Since 2021, Deezer has gone lossless with its Deezer Premium plan, streaming CD Quality Lossless FLAC but with a price increase of $2 to $11.99/month. Deezer’s HiFi subscription plan has been withdrawn, as all of its features are now contained in its Premium plan.
Deezer now has two tiers: Deezer Free and Deezer Premium, which is also available as a Duo plan for 2 individual accounts, and a Family package for up to 6 accounts. Students can get Deezer Premium for a 50% discount, and there is a 25% discount for Premium subscribers paying for an annual subscription rather than being billed monthly.
Deezer HiFi was available before 2021. During that period, Deezer operated with a distinct separation in sound quality:
Deezer Premium (Legacy): used 320 kbps MP3. Enjoy music with high-quality audio for a better listening experience.
Deezer HiFi: was once the company’s top-tier paid service. It includes all the features of Deezer Premium, plus lossless CD-quality sound. Listen to FLAC music in High Fidelity sound as if you were right in the recording studio. Audio is encoded with 16-Bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to deliver the very best listening experience. HiFi users also get additional access to the “360 by Deezer” app, which lets you play music in Sony’s “360 reality audio” format.
The main difference is music quality: Deezer Premium (Legacy) offers 320 kbps lossy audio, while Deezer HiFi offers a higher-fidelity experience with music streamed in FLAC (“Free Lossless Audio Codec”) quality. This means it is compressed without any loss in audio quality. So you can enjoy crystal-clear high-definition sound whether you are listening through wired, wireless, or Bluetooth speakers.
If it were 320 kbps AAC or Ogg Vorbis versus FLAC, you could not tell the difference in a blind A/B test. However, MP3 is a different story. MP3 retains some artifacts even at high bit rates. So, it’s true that you might be able to hear a difference between 320 kbps MP3 and 1411 kbps FLAC with really good equipment. With High Fidelity sound, you get lossless, CD quality music streaming.
No. After 2021, HiFi quality is included in Deezer Premium. Any paid Deezer subscriber automatically enjoys lossless FLAC audio without needing a separate or more expensive “HiFi” subscription.
After canceling Deezer Premium, you will automatically revert back to the Deezer Free plan. All of your favorite tracks, playlists and content will still be visible, but some features, like unlimited skips, downloading and offline listening, are only available to paid subscribers.
When you are on the Deezer Free plan, you can only listen to each song for 30 seconds with the desktop app and web player. There will be ads and you can’t download songs for offline playback.
If you want to listen to Deezer songs offline without ads after canceling Deezer HiFi or Deezer Premium, you can download Deezer songs to MP3 with Pazu Deezer Music Converter.
Download, install and run Pazu Deezer Music Converter on your Mac. Click the Sign in button and log in to your Deezer account.
The default output format is lossless M4A. Pazu Deezer Music Converter also supports converting Amazon Music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF.
Output File Name: name the songs with any combination of Title, Artist, Album, Playlist Index, Track Number. For example, if you choose Title and Artist, Taylor Swift’s song Lover will be named as Lover Taylor Swift.mp3.
Output Organized: organize downloaded songs by Artist, Album, Artist/Album or Album/Artist.
Follow the on-screen instructions to choose the playlist or album you want to convert. Click Add songs.
By default, all songs in the playlist/album will be checked. If there are songs you don’t want to convert, please uncheck the box. Then click Convert button to start downloading songs to the format you choose.
After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the downloaded songs.
Download and convert Deezer songs to MP3, M4A, etc