Spotify HiFi tier: CEO doesn't know when Spotify's hi-res streaming will launch

[What Hi-Fi?]

It seems Spotify's HiFi tier is tangled up in licensing negotiations, with no firm launch timeframe in sight.

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[Hifiman]

Apart from oil companies, most top companies from 50 years ago are now nowhere to be seen. At some point they all made a wrong decision(s) and met their downfall. I wonder if we are witnessing this now for Spotify.

 

[Thefizzlee]

I don't know about Apple music but I cannot hear any difference between the alleged lossless audio from prime music and spotify on highest quality. And before you go that that's my fault I definitely hear a big difference with tidal so I don't know what but in my experience prime music isn't really lossless audio. I do hope spotify will bring high res audio quickly, their system is simply the best out their

 

[manicm]

So, probably the wealthiest streaming company in the world cannot negotiate with labels, when Apple, Amazon and Tidal can?

What's amiss in to this picture?

 

[manicm]

I don't know about Apple music but I cannot hear any difference between the alleged lossless audio from prime music and spotify on highest quality. And before you go that that's my fault I definitely hear a big difference with tidal so I don't know what but in my experience prime music isn't really lossless audio. I do hope spotify will bring high res audio quickly, their system is simply the best out their

I found that with Tidal too - their Hifi setting definitely sounds better than their High setting.

 

[John lou]

Hey All!

I'm sorry but....whenever i hear about spotify "HI FI" I cannot hold my self...from...laughing🙂🙂🙂
I knew it was a joke

 

[John lou]

So, probably the wealthiest streaming company in the world cannot negotiate with labels, when Apple, Amazon and Tidal can?

What's amiss in to this picture?

Or..,something else!...
E.g. combine this,with the fact that every streaming service has "something " that others don't,,and vice-versa...