MQA Filed for Bankruptcy

[chesebert]

https://www.ecoustics.com/news/mqa-bankruptcy/

Tidal will switch to FLAC. This according to CEO Jesse Dorogusker, who posted this message on Reddit:

“We will soon introduce high-resolution FLAC to our HiFi Plus subscribers. It’s lossless and an open standard. It’s a large file, but we will allow users to up or downgrade the resolution depending on the situation.”

 

[Arniesb]

Good news.
Why should i pay extra for a scam?

 

[cementnothing]

I might finally go back to Tidal, then! Renewed my Spotify subscription because Qobuz wasn't giving me any fantastic recommendations (even when paired with Roon). Tidal gave me pretty good recommendations with their daily playlists, but I left because I didn't like the sound of MQA compared to the files Qobuz uses.

 

[ericx85]

Yeah I don't think anything will match Spotify's recommendation algorithm. I feel like I'll die of old age before they finally push out a hifi model but I also completely understand why it's not a priority for them since they're already the biggest streaming service as far as I know.

If Tidal sees a subscription surge from them purging MQA out of their service I'm hoping it makes them second guess diving into scam formats/codecs again in the future. The fact that CD quality got converted into gimped MQA files really pissed me off.

 

[cementnothing]

Yeah I don't think anything will match Spotify's recommendation algorithm. I feel like I'll die of old age before they finally push out a hifi model but I also completely understand why it's not a priority for them since they're already the biggest streaming service as far as I know.

If Tidal sees a subscription surge from them purging MQA out of their service I'm hoping it makes them second guess diving into scam formats/codecs again in the future. The fact that CD quality got converted into gimped MQA files really pissed me off.

Lossless might not be a priority for them right now, but imagine what would happen if they did offer hifi. I have seen so many comments from people saying they'd throw away virtually any other music streaming platform and go back to them--I would certainly be one of them!

 

[vkenz]

sooo, what will happen to my Topping D90 MQA style?

 

[smallcaps]

Still holding out for Spotify Hi-Fi

 

[DancingSea]

Ding dong, the witch is dead! (MQA that is)

 

[moonfishing]

Not sure what it cost manufacturers to support MQA but hoping this will lower DAC prices for a bit