That’s good news for Dolby, whose Atmos format is being used by both services – although Amazon is also offering tracks in Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format. Apple has been working hard to claim the concept of spatial audio in streaming, but now Amazon is trying to popularise it too. There is a clear sense of a battle here between Amazon and Apple, while they await Spotify’s entry into hi-res streaming. The news came as Amazon also announced that its spatial audio catalogue will now play on a wider variety of devices “including iOS and Android devices, with their existing headphones – no special equipment required”. Now they don’t: as of yesterday, its spatial audio, HD and Ultra HD tracks will be available as the default for Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers. However, Amazon’s users still had to opt in to upgrade to HD. What music streaming services do you subscribe to? Would you sign up for an HD streaming plan? Why or why not? Let us know below.Amazon Music ditched the extra cost for its HD tier earlier this year, as an instant reaction to Apple Music’s move into hi-res audio. Check the Amazon Music site for more details. Amazon Music HD is available now from US$12.99/month in select countries.Of course this is all conjecture at this point – what’s cool is that as HD music streaming is becoming more and more feasible, low-quality streams may be a thing of the past and all of us DJs and music lovers stand to benefit from it.Ĭheck out the promo video below. While Amazon Music isn’t available as a streaming option in DJ software just yet, it’s not far-fetched to think that at some point in the future a DJ app might have some kind of integration with it, considering how massive Amazon is as an online store (though not as a music streaming provider, it being considered simply as an alternative to more mainstream choices like Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL). Welcome to HDMusic I love creating music for all emotions of life - happy, sad, motivated or slumped, music is made to suit every occasion. To compare, TIDAL also has a high-definition streaming subscription plan called TIDAL HiFi which comes in at $19.99/month. Plans start at US$12.99/month for Amazon Prime members, and if you’re already subscribed to Amazon Music, it’s just an additional US$5/month. TIDAL isn’t the only high definition streaming service in town anymore – Amazon just announced Amazon Music HD, a subscription music streaming service that lets you listen to over 50 million songs in CD quality sound (44.1kHz / 16-bit), along with millions more in what it calls “Ultra HD” (192kHz / 24-bit) which is supposed to sound better than CD quality.
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