Amazon HD Lower Price


Amazon has lowered it's price $5.00 for it's HD service to 7.99 for prime users. With Apple also now offering a HD service the competition is heating up. Will Tidal and Qobus follow and lower their prices? 
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The Bluesound Node 2i successfully streamed lossless audio from Amazon Music HD

I just read that there is a new improved Node coming out soon. I hope they fix the problems with them that I’ve read, posted by owners. It’s a good value if reliable.
When Amazon integrates with Roon I'll consider them again. I cancelled my Amazon subscription when I got Roon, and use Tidal. I'd have to export my albums list (1000+ records) before I could try Qobuz if I only want one of them.
Amazon Music Unlimited now gives you Amazon HD. It's 3 months free for prime members. I've recently subscribed. The SQ is not supposed to be as good as Qobuz but they have 70 million songs at cd quality or better. It's now about half the price of Qobuz.
I just read that there is a new improved Node coming out soon. I hope they fix the problems with them that I’ve read, posted by owners. It’s a good value if reliable

My Node2i works very well every day on Android. There was a problem when setting up the account when new; interface problems, HD not streaming. 
It was no big deal for me, customer service assigned a tech to work out the bugs, took a few days. 
Maybe it depends on the device being used.




Amazon ultra HD has a great interface. Using it with a Cambridge dac which accepts 24/192 and up converts  to 24/384!89. XLR to anthem p5
It's only a matter of time until Qobuz and Tidal become irrelevant. Amazon, and now Apple, and probably soon Google Play music, want this market. Last time I checked they had rather more money, customers, and additional products that they can tie into, compared to Qobuz and Tidal. They can keep the price low for years until they bleed out. Frankly they are not even on Amazon Apple and Google's radar. They are dead men walking. As consumers we will benefit from the lower prices from this competition.