Amazon launches music streaming service in the UK

[Guest]

Amazon has entered the UK streaming market with the launch of Prime Music, a new service available to Amazon Prime customers as part of their annual £79 subscription.

"Amazon's library of one million songs is not on par with Apple or Spotify, which each boast more than 30 million tracks." However, I am already a Prime customer - I joined for the "free" delivery - so it is not costing me any more, at least for the time being. I was pondering the other day if I will stay with Prime when the subscription comes up for renewal. There is almost nothing in the Prime video library which I want to watch but, from a first look, the music appears a lot better even if there are only a million tracks! Typing "Finzi" into the search field brought up a lot of recordings and I am currently enjoying the Williams/Burnside recording of Earth and Air and Rain

[richardfinegold]

Let us know what you think after using it for a few weeks. I also have a Prime Membersip that has been worthless for Video, as I regard the Search Engine as unuseabl

[Beef Oven!]

I can't envisage Amazon Prime being desirable to me - this latest addition doesn't change that.

[antongould]

Just tried Beethoven Missa Solemnis and it seems to have 2 albums.

[Barbirollians]

It is odd - sometimes I find things in My Music that I am sure I have not bought - for example I bought Bernstein's DG BPO live Mahler 9 from Amazon but now I find I have access to his whole DG cycle on streaming !

[muzzer]

Marvellous. My problem with Amazon streaming is I can't see the point of only being able to play stuff I've bought thru my laptop speakers. Nor that the jack headphone output will provide decent quality even if I had a long enough lead to the 'big' stereo. Suggestions welcome. ;)

[richardfinegold]

Marvellous. My problem with Amazon streaming is I can't see the point of only being able to play stuff I've bought thru my laptop speakers. Nor that the jack headphone output will provide decent quality even if I had a long enough lead to the 'big' stereo. Suggestions welcome. ;)

Get an Audioquest Dragonfly USB DAC and attach to your main stereo that way. Of course, you won't be overcoming the limitation of MP3 sound, but at least what is there will be delivered more accurately

[Barbirollians]

If you have Sonos you can add it that and using an Airport Express play it thru your main system .

[muzzer]

Now you mention it I've got a sonos in the kitchen I will see if it will stream from Amazon. It streams from autorip of things I've bought. Re express how would that work?

[Barbirollians]

Now you mention it I've got a sonos in the kitchen I will see if it will stream from Amazon. It streams from autorip of things I've bought. Re express how would that work?

You connect it to the Auxiliary port .

Sonos definitely streams from Amazon - go to add music services in the Sonos menu , a whole list comes up Spotify etc and it is in there add it and all your Amazon music , plus Prime if you have it is there .

[muzzer]

Got it. Ta v much

[Barbirollians]

There are some fascinating free to stream records on Amazon Prime - Been enjoying greatly the crackly live NYPO Bruno Walter Dvorak 8 - now he takes it at some lick .

[Bryn]

Has anyone here experience of Amazon Prime Music HD? It appears to be much cheaper to subscribe to than QOBUZ but how does it compare for performance and range of 'classical' titles?

[gurnemanz]

Has anyone here experience of Amazon Prime Music HD? It appears to be much cheaper to subscribe to than QOBUZ but how does it compare for performance and range of 'classical' titles?

Lossless Spotify reported for later this year. Curious to see how that pans out.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.whathifi.com/amp/advice/spotify-hifi-quality-price-release-date-free-trial-and-latest-news

[Bryn]

I had an email from Amazon this morning. It reminded me that their Prime service (£79 per annum) to which I subscribe now includes access to their HD (at least CD lossless) and Ultra HD (up to 192/24) offerings. Looks like the QOBUZ subscription is in danger of non-renewal come January.