He said Spotify does not have plans to release its own high-quality service any time soon. Spotify VP Paul Vogel was less impressed when asked about the service on Tuesday morning, saying that sound quality has “not been a big differentiator” between streaming services. “This will be the biggest thing to happen in music since the introduction of digital audio 40 years ago.” “Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses,” Young said.

Remarkably, the company got none other than legendary fidelity snob Neil Young to offer a testimonial. It stresses that the service is high definition, not hifi or hi-resolution. The company says that its Ultra HD service offers recordings that available uncompressed, revealing nuances that were once flattened in files compressed for digital streaming (further details are below). earlier this year, Amazon Music is the first of the three top streaming services to offer this option its launch has been an open secret in the industry for several months. While Tidal and Deezer have both offered high-quality audio for years and Qobuz, a French high-quality-only service, launched in the U.S.

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