Nice surprise from Amazon Prime!

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I was very happy with the Amazon Prime package before ... but yesterday they announced that Amazon Prime Music is now also included at no extra cost.

Bye bye Spotify Premium, that's going to save me £9.99 per month - thank you Amazon !

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You can download as well as stream

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Just done a direct comparision test on my Nexus 4 phone.

Can't determine any noticeable difference in "quality" per se playing through the phone's speaker or a Bose bluetooth speaker - neither version has any crackling whatsoever.

Amazon version actually sounds "fuller" and is certainly a bit louder - both are actually very good.

Spotify is downloading at "Normal" quality, Equalizer OFF

Amazon on default settings apart from Download Only on WiFi is checked.

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Try this ... OK music might not be your taste, but makes for a good comparision test.

Download ELO Out of the Blue on both spotify and prime.

Compare Mr Blue Sky and Wild West Hero - both have good intros for making a back to back test.

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VEA said:

Still crackling through my sennheisers. And through the front speakers. Nothing else behaving like it.Tried a load of different tracks, downloaded and streaming on wifi all sound st.

Can you try a different device?

Tablet or PC for example.

Does your phone play mp3's cleanly?

Might be worth uninstalling Amazon Music app and reinstalling.

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audi321 said:

Wow....i'm impressed. I haven't even signed up for the Prime, just loaded the app on my iphone. Logged in to my normal amazon account and all the CD's I've ever bought on Amazon are here! Just sat in the cloud awaiting downloading if needed, or I can play straight from the cloud. It's even got all my itunes music here too!

Might sign up to Prime now to see what all this fuss is about. I don't use Amazon that much, I only use the free Spotify, I don't stream TV. Could it be a waste of £79? Might be, but the fact that it's effectively £6.58 a month means it's not a big deal.

Come on then.......enlighten me......what else am I getting for my money???

There's a 30 free trial of Amazon Prime.

Do you have Sky?

Since using Prime I've reviewed and amended my Sky subscription, saving me about £25 per month.

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audi321 said:

Kermit power said:

Does anyone happen to know if there's a family option for Prime Music?

I think up to 10 devices under the one account.

Not quite the same though, the devices will all be using the same Amazon account.