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Astell & Kern SE100: A&futura Impressions - Reviews
Dec 13, 2018 at 7:45 AM Post #856 of 1,568
So how does the Se100 compare to the Sony WM1A on a sound quality level?
 
Dec 13, 2018 at 9:22 AM Post #857 of 1,568
Dec 13, 2018 at 10:43 AM Post #859 of 1,568
LondonGecko said:
Interested to find an MQA file of some music that I listen to - just to see what the difference is.
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Check out 7Digital Store. They have a pretty big selection of MQA albums. I believe they are only available for the UK and US.
 
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Dec 13, 2018 at 10:45 AM Post #860 of 1,568
JasonNYC said:
Check out 7Digital Store. They have a pretty big selection of MQA albums. I believe they are only available for the UK and US.
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can i ask does the built in ak player support mqa, or is it only through tidal app
 
Dec 13, 2018 at 11:19 AM Post #862 of 1,568
Sound Eq said:
can i ask does the built in ak player support mqa, or is it only through tidal app
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Yes, you can play MQA tracks that are loaded in internal memory and the player will do a full unfold.

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Dec 13, 2018 at 1:52 PM Post #864 of 1,568
Stevemitchell said:
Started new thread from "Incoming......" now that folks are getting hands-on...

I guess I've had my SE100 for just over 3 weeks. I've spent many, many hours listening, and my overwhelming impression is more details and clarity. I'm not greatly gifted with the use of superfluous superlatives - just know that this is the most I've ever spent for gear besides my Noble Kaiser's, which I replaced with my A&K T8iEmkii's. So far, I'm very happy.
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I was so happy with mine I returned them and got the sp1000M, price-matched to $2035! Now THAT's what's up!
 
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:35 PM Post #869 of 1,568
LondonGecko said:
Interesting... there are things on Onkyo that aren’t on 7digital!

I usually get my music from Qobuz, so hoping they’ll move to MQA.
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Why would you want Qobuz to move to MQA? Assuming both have the same sound quality, MQA is lossy and DRM and Qobuz HiRes are lossless FLAC which is open source without DRM. I don’t need the compressed file size of MQA and would prefer FLAC. The only reason I want MQA now is this is what Tidal Masters streams. But, once Qobuz has its North American launch, I will be looking at it closely as I don’t want a world where HiRes music is only streamed from a closed DRM codec.
 
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:40 PM Post #870 of 1,568
IrishAudio said:
Why would you want Qobuz to move to MQA? Assuming both have the same sound quality, MQA is lossy and DRM and Qobuz HiRes are lossless FLAC which is open source without DRM. I don’t need the compressed file size of MQA and would prefer FLAC. The only reason I want MQA now is this is what Tidal Masters streams. But, once Qobuz has its North American launch, I will be looking at it closely as I don’t want a world where HiRes music is only streamed from a closed DRM codec.
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I actually hadn’t appreciated MQA was lossy!!!
 
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