Amazon Music HD: millions of lossless UltraHD songs
In addition to the Prime Music plan, included in the Amazon Prime subscription, and in addition to Amazon Music Unlimited, which offers a much wider catalog of listenable songs in streaming, now the giant of Jeff Bezos focuses on a third option, called Amazon Music HD, which will offer the streaming of songs in a high resolution format.
Quality pays off. Indeed, the quality is paid. Amazon also arrives in the business model of online music streaming services with a premium HD plan. In addition to the Prime Music plan, included in the Amazon Prime subscription, and in addition to Amazon Music Unlimited, which offers a much wider catalog of listenable songs in streaming, now the giant of Jeff Bezos focuses on a third option, called Amazon Music HD, which will offer the streaming of songs in a high resolution format.
We are talking about 50 million audio tracks in HD format, that is 16-bit lossless audio – 44.1kHz, with 850 kbps bitrate, also called ‘CD quality’, and some and unspecified millions in Ultra HD format that further raises the bar and offers 24-bit lossless audio, up to 192kHz, at 3730 kbps, the highest quality available in streaming.
The undeclared aim is to target services like Tidal and Qobuz, which have made high-quality lossless audio streaming their strong point. Amazon also wants to create competition for services like Spotify, YouTube Music and iTunes.
How to use Amazon Music HD?
At the moment, you need an Amazon account from the USA, UK, Germany or Japan (these are the countries where the service was launched). Music is usable with desktop apps for Windows and Mac PC, iOS and Android apps, home devices Amazon Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablets, but also other compatible third-party devices.
Amazon Music HD prices?
The costs in dollars are as follows.
- Prime customers: $12.99 / month
- Amazon customers: $14.99 / month
- Already Amazon Music subscribers (individual or Family plan): $5 / month more than the current subscription.
In this launch phase, in the above countries, Amazon offers a 90-day free trial of the service, with tacit renewal at the end of the trial period. Amazon specifies that you need a connection of at least 1.5 / 2 Mbps for streaming HD content and 5/10 for Ultra HD, indicating the minimum requirement for a 4G LTE connection on the move. The tracks will also be available in offline mode via download, with about 50 MB of space and 150 MB – respectively – per minute.
Of course, for listening to high resolution formats, devices will be recommended to bring out the best in music.
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