While the convenience of online streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal are hugely attractive to everyday listeners, they're not without their problems. The lack of hi-res streaming on Spotify aside, many mainstream services have come under fire for how little they tend to pay their artists. Not such a problem for Taylor Swift, but a bigger issue for artists not pulling in millions of streams per year.
That's where Presto Music comes in. Launched in 2023, the niche platform focuses predominantly on classical and jazz music, with around 200,000 albums currently listed alongside over 70,000 digital booklets. With many tracks available to stream in 24-bit/192kHz hi-res audio, Presto Music is accessible via the Presto Music app (desktop and mobile), a web player and through compatible music streamers using the BluOS platform (such as Bluesound Node or Cyrus 40 ST). The service also offers daily articles from music experts to keep you clued up on the tunes you're listening to, as well as the chance to purchase albums in both digital and physical formats.
