No Black Friday budget? No worries – Amazon wants you to have 3 months of music streaming on the house
Amazon’s huge Music Unlimited Black Friday streaming deal will save you $33
They say that the best things in life are free. And that couldn’t be truer around an event like Black Friday. So many companies are vying for your cash, promising the biggest discounts. And while there are some fantastic Black Friday guitar deals about right now, what if you’re not in the market for anything new or flashy, or your budget is going elsewhere this year?
If this sounds like you, then how does 3 months of free music streaming and Audible books courtesy of Amazon sound? Well, that’s exactly what’s on offer with this Amazon Music Unlimited 3 months free for new subscribers deal.
Streaming services are practically part of the furniture now and switching between them is super easy. So, if you already use Spotify, Apple Music et al, moving all your playlists across to Amazon Music is a breeze thanks to this handy guide. As is moving them back, should you wish to take advantage of the free months, then switch back at the end of your trial period.
Amazon Music Unlimited + Audible: 3 months free
Amazon Music Unlimited is the most full-featured of Amazon’s streaming tiers – offering ad-free access to podcasts and songs numbering in the hundreds of millions, and in glorious lossless fidelity. For non-Prime users, Amazon Music Unlimited is usually $10.99 a month; for Black Friday, you can have it for three months completely free of charge.
Amazon Music has a free tier with ad-peppered listening at standard definition; the Unlimited subscription tier not only blows the standard tier away, but also tops a number of other industry-leading platforms with its approach to fidelity. Subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited ups the fidelity to CD-quality lossless playback, which already trumps the average fidelity of other subscription-service streaming platforms; it also offers millions of tracks at ‘Ultra HD’ fidelity, meaning up to 24-bit/192kHz audio.
There’s also a healthy showing for spatial audio in Amazon Music Unlimited, with thousands of songs available in 360 Reality Audio or Dolby Atmos. If you’ve spatial audio headphones, or a network of connected smart speakers in your home, you get to experience 3D audio at its best.
Music isn’t the only benefit to an Amazon Music Unlimited subscription, either. Only recently they added Audible access to all Music Unlimited subscriptions, opening you up to a world of audiobooks. Add to that a feast of podcasts and radio shows and you have more guitar music and chat than there are hours in the day. What are you waiting for?
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I'm Guitar Player's eCommerce Editor. In addition to testing the latest music gear, it's my job to manage the buyer's guides on the site and help guitarists find the right gear and the best prices for them. I've been a guitar player for 30 years and a drummer for almost 20. I've worked in the music gear industry for 20 years, including 7 years as Editor of the UK's best-selling drum magazine Rhythm, and 5 years as a freelance music writer, during which time I worked with the world's biggest instrument brands including Boss, Laney and Roland.
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