Interestingly, Amazon will deliver them in a more traditional lossless FLAC file format instead of MQA.
Amazon says it has "millions" of songs in this category. Here, the songs will be in 24 bit with sample rates ranging from 44.1kHz up to 192kHz. The highest quality music can be found in the " Ultra HD" tier, which is what audiophiles refer to high-resolution music. Amazon says it has over 50 million songs in this category. The first is what Amazon calls " High Definition," which is basically CD-quality music with a bit-depth of 16 bits and a sample rate of 44.1Hz. Subscribers will find two tiers of music on the Amazon Music HD. Spotify uses Ogg Vorbis while Apple relies on its own AAC format. Some audiophiles swear by lossless music, claiming that it offers more detail and that it sounds better than lossy formats.Ĭurrently, Spotify and Apple Music - the world's two largest music streaming services - only stream in lossy formats.
And if you are already an Amazon Prime member, that price goes down to US$12.99 (~S$17.87). It's a move that will likely ruffle the feathers of niche players like Tidal and Qobuz, two music streaming services that have differentiated themselves from the competition by focusing on streaming high-resolution audio for audiophiles.Īmazon Music HD will cost US$14.99 (~S$20.62) monthly, which is significantly lesser than Tidal's Hi-Fi plan which costs US$19.99 (~S$27.49) monthly. New Amazon Music HD offers lossless streaming at a lower cost than TidalĪmazon has just announced Amazon Music HD, a new tier of its music streaming service that will offer lossless audio streaming.
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