Best Hi Res Classical Music Download Sites
Where tin can you purchase hi-res music? Here are the top download sites
Want to build a library of high-resolution music just don't know where to start? Whether you've only just taken the plunge into hi-res audio, or are wondering what other online stores have to offer, we've rounded up some of our favourite howdy-res download websites.
In its simplest terms, hullo-res audio refers to music files that accept a higher sampling frequency and/or chip depth than CD (16-bit/44.1kHz), giving the potential for better audio quality (with the advisable listening equipment, of course).
With major music labels such as Sony, Warner and Universal making their all-encompassing music catalogues available to these how-do-you-do-res download services, there'due south a huge diversity of genres, file formats and download options available for fans of high-resolution audio.
Nosotros've focused on the biggest and well-nigh popular download sites that allow y'all buy and download single tracks and full albums in various hi-res formats. Each has its own distinct season, bitrates and features to offer.
You lot may ultimately end upward with a favourite go-to site, but even and then, information technology's worth checking across the different sites for the aforementioned album or track, too, as some stores can offer better prices than others.
Of course, if you lot'd rather stream hi-res than purchase and download information technology, you can do and then via Tidal, Amazon Music Hard disk drive, Qobuz and now Apple Music.
HDtracks
Hi-res sampling rates available: 24-scrap/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz
Hi-res file formats available: FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC, DSD 2.eight and 5.6MHz
HDtracks is one of the more established hullo-res download stores, and it's never been stronger.
We've knocked HDtracks in the past for shunning more current or pop music in favour of jazz, classical and dad-rock, simply glance at the home screen and the Peak New Releases tab at present includes the likes of Billie Eilish, Prince and P!nk remixes.
Y'all can't actually purchase individual tracks and hi-res albums can be pricey, but the interface is fuss-free and easy to navigate, and y'all tin can sample 30 seconds of any anthology track before you buy.
Some other plus is the format and bitrate selection on offer. Where other download sites frequently offer FLAC as default (and in some cases, only FLAC is bachelor), HDtracks lets you lot cull between FLAC, WAV, AIFF and ALAC formats – and the sampling rates inside each – before downloading. In that location's a selection of tunes in DSD and double DSD, too, which is nifty for audiophiles.
One issue is that HDtracks restricts purchases to certain countries, only that shouldn't prove too difficult to work around with ane of the best VPNs.
View the HDtracks website
Qobuz
How-do-you-do-res sampling rates bachelor: 24-bit/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz
How-do-you-do-res file formats bachelor: FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC
The download store attached to the Qobuz streaming service gets full marks for music discovery and front-finish intuitiveness. And with more than 220,000 albums available in howdy-res 24-bit quality, information technology's worth taking a wait.
Both the website and defended app are like shooting fish in a barrel to navigate. Hi-res albums are conspicuously labelled, and you can search by genre or new releases, which tin exist sorted by sample rate. Hi-res albums in v.1 surroundings sound are available too. At that place is a potent Francophile focus, although the hi-res catalogue is growing more varied every day.
Information technology's worth noting that you choose the file format and sampling rate you want to download your how-do-you-do-res anthology in afterwards making your purchase, and likewise that yous tin't buy individual tracks.
Pricing is competitive, and if y'all opt for the hybrid download-and-streaming Sublime+ service (£250/$250 per twelvemonth) y'all can get discounts on hi-res albums.
Read our full Qobuz review
View the Qobuz download shop
7digital
Hullo-res sampling rates available: 24-bit/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz
Hi-res file formats available: FLAC
With a strong catalogue of hi-res music from all genres and a website that makes buying music easy, 7digital is a good all-rounder.
A helpful search bar runs across the top of the interface to aid y'all discover exactly what you're after and the website is simple to navigate. You can easily spot hi-res recordings thanks to a yellow '24bit FLAC' bluecoat on an album or song'southward thumbnail, and there's also a defended hi-res section for some focused browsing. You tin preview 30 seconds of a song earlier ownership it, too.
One drawback is that information technology only offers hello-res downloads in the FLAC format (while it'south now possible to select 'MQA' as a filter option, we couldn't notice any tracks in the format). Prices are affordable, though, and you tin buy individual tracks as well as full albums – something that not every site offers.
View the 7digital downloads store
Native DSD
Hi-res sampling rates available: DSD64 (two.8 MHz/64fs), DSD128 (five.half-dozen MHz/128fs) DSD256 (eleven.2 MHz/256fs)
Hi-res file formats available: DSD, DXD, WAV, FLAC
If y'all recently purchased a portable music actor from the likes of Astell & Kern (plus an SD bill of fare to boost its storage) and you're primarily looking for classical music, this site may well get your new i-stop store. Every bit the name suggests, Sony's proprietary mid-90s – but at present very much back in mode – Directly Single Digital (DSD) format is the focus here, but at that place's a decent catalogue of WAV and FLAC files too.
Those who want tracks to play on iTunes may have to shop elsewhere, and don't look to find Kanye West'south latest piece of work here – Native DSD'south best-sellers include Vivaldi, Debussy and Beethoven – but search around and you can even download some complimentary 'Starter Pack' selections, in 2 and 5 channels, in standard DSD64.
Not sure if your DAC can play quad DSD, aka DSD256? There'southward a helpful DAC checker – and if yours comes up short, y'all can even buy 1 from Native DSD's gear tab.
View the Native DSD downloads store
More:
Prefer streaming? Run into Hi-res music streaming services compared: which should you sign up for?
Confused? You need high-resolution audio: everything you know
...and how to play hi-res music on your iPhone
Further reading: What is DSD sound? How it works, where to download files, and more
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