Choosing a music service usually starts with the catalog and ends with an argument about logins. One person wants their own playlists, another keeps getting their recommendations scrambled by someone else’s listening, and a teenager quietly gives up and goes back to a free app. The plan you pick decides how many people can listen properly, and with lossless audio that matters more, because everyone on the account hears the same studio-quality sound. A hi-res music streaming plan comes in sizes for exactly this reason.
The Plans Side by Side
Every plan below streams lossless FLAC up to 24-bit/192 kHz from a catalog of over 100 million tracks, with offline listening and original editorial content included. What changes is who it covers and whether downloads come with a discount.
| Plan | Accounts | Best suited to | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Solo | 1 | One listener | Full streaming |
| Studio Duo | 2 | Couples and housemates | Two separate libraries |
| Studio Family | Up to 6 | One household | Independent accounts |
| Studio Student | 1 | Students in higher education | Monthly, no commitment |
| Sublime Solo | 1 | Listeners who also buy albums | Discounts on Hi-Res downloads |
| Sublime Family | Up to 6 | Collecting households | Discounts on Hi-Res downloads |
Count Listeners, Not Devices
A phone, a laptop and a living-room streamer belonging to one person are still one listener. The number that matters is how many people want their own history, their own playlists and recommendations that reflect their own taste. Sharing one login across a household works for about a week before the algorithm starts suggesting nursery rhymes to the jazz fan.
The second question is whether anyone in the house buys music to keep. If the answer is yes, the higher tier pays its way through download discounts; if nobody does, a lossless music subscription on the standard tier covers everything that matters.
Each Plan in Detail
Six ways to subscribe, all with the same sound quality, from the current streaming plan range.
Studio Solo
The single-listener plan and the starting point for most people. It carries the whole lossless catalog, offline downloads for travel and the weekly editorial, with no compromises on audio quality compared with the larger plans. Anyone who listens alone should start here and move up only if a second person joins.
Studio Duo
Two accounts on one subscription, each with its own library and recommendations, on every app and offline. It suits couples and flatmates who share a home but not a taste in music, and it avoids the slow erosion of a shared login where neither person’s suggestions make sense any more.
Studio Family
Up to six independent accounts for members of the same household under a single subscription. Each person gets their own space and the same studio-quality sound, which makes this the plan for families where teenagers, parents and grandparents all listen to completely different things.
Studio Student
A reduced monthly rate for students enrolled at an accredited higher education institution, available up to and including age 24. It runs month to month with no commitment and the same lossless catalog, so a student does not have to settle for compressed audio while studying.
Sublime Solo
Everything in the standard plan plus discounts on Hi-Res album purchases. It is built for the listener who streams most days but still likes to own the records that matter, with files to keep that do not depend on a subscription staying active.
Sublime Family
The same download discounts spread across up to six household accounts. For a family where more than one person buys music, it turns the subscription into both a streaming service and a sensible route into a shared digital record collection.
Picking the Right Size
Start from the number of people who would genuinely open the app in a normal week, then ask whether any of them buy albums. Those two answers point to one row of the table above, and they are better guides than any feature list. A family music streaming plan only makes sense when more than two people will really use it.
Every plan starts with a free trial and can be cancelled at any time, so the low-risk route is to start small and move up when a second listener appears. The plans described here are offered by Qobuz, which lists all of them on one page. For more short reads on getting more from everyday subscriptions, take a look around 2minuteread.