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Reports: Spotify Hi-Fi will deliver lossless audio for an extra fee

Written by James Delahunty @ 01 Mar 2017 4:37

Reports: Spotify Hi-Fi will deliver lossless audio for an extra fee

Spotify is preparing to offer high quality lossless audio to subscribers for $20 per month, according to reports.
Along with competitors like Apple Music, Spotify delivers lossy audio to subscribers, whereas a selling point of Tidal was that it streamed lossless audio with noticeable results for listeners.

Some Spotify users that participated in a recent closed survey were asked if they'd consider spending an extra $5 for lossless audio quality, and some users also reported being offered "Spotify Hi-Fi" for $20 per month in-app.

The privilege of lossless audio would add $7.50 on top of the Premium fee.

Would you consider paying an extra fee for lossless audio?

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