What are the best lossless music streaming services?

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Best lossless music streaming services	Price	Platforms	Paid Plan Audio Quality
-- Deezer Music	$0-$19.99/mo	Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone	320 kbps MP3 (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC (HiFi)
-- Tidal	$19.99/mo	Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS	320 kbps AAC (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC/ALAC (HiFi)

Deezer Music

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Built-in lyrics

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

Specs

Platforms:Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

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

Offline download:Yes

Algorithmic Radio:Yes

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Personalised radio

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

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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

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Outstanding CD quality (with Elite Service)

For those that subscribe to the Elite Service ($19.99/mo), the bitrate is hi-def CD-quality 1,411kbps at 16/44.1 kHz. See More

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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

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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

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Inbuilt music ID feature

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Great choice of Musi Mixes

You can download mixes and save. See More

Tidal

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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

Censorship

Music with explicit lyrics is censored. With such an expensive subscription price, this is a huge drawback. See More

UnderstandingOshunmare's Experience

I canceled my subscription immediately when I discovered their explicit content was censored. I can't justify spending money on a service that doesn't give me the ability to choose the authentic track. 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)

Offline download:Yes

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Built-in audio search

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

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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

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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

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No free tier

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. See More

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Discounted student subscription

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

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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

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