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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)
-- Qobuz	$9.99–$24.99/mo	Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X (macOS)	320 Kbps MP3 (Premium) / 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC (Hi-Fi) / 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)

Deezer Music

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Top Pro

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

Top Con

Not working on Chromecast

It buffers, clips, stops responding, losses connection, etc while streaming over Chromecast. See More

EnergeticNona's Experience

Deezer advertises this Hifi service works on Chromecast, well it does not, it buffers, clips, stops responding, losses connection, etc, there are thousands of threads of people complaining about this for the past few years, Deezer still could not get their streaming over Chromecast to work. I cancelled my subs today and am looking at other options. 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

Built-in lyrics

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

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Student discount

No student discount for HiFi See More

Top Pro

Great choice of Musi Mixes

You can download mixes and save. See More

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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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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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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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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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Inbuilt music ID feature

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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

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

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)

Number of songs available:~60M

Offline download:Yes

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

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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Censorship

No more censorship. 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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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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Awsome desktop app

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Small music catalog

The music Catelog selection here is not that big. Other services have over 40 million songs. See More

Qobuz

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High quality streaming

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

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

Specs

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

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

Number of songs available:~40M

Free tier:15 days

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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

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