And it is just about to bring to market the portable wireless Roam speaker ($169), its newest product, next month. This is timely for Santa Barbara, California-based Sonos, which touts having speakers in 11 million homes. "People have had more attention to pay to music, especially at home, so there's been more time to get into the sounds and the tech we use to enjoy it," he told U.S. (The more bits and higher sampling rate should result in richer sound.)ĭuring the coronavirus pandemic, music quality has become more important, says Qobuz U.S. That is roughly 29 times the quality of MP3 and better than CDs, which are mastered at 16-bit/44.1 kHz. But a majority of its 70 million-plus tracks are in 24-bit/192 kHz Hi-Res quality. in 2019, is much smaller, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, the company says. In comparison, Amazon Music captures about 15% Apple Music, 11%.Ĭomparatively, Qobuz, which became available in the U.S.
digital music listeners, capturing nearly 25%, or 218.6 million who are expected to listen to digital audio this year, estimates eMarketer.
There's enough interest that Spotify, the music streaming market leader, plans to offer a new Spotify HiFi subscription level later this year. High-resolution streamed music of CD-quality or better has been a niche offering for years, but there are signs the market is blossoming. Sonos says more high-res partners could be coming. Music streaming services such as Tidal and Deezer offer high-resolution music on computers and apps, but they are reproduced in CD-quality on Sonos-at least for now. Until now, Qobuz and other music streaming services on Sonos have topped out at CD-quality sound. Music from streaming service Qobuz ($14.99 monthly or $149.99 annually, ) can now be listened to in "studio quality" high-resolution 24-bit quality on Sonos speakers, the companies say.
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