';
 import { isIos, isSafari } from './platform-detection.js';
 import { db } from './db.js';
+import { getProxyUrl } from './proxy-utils.js';
 
 import { SVG_CLOCK, SVG_ATMOS } from './icons.js';
 import { UIRenderer } from './ui.js';
@@ -133,17 +134,25 @@ export class Player {
                 },
                 abr: {
                     enabled: true,
-                    // Start with a low bandwidth estimate (200kbps) so it plays instantly
-                    // on slow connections and smoothly scales UP to Hi-Fi if the connection allows.
                     defaultBandwidthEstimate: 100000,
-                    switchInterval: 1, // Check more frequently
-                    bandwidthDowngradeTarget: 0.8, // Downgrade more aggressively if bandwidth drops
+                    switchInterval: 1,
+                    bandwidthDowngradeTarget: 0.8,
                     restrictToElementSize: false,
                 },
                 mediaSource: {
                     codecSwitchingStrategy: 'smooth',
                 },
             });
+            this.shakaPlayer.getNetworkingEngine().registerRequestFilter((type, request) => {
+                if (type === shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.RequestType.SEGMENT) {
+                    const uris = request.uris;
+                    for (let i = 0; i < uris.length; i++) {
+                        if (uris[i].includes('tidal.com')) {
+                            uris[i] = getProxyUrl(uris[i]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            });
             this.shakaPlayer.addEventListener('adaptation', this.updateAdaptiveQualityBadge.bind(this));
             this.shakaPlayer.addEventListener('variantchanged', this.updateAdaptiveQualityBadge.bind(this));
 
@@ -1266,6 +1275,13 @@ export class Player {
                     // which delays the event loop and natively adds gap/latency
                     await this.safePlay(activeElement);
                 } else {
+                    if (this.shakaInitialized) {
+                        try {
+                            this.shakaPlayer.unload();
+                            this.shakaPlayer.detach();
+                        } catch {}
+                        this.shakaInitialized = false;
+                    }
                     activeElement.src = streamUrl;
                     this.applyAudioEffects();
                     this.updateAdaptiveQualityBadge();
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index a440ea2..8b0758f 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,53 @@ import purgecss from 'vite-plugin-purgecss';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { playwright } from '@vitest/browser-playwright';
 
+function proxyAudioPlugin() {
+    return {
+        name: 'proxy-audio-dev',
+        configureServer(server) {
+            server.middlewares.use('/proxy-audio', async (req, res) => {
+                const url = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost');
+                const targetUrl = url.searchParams.get('url');
+
+                if (!targetUrl) {
+                    res.writeHead(400);
+                    res.end('Missing url parameter');
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    const headers = new Headers();
+                    headers.set('Origin', 'https://listen.tidal.com');
+                    headers.set(
+                        'User-Agent',
+                        'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'
+                    );
+
+                    const upstream = await fetch(targetUrl, {
+                        method: req.method,
+                        headers,
+                        redirect: 'follow',
+                    });
+
+                    const body = Buffer.from(await upstream.arrayBuffer());
+
+                    res.writeHead(upstream.status, {
+                        'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
+                        'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, HEAD, OPTIONS',
+                        'Access-Control-Expose-Headers': '*',
+                        'content-type': upstream.headers.get('content-type') || 'application/octet-stream',
+                        'content-length': body.length,
+                    });
+                    res.end(body);
+                } catch (error) {
+                    res.writeHead(500);
+                    res.end('Proxy Error: ' + error.message);
+                }
+            });
+        },
+    };
+}
+
 function getGitCommitHash() {
     try {
         return execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD').toString().trim();
@@ -80,6 +127,7 @@ export default defineConfig((_options) => {
             },
         },
         plugins: [
+            proxyAudioPlugin(),
             purgecss({
                 variables: false, // DO NOT REMOVE UNUSED VARIABLES (breaks web components like am-lyrics)
                 safelist: {