Today I was surprised to find a message when I logged into regular amazon.com. it informed me that as a Prime member I have access to Prime Music streaming as an included service with your regular monthly subscription
Having purchased a bunch of CDs on amazon, it automatically populates your prime library with those albums.
Along with streaming full albums, you can create playlists and songs are also downloadable for offline use (eg. on your phone) details [
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It's all kind of cool, but I dont need another music source. but maybe it will replace my Spotify membership?
and you all want to know, so I looked it up....not the highest quality compared to other options, but
Bit Rate
Where possible, we encode our MP3 files using variable bit rates for optimal audio quality and file sizes, aiming at an average of 256 kilobits per second (kbps). Using a variable bit rate allows us to allocate a higher bit rate to the more complex sections of music files while using a smaller bit rate for the less complex sections. The average of these rates is then calculated to produce an average bit rate for the entire file that represents the overall sound quality. Some of our content is encoded using a constant bit rate of 256 kbps. This content will have the same excellent audio quality at a slightly larger file size.
