With 5G around the corner, I can’t help but wonder why we’ll need any more “lossy” manipulations? |
I can't believe MQA has gained so much traction, more significant mprovements are available through well engineered digital filters which don't seek to monopolize the recording process. |
Yes! True MQA is so good that the best turntable and LP would have a hard time beating. If your system and speakers are cable of truly reproducing MQA quality you will seriously be hard pressed to find something better. I thought I was listening to MQA until I got a true MQA decoder DAC and now I’m in music bliss.
Cheers
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Try iFi iDSD DAC. Now offer free MQA firmware flash. I tried Tidal MQA Master streaming. I can say MQA sound better then Redbook. You should listen to it. Best of all, it's all free with Tidal HiFi.
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I like I like MQA as an option for some recordings and for a better way to stream stereo using less bandwidth. I do not like it as a standard for ALL music media or distribution. It imposes DRM standards which are unacceptable. It is also not applicable, today, to multi-channel (MCH), which IMHO is the future.
That makes me a NO.
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MQA is a compressed format of 96k/24 88.2k/24. Just like Netflix HD streaming no match of Blue-Ray HD but much better the SD. the 44.1k/16bit is the SD audio. I won't buy MQA files. But Tidal MQA streaming is "free" with Tidal HiFi. 5G, nah, I am using Comcast ISP which will be fast and more reliable than proposed 5G in the future.
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I don’t give a flip about anything but sound quality and I am satisfied that MQA is a blessing to those of us that are heavy Tidal users and value best possible sound quality. What he said 👌🏾 |
Although the United Federation of Planets has done something similar with its transporters, I have little confidence that the same is possible with reassembling musical matter. |
It’s gratifying to hear dedicated MQA enthusiasts comparing it to Netflix—- great for the convenience and scope it gives — but absolutely no comparison to a Bluray through a decent bluray player. |
MQA sounds incredibly good. With that said, you need to have the proper equipment and setup for it, or you will not hear what it can do for you.
I have heard demonstrations of some very good systems lately, and MQA when properly implemented is absolutely superb. (the difference is not subtle)
I knew someday I would eventually sell off my LPs as digital got better and better. That day has finally come for me. - sold them all last month. |
MQA sounds incredibly good. With that said, you need to have the proper equipment and setup for it, or you will not hear what it can do for you.
+1 That's been my experience.
I have heard demonstrations of some very good systems lately, and MQA when properly implemented is absolutely superb. (the difference is not subtle)
+1 again. On my system, this is the case also.
I knew someday I would eventually sell off my LPs as digital got better and better. That day has finally come for me. - sold them all last month.
Sorry, that's just sad. I have a massive LP collection that I will never get rid of. IMHO, on my system, LPs still sound better. |
MQA is the Cubic Zirconia of hi-res audio. To many it sounds as good as the real thing, so what’s the big deal? To others it will never matter how good it sounds, it’s still not the "real" thing. There is a lot written about MQA in the audio forums. Most of the discussion revolves around what MQA is and very little is written about how it sounds. I listen to it on TIDAL and for the most part enjoy the MQA albums. I’m glad I have a system that can take advantage of MQA and that I have the choices of MQA or non-MQA versions of many albums.
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INHO MQA sounds better than Red Hat CD quality, and so it should. The BIG question is how much is this new algorithm going to cost the consumer and who gets the prospective profits? I have no problem with the introduction of new technology and software as long as it improves the quality of the product and does not impose itself and extra cost on to the consumer. |
Come with Tidal HiFi subscription free, why not? Sportify, Apple Music are all compressed MP3.
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Tidal is moving away from MQA and Pink Floyd 'The division bell has a version with mixed formats and with my dac and roon streamer MQA clearly sounded better in 24/88.1 compared to flac 24/192. the flac was 2 dimensional or boring and it's obvious when format changes because the whole experience becomes more involving thru the mqa process. Once Tidal no longer supports MQA i'll drop tidal.
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