Amazon has officially released Amazon Music HD . From now on, its music service over the internet will offer a new subscription plan that will allow you to enjoy higher sound quality. Something that, surely, you will not notice playing on your Echo Dot, but that will make a difference when you use higher level sound devices.
Amazon Music HD, betting on audio quality
One of the main criticisms that have always been made of online music services is the quality of the audio they offer. Due to the codecs used and compression ratios above what some consider optimal, they cause certain frequencies to be altered and with them the general experience.
That is why the most purists tend to be against the use of these services and when they really want to enjoy music they resort to solutions such as CDs. Or, failing that, to proposals such as Tidal, which since its inception has sought to differentiate itself from the rest for the same reason: higher audio quality.
With the aim of attracting audiophiles and continuing to make its proposal a competitive service, Amazon is now introducing Amazon Music HD . This new option within its online music service is committed to offering higher audio quality in exchange for an increase of 5 euros in the price of the current monthly subscription. This is how you will have access to that content that happens to be in HD and Ultra HD quality.
In this way, Amazon forgets about that idea of compressing files to improve transfer speed and focuses only on sound quality. So understand that whoever has a good connection will be willing both from home or on the move to consume more data in favor of a better sound experience. Logically as long as you have a device that allows you to reproduce audio at that quality and speakers or headphones up to the most demanding standards.
Amazon Music HD, how much does it cost?
Now that you know about Amazon’s new proposal, you are probably wondering how much it costs to access the new online music service. Well, if Amazon Music has had a cost of 9.99 euros per month since its inception, Amazon Music HD will cost 14.99 euros per month .
This price will give you access to a catalog with millions of songs that will all be in HD quality. That means the files will have a minimum quality of 16 bits and a sample rate of 44.1 kHz . But that’s not all, there will be within all those songs several million other songs that will go one step further and offer 24-bit quality and up to 192 kHz sampling frequency. The songs will be in Ultra HD.
Finally, although here it must be said that for now the catalog number is smaller even though it is gradually increasing, certain songs compatible with 3D Audio can also be enjoyed.
Therefore, if you consider yourself audiophiles and have a speaker compatible with audio of this quality, Amazon has a new proposal for you. A service that is already available and that you can try for 90 days completely free of charge – you can unsubscribe whenever you want without obligation. You don’t lose anything by trying and seeing how the experience is.
