Where to buy lossless

Prefer streaming? See Hi-res music streaming services compared: which should you sign up for? You need high-resolution audio: everything you know. Further reading: What is DSD audio? How it works, where to download files, and more. Tom Parsons has been writing about TV, AV and hi-fi products not to mention plenty of other 'gadgets' and even cars for over 15 years. He began his career as What Hi-Fi? In between, he worked as Reviews Editor and then Deputy Editor at Stuff, and over the years has had his work featured in publications such as T3, The Telegraph and Louder.

In his spare time Tom is a runner and gamer. What Hi-Fi? Tom Parsons. As you might expect from the name, HDtracks focuses on high-resolution audio. If you know the name Qobuz, you probably know it as a streaming service.

It also operates a digital storefront where you can buy lossless music instead of or in addition to streaming it. Because of this, the catalog is a little smaller than 7digital or HDtracks, but there is still plenty of music to find. Related: How to support your favorite music artists. Related: The best music discovery sites. If you're a fan of '80s-onward alternative you'll find a lot to like here. As the recording arm of one of the most respected hi-fi brands in the world, Linn Records has been releasing albums for the last 30 years.

It's been there since the dawn of the digital revolution boasting it was "the first label to release CD-quality music downloads without DRM. The most useful way to think of Murfie is as a virtual second-hand music store. The idea is you send Murfie your CDs and they can rip them for you, or you can on-sell them. While the site also sells new CDs most of the trades are in ridiculously cheap used music, which for the conscientious means that the artist doesn't receive any money.

As the last bastion before outright piracy Murfie is a good way to find music unavailable elsewhere. It stocks hi-res audio files for most genres, not just classical and jazz. Naim Label has a nifty sideline in hi-res audio files, including music from its own Naim Label. It has over 2, Albums from over 75 Record Labels.

Qobuz is both a music streaming service and a download store.