The Slant team built an AI & it’s awesome

Find the best product instantly

4.7 star rating

Music & AudioAudioWeb

What are the best high-resolution music streaming services?

4

Options
Considered

128

User
Recs.

Feb 27, 2021

Last
Updated

Here’s the Deal

4 Options Considered

Best high-resolution music streaming services	Price	Platforms	Paid Plan Audio Quality
85 Deezer Music	$0 - $19.99/mo	Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone	320 kbps MP3 (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC (HiFi)
-- TIDAL	$9.99-$19.99/MO	Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS	320 kbps AAC (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC/ALAC (HiFi)
-- Qobuz	$9.99–$24.99/mo	Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X (macOS)	320 Kbps MP3/ 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)
-- Soundsuit	$24.95/month	-	-

Deezer Music

Add Video or Image

Top Pro

Personalised radio

The Deezer music streaming service offers a radio-like service called Flow which plays random music based on your favorites. See More

Top Con

Rips artists off

Deezer pays $0.0064 per play. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Paid Plan Audio Quality:320 kbps MP3 (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC (HiFi)

Number of songs available:~40M

Offline download:Yes

Top Pro

Huge collection of music

The Deezer music streaming service has more than 40 million songs, which makes Deezer one of the largest music catalogs available now. See More

Top Con

Poor search and discoverability

It can be difficult at times to find the music you are looking for. Search can be hit or miss quite often. On top of this, the top tracks section for artists tends to be a pretty poor selection of tracks, nowhere near what anyone would consider "top tracks". See More

Top Pro

Outstanding CD quality (with Elite Service)

For those that subscribe to the Elite Service ($14.99/mo), the bitrate is hi-def CD-quality 1,411kbps at 16/44.1 kHz. See More

Top Con

No Linux client

Compared to Spotify it has no native Linux client available. See More

Top Pro

Built-in lyrics

Deezer comes with a lyrics feature where users can see the lyrics when the selected track is playing. See More

Top Con

Doesn't pay artists enough

Deezer pays artists significantly less than other similar services. As of March 2018 it was paying $0.0064 / play, less than Apple Music and Google Play, half as much as Tidal ($0.0125). Not as bad as Spotify or Pandora, but could certainly do better. See More

Top Pro

Available on a large number of platforms

Deezer (with a premium subscription) is available on a wide range of devices such as those running Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, smart TV and a web app. You can see the full list here. See More

Top Con

No settings to configure “Flow” to work as advertised

Flow is a great idea, but it fails to work as suggested. The idea is it listens to what you like and adds suggestion tracks. But mostly it just plays your track over and over, and pops in a random track, usually nothing you like. They need settings and better algorithms for it to work. See More

Top Pro

Great choice of Musi Mixes

You can download mixes and save. See More

Top Con

Sometimes skipped songs occurred

Some songs skipped even if you are a premium user. See More

Top Pro

Can download and play selected music offline

Top Con

A lot of songs are cut at the end

Many songs are not played until final chords, and many others are of very low quality records, showing audio distortions. This is frustrating. See More

Top Pro

Inbuilt music ID feature

Top Con

Play queue can't be adjusted

On iOS the play queue can’t be adjusted See More

Top Pro

Available to customers living outside the US

The Deezer music streaming service is available in 182 countries. There are 192 countries on this world, which means Deezer is available in all but 10 countries. See More

Top Con

Elite is only available on Sonos systems

Elite is the highest subscription tier that Deezer offers. However it is only available on Sonos systems in the US. See More

Built by Slant

Find the best product
instantly.

Stop wasting time searching endlessly. Lustre recommends the best products at their lowest prices – right on Amazon.

4.7 star rating

Add to Chrome - It's Free

Add to Edge - It's Free

Add to Firefox - It's Free

Add to Opera - It's Free

Add to Brave - It's Free

Add to Safari - It's Free

Try now - it's free

TIDAL

Add Video or Image

Top Pro

Amazing quality

The Tidal music streaming service has a maximum streaming quality of 1,411Kbps bit rate with FLAC-formatted lossless files. This is quite an upgrade compared to most music streaming services, which go at about 320Kbps bit rate. See More

Top Con

Hi-FI Can be expensive for some

ResoluteChernobog's Experience

Tidal Masters (high resolution) offers amazing result compared to CD quality streaming (provided you have the right hardware) See More

Specs

Platforms:Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS

Paid Plan Audio Quality:320 kbps AAC (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC/ALAC (HiFi)

Number of songs available:~60M

Offline download:Yes

Top Pro

Pays artists more

As of March 2018, TIDAL pays the artists 2/3 more than Apple Music and 3 times more than Spotify, for an equivalent catalog and subscription price. (40M songs on TIDAL and Apple Music vs. 30M on Spotify, $9.99/mo for all 3). Napster is the only service that pays the artists more than TIDAL. See More

Top Con

Expensive

At $19.99 per month, it's one of the most expensive streaming services out there (there is a cheaper subscription available at $9.99/month). See More

Top Pro

Awsome desktop app

Top Con

Offline isn’t offline and mobile data is consumed in one song

Top Pro

Built-in audio search

The Tidal music streaming service mobile app has a built-in audio search, similar to Shazaam and Soundhound. See More

Top Con

No free tier

The Tidal music streaming service has no free tier available. Only a 30-day trial. While the trial is helpful for learning what the service has to offer, it may not allow for a complete picture due to the time limit. See More

Top Pro

Get one-month free Hi-Fi (FLAC, 24-bit music)

Almost all if not most songs are 24-bit FLAC files, "Master" is an ever higher quality See More

Top Con

Songs may take some time to load

the Tidal music streaming service may take up to 10 seconds of buffering to load and play a song, sometimes even stopping a song mid-way to buffer. See More

Top Pro

Discounted student subscription

Tidal offers a 50% discount on monthly subscriptions for students with a valid university email account. See More

Top Pro

Military discount

Qobuz

Add Video or Image

Top Pro

The most open less compressed sound quality

Top Con

Officially available in a limited number of countries

Qobuz is only officially available in 10 countries (which does not include Canada and the US). You can use a VPN in order to pay for the service in an unsupported country. Some users have mentioned success with contacting the country and being added manually (you can read more here). See More

CrediblePundjel's Experience

Pros: Quite nice catalog, Classical, Jazz, Pop-Rock, ... Very good, complete editorial content about bands/artists/music styles but also about hardware (audio, computer audio, ...). Can stream or purchase music. The application for Win10 and for Android are nice. Can create playlists for personal use or for public joy. The web site is as good as the applications. Can download files on your computer or Android device for listening without being connected to the internet.. Cons: some metadata are not very good. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X (macOS)

Paid Plan Audio Quality:320 Kbps MP3/ 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)

Number of songs available:~50M

Price:$14.99 Mo or $149.99 yr Studio premier / $249.99/yr Sublime+

Top Pro

More than high quality

On a good sound system, not a 20K system, more around 5-7k, Hi-res gives a big difference with 16bits/44,4khz, which is very noticeable, some Symphonies may give you goosebumps if you listen to classical, jazz. See More

Top Con

Library is a bit limited

You won't find too many artists like you would on Spotify, not every records are on Hi-Res. See More

DevotedOccopirmus's Experience

superb coverage of differnt types/styles of music if being compare with it's rival Tidal. But a streaming service does require home and mobile software so that one could make use of this service and this isn't given at an acceptable level. See More

Top Pro

High quality streaming

Music streams at 16 bit, 44.4 khz, Flac, CD Quality. Also, high-res is available. See More

Top Con

Progress of improving the software (both desktop and mobile ones)

Progress? Apart from version numbers increasing, next to no essential lacking or missing function was improved within months. See More

Piotr Stöle's Experience

Got the Studio subscription, hi-res (which go up to 24bits/192khz) with a good DAC is stunning and make 16bits/44khz sounds like MP3 See More

Top Pro

High quality (CD+) streams; subscribers gain access to booklet, when available

Metadata, while better than many, still can't compete with physical media. New to N.A. at the time of this review so there are still some gaps in their catalog. See More

Top Con

DLNA/UPNP not working

One of the most required things for the home use and since it's not working, also a drawback: a streaming service makes no sense if you can't stream to your devices. See More

VigilantHunChowen's Experience

The most open and less compressed High Defenition Audio Quality, Real Music Experiance!!! See More

Top Con

Mobile app

Unusable since it doesn't follow device orientation and once it did the front end was unusable. And a streaming service which can't get used is worth nothing. See More

DreamerHanbi's Experience

Some limitations on availability of albums or artists but very good sound quality See More

Built By the Slant team

Find the best product instantly.

Lustre recommends the best products at their lowest prices – right on Amazon.

4.7 star rating

Try it now - it's free

Lustre.ai illustration