MQA - is not worth time and effort. Consensus with my audiophile contacts is some things sound a bit 'better' will others a bit worse! Mostly it just makes things sound slightly different and NOT better. When I recorded tracks 20-30 years ago, we would take a mix and run out to our car and listen to see how it came across on the vehicle's cassette player. This was an effort to see how things sounded in the real world and our final mixes were adjusted accordingly. Getting that mix prior to that step does not improve anything.
How Is MQA Fareing?
In another thread here are posters are making comments about MQA suggesting that it isn't a big commercial success, that is should be called DOA, etc. Yet there are always announcements about companies adopting MQA, testimonials from happy Tidal streamers, etc.
I'm neutral on MQA but having witnessed more than a few formats go down in flames in my time, and still puzzling over the resurgence of vinyl, I wonder how one measures the marketplace progress of MQA. Do we look at Tidal subscriptions? Sales of MQA compatible DACs? The size of Bob Stuart's house?
I'm neutral on MQA but having witnessed more than a few formats go down in flames in my time, and still puzzling over the resurgence of vinyl, I wonder how one measures the marketplace progress of MQA. Do we look at Tidal subscriptions? Sales of MQA compatible DACs? The size of Bob Stuart's house?