![]() ![]() Position whatever the hell lossless music service we have. Buyingĭifferent or better DACs and digital transports, we are basically in the same It will then be cheaper for all us audiophiles. Towards Amazon rather than Qobuz or Tidal prices.Īnd I say good luck if Amazon can get the Tier Amazon services, then unit prices of Amazon streaming services can comeĭown in the battle for market share. If decent numbers of users subscribe to these higher The writing may be on the wall for Tidal against Interfaces- a free 90 day trial at the moment is available. Its worth trying for the purposes of mobile audio and exploring Amazon So I won’t be itching inquisitively to know whatįlavour Amazon HD or Ultra HD is to my HiFi and a rush to buy a compatibleĭevice. It’s the case music quality is mostly always DAC and not format dependent. And as people invest in digital audio and DACs to serve need for streaming, which just gets better all the time as well, it becomes less of an issue. See this article about improving your DACs. Now much pervades discussion with audiophiles about which streaming service offers the better sound in systems, but its so system dependent, to make no odds. There are currently around 30 million subscribers to streaming Amazon services. Tidal only have 3 million subscribers but If you are paying $20 for a single sub on Tidal or even £30 for theįamily sub, as I do, it wouldn’t take much to go over to Amazon with a similarĬatalogue size of around 50 million (60 million with Tidal). What could tempt us to change from Tidal or Qobuz toĪmazon will be price dependent and due to the economies of scale that AmazonĬan offer. It only really becomes an issue of price forĪudiophiles I think. ![]() They don’t – physical formats still preside. This is certainly theĬase in the UK and US, maybe not in Japan where you’d expect a technologically Industry as I’ve heard it said most people don’t buy one CD a month, beingĪround the price of a normal monthly lossy subscription. Most people won’t then bother withĭownloads but will just subscribe to a streaming service. Their HiFi when they can no longer buy CDs. Mr and Mrs Smith will need to buy a streamer for Extrapolating the trend in the UK,ĬD production has two more years left. Production which might not be too far away. Tidal on our Audiophile devices until we see what the mass market does withĪmazon seem ready for the demise of new CD We will of course continue to enjoy Qobuz and Where do things sit now? new Amazon HD/UHD service So these numbers may not be truly reflective of a good market desire for Too on being the original established streaming service which has happened over However let’s not forget Spotify numbers are based Million subscribers to only the lossy Spotify service (catalogue of I question thisīased on previous trends of the market for streaming being dominated by the 100 Of Amazon HD services on premium audio gear, is yet to be seen. Whether many existing ‘mass market’ AmazonĬustomers move over to the HD service to the extent we then see more adoption Uptake of Amazon CD Quality and above servicesĬan only mean licensing deals with firms like Roon and HiFi manufacturers to On bluesound devices back in December 2017. The Amazon service given previous lossy credentials. Roon integration too? Well unsurprising most of these brands aren’t on Where does this leave traditional Audiophile users?What about the plethora ofīrands like Naim, Auralic, Innuos, Aurender etc in adopting an Amazon HD It’s reaching the mass market TVs and soundbars and mobileĬurrently supported devices are as below, but In other wordsĪmazon Music reaches all those Amazon TV’s,Īndroid and Apple phones and tablets plus a host of devices already established Has ‘millions of tracks’ with a bit depth of 24 bits, sample rates ranging fromĤ4.1 kHz up to 192 kHz, and an average bitrate of 3730 kbps. There is ‘Ultra HD’ music from Amazon too which $14.99/£14.99 month for Amazon customers, this is cheaper than Tidal’s $20/£20 Lossless space for audiophiles or audiolovers? and Spotify and AppleĪt $12.99/£12.99 month for Prime members or ![]() Qobuz and Tidal are the main players in the Tidal was the first to offer a CD quality service in 2017. About similar bitrates to what you get with the Tidal CD quality A bit misleading as this is not Hi-res but CD quality with aīit depth of 16 bits, a minimum sample rate of 44.1khz and an average bitrate It promises up to 50 million tracks in what itĬalls HD music. Amazon launched its new Amazon Music HD/UHD service recently which adds a lossless music tier to its existing lossy service, Amazon Music. ![]()
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