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What are the best lossless music streaming services?

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Google Play Music
$9.99Yes
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Amazing quality

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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.
Alex
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Discounted student subscription

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Tidal offers a 50% discount on monthly subscriptions for students with a valid university email account.
Alex
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Built-in audio search

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

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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).
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No free tier

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The Tidal music streaming service has no free tier available. Only a 7-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.
Alex
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Songs may take some time to load

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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.
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