Deezer Elite (CD Quality Streaming) coming to UK in March

Posted by: GregW on 10 February 2015

http://www.whathifi.com/news/d...uk-launch-march-19th

 

Having recently bought 2 Sonos units with the Deezer promotion this section of the article was of particular interest.

 

"If you're a Sonos owner and a Deezer Premium+ subscriber, you can upgrade for no extra cost if subscribing for a year. Sonos promotional users, meanwhile, can upgrade for €36 for a year."

 

Premium+ currently costs GBP 9.99/month so it would appear as though you will get CD quality for the same price as competitors 320kbps service. A Tidal executive at CES stated that streaming prices would fall allowing them to offer a competitive hi-res service. Perhaps this is the start.

Posted on: 12 March 2015 by My naim is immaterial
Originally Posted by GregW:
Originally Posted by likesmusic:

Is Deezer streaming gapless?

 

Everything I have tested this evening using the Sonos Connect has been. I previously sent an email to Deezer and was told this was the case with FLAC, but not MP3 material. The only real caveat is your connection speed and ability to buffer big files. I'm lucky enough to have a pretty fat pipe so haven't run in to that issue yet.

Have upgraded to Elite and most files have been FLAC. Living in the country with an average ADSL speed of  5 Mbit/s if I'm lucky, haven't had any skip/dropout/stutter and very happy. 

Posted on: 16 March 2015 by GregW

I contacted Deezer regarding mobile devices as I was only getting FLAC files on OS X and my Sonos units. Here is the response.

 

"For now Sonos devices are the only ones that are compatible with Deezer Elite and the Highest Quality audio streaming.


You can also listen to Deezer with other systems or devices but the quality will be 320kbit/s for HQ (highest level supported by MP3 standard), such as Chromecast, mobile phones, a Smart TV, etc..

 

We are trying to make the Elite offer available on all compatible devices. However since nothing is settled and announced we can't give you a list neither a date yet."