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“ Amazon Music is retiring the Music Storage service, which allows customers to upload and store up to 250 songs in a personal cloud library.
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You can read the full e-mail below, originally posted on The Verge.
Also, if you’re a Prime subscriber, you can enjoy a bundled streaming music service with fewer songs. At the same time, Amazon is trying to push users towards its newer, streaming-focused services like Amazon Music Unlimited. It’s a dying product, and Amazon is just managing the wind-down. In addition, Amazon has locked out new users on its free, 250-song storage plan from uploading music. After that time, users will longer be able to download or stream uploaded tracks. Anything else, including iTunes downloads, look game for elimination.Įarlier in December, the e-commerce giant had announced that its Amazon Music Storage service would run until January 2019. There's already several options for those who want to try high-res music including subscription services Tidal, Deezer and Qobuz.īut quality isn't the main factor when it comes to those who do not subscribe to a streaming service, says Zach Fuller, music analyst with MIDiA Research. When surveyed on why they do not presently use a music streaming service, only 4% said it was because the quality was not good enough, he says.Amazon stressed that it will not delete songs purchased (and downloaded) through Amazon Music. While high-res streaming may sound better, mobile listeners may not buy in. The Raconteurs, which has some of its albums available in Ultra HD, released two live tracks and a behind the scenes video on Amazon Music to mark the occasion.īrittany Howard (Alabama Shakes) also talked about the single "Stay High," from her upcoming solo album "Jaime," out Friday, in an Amazon Music HD post. In a short video posted on Twitter, Garth Brooks, who partnered with Amazon, said, "Anytime the listener gets to hear it the way you get to hear it in the studio that’s beautiful." This will be the biggest thing to happen in music since the introduction of digital audio 40 years ago.” Neil Young, who five years ago launched his own Pono high-res music service – and streams high-res tracks on his Neil Young Archives site – gushed that "“Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses.
For more information go to /music/unlimited/hd.Īmazon talked with several musicians about their high-resolution plans music and got testimonials from many well-known acts. You must connect an external digital to analog converter (DAC) to play songs at higher sample rates (96 or 192 kHz).Īudio products from makers such as Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Sonos, Sennheiser and many others are compatible, too.
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However, Fire TVs and Fire TV devices support Amazon Music HD. Most newer Apple and Android devices – iPhones and iPads released since 2014 and running iOS 11 or later and most Android devices released since 2014 running on Android Lollipop or later.– can support HD/Ultra HD (up to 24-bit, 48kHz). Not all devices will deliver music at this high-res level, for instance, you will need second-generation or later Amazon Echo speakers. As we usher in a new listening experience for our customers, we’re combining the convenience of streaming with all of the emotion, power, clarity and nuance of the original recordings.”Īmong the albums available in Ultra HD are Fleetwood Mac’s "Rumours," Miles Davis’ "Kind of Blue," Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly" and St. "We’re thrilled to make it possible for our customers to stream their favorite music the way artists intended their fans to hear it,” he said in a statement. “From rock to hip-hop to classical and pop, we believe listening to music at this level of sound will make customers fall in love again with their favorite music and artists.
After that, the Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can add the higher-quality music tier for an additional $5 per month – that would make the monthly cost $12.99 for a Prime member (Family plan subscribers would pay $19.99) and $14.99 for non-Prime members.įor some listeners, standard streamed music is just not good enough, says Steve Boom, vice president of Amazon Music.
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Current Amazon Music subscribers can test drive the upgrade free for 90 days to sign up go to /music/unlimited/hd.