We agree, and that’s why today at Stream On we announced Spotify HiFi.īeginning later this year, Premium subscribers in select markets will be able to upgrade their sound quality to Spotify HiFi and listen to their favorite songs the way artists intended. Would prefer to do all my streaming through one platform and pay one monthly fee.Artists and fans have told us that sound quality is important to them. Once Spotify launch their CD quality streaming it’s going to be a close call as to whether I keep Qobuz. The downsides of Qobuz are that new music discovery is less good than Spotify and the lack of number of stream plays makes it harder to identify popular tracks with new artists.Īll in all, the CD and hi-res quality of Qobuz swings it for me and keeps me coming back. I quite like the UI - it feels more grown up and insightful than Spotify. There is also a lot of modern pop music on there when you search by streams/charts, much of which is dross, but perhaps I’m just getting old.Ĭompare this to Qobuz which focuses more on albums and more mature music (ie less modern pop music and more classical, classics etc.). The downsides are the new UI which isn’t very flexible and throws podcasts and other things in front of you. It’s also really easy to click between artists, albums and songs as you explore new music. So, I really value how Spotify helps me discover new music. I also like to see the “top 10 songs by artist” and the number of streams by each song as this helps steer you towards the more well known songs as you discover a new artist or album.

Agree - I find Spotify’s “If you liked that, then you’ll like this…” as well as “Similar artists” as a great way to discover new music.

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