At the time of writing, it now offers over 75 million tracks in HD and over 7 million tracks in Ultra HD. At least, that is when compared to music that artists have specifically created from scratch to take advantage of Atmos and Spatial Audio techniques - and fortunately, we're now starting to see more of those releases.īut Spatial Audio aside, what we're actually excited about is Amazon Music HD. The truth is, 'upmixed' spatial audio really isn't that great. Instead, Amazon Music's latest media hype has been all around its launch of Spatial Audio, which promises to “put the listener inside the music with an immersive, multi-dimensional audio experience.” No doubt, this announcement is in response to Apple Music's big launch back in May this year. And finally, Ultra HD, which is better than CD quality at up to 24bit/192kHz.Īmazon Music was only available in Australia in its 'Standard' format until recently, a sticky issue for anything other than casual listening on the go or as a background filler. High Definition, technically considered 'lossless' at CD quality and 16bit/44kHz resolution.
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The service offers over 70 million songs in CD quality, with over 7 million exceeding that and available in “ultra HD” quality.Bizarrely, Amazon has not made a big song and dance about flipping the switch on Music HD locally, in contrast to Qobuz, who launched in Australia earlier this year to much fanfare.Īmazon Music offers three streaming levels - Standard, lossy compressed files up to 320kbps resolution. A previous Billboard report said the service is up 100 percent year over year.
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The company’s Apple Music Android app spilled the details a bit early and signaled that an announcement could be imminent.Īmazon Music HD has been performing strongly for Amazon. Apple teased significant news over the weekend after rumors began swirling late last week about the possibility. The price drop for Amazon Music HD comes on the very same day Apple announced the launch of lossless audio on Apple Music. What’s making this change possible? Well, as Billboard points out, with all the music streaming heavyweights now going in on lossless audio, music labels care more about pushing up subscriber count totals across these services than the higher subscription premiums that they previously demanded for hi-res audio. Before Amazon entered the picture, the going rate for a lossless music subscription was $19.99 that’s what Tidal continues to charge. Family plans are eligible for Amazon Music HD at no added cost, but student plans are exempt. And yes, the high-quality audio will also now be available for customers paying that price. Amazon Music Unlimited is even cheaper ($7.99 per month) for Prime customers. This makes Amazon the first company to offer lossless music at the industry’s standard $9.99 subscription rate. Billboard was first to report the development.
From now on, lossless audio will be available to all Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers at no extra charge.
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Faced with new competition from Apple, Amazon today announced that it will no longer charge an added fee for the “HD” tier of Amazon Music that lets customers stream audio at CD quality and above.
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