BETA YOURSELF: PRIMEPHONIC
Fed up of filling your ears with pop? Fancy going symphonic but don’t know where to start? Craig Grannell delves into the vital bits of the dedicated classical music streaming service…
THE BASICS
■ Have a free trial
Head to primephonic.com and click Try For Free. You can sign up using Facebook or Google; better, set up a new username. Once you’re done, you’ll be able to stream restriction-free for 14 days – without adding any payment details. Use the web player to explore in a browser, and/or download the iOS/Android app.
■ Take some FLAC
When it’s time to pay, you have two options. ‘Premium’ is actually the standard tier: at £7.99/month or £79.99/year, you get unlimited streaming of over a million classical tracks in 320kbps mp3. If the notion of compressed audio insults your ears, opt for the hi-res Platinum tier… which bumps up the sub to £14.99/month.