[goldendarko]

Big news, getting a huge label like that is certainly something MQA needs to not just survive, but flourish. Hopefully MQA will soon be available on more devices so we don't need to buy new DAC's, and the big one Ill be waiting for, though it may be a way off, is when MQA comes to mobile platforms like the iPhone.

 

[chaturanga]

Good news, hope Tidal adds those new albums sooner. 

 

[manpowre]

  Good news, hope Tidal adds those new albums sooner. 

I was thinking the same, where is the content ?

 

[canthearyou]

Nice!

 

[canali]

  Good news, hope Tidal adds those new albums sooner. 

and also that they start to categorize their mqa content via genre, artist, etc.
like c'mon Tidal,...can't be all that difficult to do.
i've emailed them on this (plus a request for an EQ app)
support@tidal.com
more people should just send them an email, requesting such, too.
 
i'm also sometimes getting buffering/stuttering upon
using mqa on tidal..have to turn it on then off again.
anyone else?

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

Woo hoo! I get to buy all my music all over again FTW!
 
I suppose at least it'll be "available" and maybe we'll see some re-do of current and back catalogue. 
 
What I would really like to see here is a new buying model (aside from streaming) where I get rights to an album outright.

 

[jwbrent]

Big news, getting a huge label like that is certainly something MQA needs to not just survive, but flourish. Hopefully MQA will soon be available on more devices so we don't need to buy new DAC's, and the big one Ill be waiting for, though it may be a way off, is when MQA comes to mobile platforms like the iPhone.

Yes, I'll be very happy when the TIDAL app on my AK240SS can play MQA files.

So, I wonder what's holding up Sony from coming on board with its catalog?

 

[pippen99]

Yes, I'll be very happy when the TIDAL app on my AK240SS can play MQA files.

So, I wonder what's holding up Sony from coming on board with its catalog?

Think Betamax. Sony always plays differently.

 

[lantian]

Hope the beatles also get some mqa stuff, though i would rather just get the remaster Marting saved on 24bit since I doubt MQA would give much. Rather to have normal hires flac files than MQA encoded, then again MQA would still be better than the 16/24bit 44.1/48/96? khz versions available now

 

[Stillhart]

  Think Betamax. Sony always plays differently.

 
Or think Blu-Ray for a less negative spin on it.

 

[jwbrent]

  Hope the beatles also get some mqa stuff, though i would rather just get the remaster Marting saved on 24bit since I doubt MQA would give much. Rather to have normal hires flac files than MQA encoded, then again MQA would still be better than the 16/24bit 44.1/48/96? khz versions available now

My experience so far is that in many cases, MQA encoded files sound better than their FLAC Hi Res alternatives. The presentation in the high frequencies is smoother without any loss of detail. Same source components, so the only difference in comparison is the music.

 

[lantian]

The problem is that for full decoding you would need a new device, software decoding is only available on tidal app so far. so unless you spend money on a device with support you are stuck with 16/48 question is are they any better than whats already out there?

 

[noplsestar]

 
My experience so far is that in many cases, MQA encoded files sound better than their FLAC Hi Res alternatives. The presentation in the high frequencies is smoother without any loss of detail. Same source components, so the only difference in comparison is the music.

As I understood it MQA is like a zip or like flac that your dac (if it has the right firmware) can decode. how can a decoded file sound better than the original unpacked 24 bit master file? A flac file ((of a 16 bit original) also can´t sound "better" than the original 16 bit file, or am I wrong here? It´s just packed and the DAC decodes the file before playing it. hmm, but maybe you know more about that?

 

[jwbrent]

  The problem is that for full decoding you would need a new device, software decoding is only available on tidal app so far. so unless you spend money on a device with support you are stuck with 16/48 question is are they any better than whats already out there?

I'm using the TIDAL app for my observations between MQA and Hi Res FLAC. Generally, MQA sounds better, in my view.

 

[jwbrent]

 
As I understood it MQA is like a zip or like flac that your dac (if it has the right firmware) can decode. how can a decoded file sound better than the original unpacked 24 bit master file? A flac file ((of a 16 bit original) also can´t sound "better" than the original 16 bit file, or am I wrong here? It´s just packed and the DAC decodes the file before playing it. hmm, but maybe you know more about that?

There's more to MQA than just making a Hi Res album able to stream. Part of the MQA experience is remastering and using a deblurring circuit to eliminate pre ringing innate in digital recordings, according to Meridian. I attribute the better sound of MQA to this deblurring process.