Most of the rest of the catalog is streaming in lossless quality, but there’s a surprising number of lesser-known major label catalog titles that are streaming in 320kpbs standard quality. There’s an impressive catalog of high-res music available, including pretty much the entire catalogs of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, Taylor Swift, Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, and a lot of other artists those names would suggest. If you're eligible, it's worth a try IMO.Amazon uses the FLAC format, labeling its lossless CD-quality (16-bit at 44.1kHz) streams “HD” and its high-res tracks “Ultra HD,” the latter of which top out at 3,730Kbps, 24-bit at 192kHz quality. Once the free trial ends, Prime Student costs $6.49 per month, which is half the price of a standard Prime membership for non-students. You can check out all the benefits here.Įssentially, if you're a student, there's no reason not to try a six-month free Prime Student membership. It gets you unlimited access to Prime Video. It gets you free two-day shipping on tons of items on Amazon. It's also ad-free, but the song selection is smaller (2 million songs vs Amazon Music Unlimited's 75 million songs).Ī Prime Student subscription includes a ton of other benefits besides the Amazon Music Unlimited discount. That in itself is a discount off the standard price of $7.99.Įven if you don't want to pay $1 a month for Music Unlimited, Prime Student members get free access to Prime Music, a more limited music streaming service. It works seamlessly with any Echo connected to your Amazon account.Īfter the year runs out, your price for Amazon Music Unlimited only goes up to $4.99 a month for as long as you're still a Prime Student member. You can stream or download the music to your phone, tablet, or computer. It gives you unlimited, ad-free access to pretty much any song on the planet. Music Unlimited is basically Amazon's answer to Spotify.

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