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audiophilia nervosa
It will be included in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 6th edition
audiophilia nervosa
It will be included in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 6th edition
writeup by Darko on Tidal and MQA, currently.
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/01/mqa-tidal-where-are-we-now/
OPINIONSOFTWARE
MQA & Tidal – where are we now?
by John H. Darkoabout
MQA not compatible with DSP?
Well, that's a deal-breaker....
that one was kind of obvious from the start, if you go changing the bit values too much with a DSP, how can they decode anything from the lower values?
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So Spotify might offer lossless..
"Spotify is preparing to launch a Hi-Fi music tier
The company is A/B testing its pricing strategy on some users"
By Micah Singleton on March 1, 2017 11:09 am
https://www.google.com/amp/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2017/3/1/14776780/spotify-hi-fi-preparing-launch-lossless-audio-tier
Spotify needs to build direct USB DAC output into their apps so that we can have bitperfect output for both streaming and offline music; this would set them ahead of Tidal, particularly on Android.
Spotify needs to build direct USB DAC output into their apps so that we can have bitperfect output for both streaming and offline music; this would set them ahead of Tidal, particularly on Android.
Of course, makes sense.
I just hadn't thought about it.
But it also means all those guys who are using HQPlayer etc aren't going to see their little light come on.
Spotify needs to build direct USB DAC output into their apps so that we can have bitperfect output for both streaming and offline music; this would set them ahead of Tidal, particularly on Android.
For Windows OS, tt has to be ASIO for it to be bitperfect IMO. I still don't trust WASAPI as it still sounds like directsound, but with other audio stream muted in my experience. That ASIO drivers from my W4S USB audio interface just does wonders in providing the best digital sound before the DAC.
DSP is the anti-thesis of MQA, so it makes sense that the system they created does not take it into account.
I mean, the whole purpose of it is to tightly control the creation and delivery of bit-perfect audio and avoid PCM "shadiness" that happens in the audio chain. DSP is considered a shady practice to quite a few people.
Also on the subject of Spotify not streaming the selected bitrate, I feel like they don't have the entire library in the extreme preset. I've heard obvious low quality streams with the setting on maximum and was unable to force the music to a version without compression artifacts.