Most of you are already paying for lossless music streaming

Lossless music streaming has been a staple of major streaming services for the past few years, and far from Tidal being the only major service to offer this feature.

Nowadays, companies like Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Deezer all offer lossless music streaming. In some cases, you have to pay extra for this feature, so too Android authority Readers open to this option? We asked that a few days ago, and that’s how you answered.

Would You Pay for Lossless Music Streaming?

Results

The poll was released on September 4th and received nearly 2,000 votes at the time of writing. The most popular choice? Well, ~ 55% of respondents say they are already paying for lossless music streaming. Oddly enough, few comments point to a specific paid streaming platform (Tidal and Qobuz).

Meanwhile, ~ 26% of surveyed readers disapprove of the idea of ​​paying for lossless streaming, saying it just isn’t worth it. This is an understandable approach, especially when the difference between lossy and lossless music is hard to tell for many people (especially over bluetooth).

Read more: The best music streaming apps and services for Android

Finally, 18.5% of respondents say they fall by the wayside when paying for lossless streaming services. This may suggest that people are actually intrigued by quality music, but aren’t sure if it’s worth the money or if they actually notice a difference.

It’s also worth noting that these types of surveys often attract enthusiasts rather than the average consumer. Still, it suggests that lossless music streaming already has a lot of fans.

Comments

• Owen: Personally, I even did an online ab test of lossless VS 320kbps with my Hifiman Sundaras (the link escapes me atm) and only got a handful of correct guesses. I’m not denying that lossless sounds technically better, I just couldn’t notice a difference with nice wired headphones. Once you throw bluetooth into the mix I think lossless streaming would be kind of pointless, imo.
• Flying carpet: No, it’s not worth it for 99% of people, but it has a nice placebo effect and a lot of people like to claim that they are audiophile and can tell a difference. In reality, it only makes sense for professionals and serious audiophiles.
• Albin: Not an “audiophile”, years ago I ripped my CDs, first about half to the old WMA and then the rest to a higher quality MP3, and honestly I don’t hear a big difference in quality when I play them in every format on home devices play. or listen to some of them on the Naxos services or other streaming services. While it’s nice to have the same music on your phone, the “weakest link” in gaming performance is outside the home Ambient noise. I would question claims of a lossless audio experience at all costs when driving down a city street, in transit, or even in most automobiles.
• colinashley: I love switching to streaming music (and books and movies). Less clutter in the house; I can try pretty much any artist on the fly without having to think about buying it first; I never spend money on an album that I don’t like; and I can instantly listen to my collection anywhere I have an internet collection (or disconnected if it’s locally stored). My collection now consists only of albums that are not available via streaming … plus some LP covers that I love.
• Daniel McCarthy: I use qobuz..through a high quality.yamaha, kef setup. Side by side with Spotify using the same track .. there is a difference just feel better with qobuz..as for streaming platforms .. amazing value the amount of artists i discover is amazing … if i had to buy it all what I hear now, I would be broke.
• Drone9: First, improve the stability of your Bluetooth connection.

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