Tidal class-action


MQA declared bankruptcy.  I smell the fear of a class action lawsuit against Tidal.  We could do that.  Tidal has 8 million subscribers, we don't know how many or how long they all were paying double by subscribing to the 'nobody can prove Tidal has any tracks higher than 44.1khz' plan.  They probably have lots of people on phones who haven't even heard of MQA who trust them and wanted the one that sounds better.  They're right not to have to listen to any talk about MQA if they want the plan that sounds better.

MQA means you can't prove the file is an original copy or not. That Beethoven track you like it says is 192 could actually be Dua Lipa at 11khz.

The bankruptcy move was probably to protect themselves from Tidal, who is the receiver of people's funds.

 

audioisnobiggie

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I don't see any basis for a suit against MQA. It looks like the company is going through what in the US would be Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is really not that big of a deal. As long as MQA has a revenue stream, it's likely some entity will buy it. It won't matter to me if I'm wrong because I have no plans for MQA in my system.

They can't sell it, new engineers would spill the beans. They already sent the money to Switzerland.

Are you alleging illegal behavior?

... it is good news that mqa is shutting down. 

MQA Ltd. continues in operation, just as a US company would operate under Chapter 11. It's not especially uncommon. Qobuz, Kodak and American Airlines each went bankrupt. They're all still around.

The injured\damaged party is anyone who is or has been paying for the plan you quoted.

What injury did they suffer? Many people seem very happy with MQA. Were they also injured?

Can you create a playlist on Qobuz like you can on TIDAL? 

Yes.

Is the user interface on Qobuz as good as TIDAL?

That's a matter of personal preference.

sgreg1

Will be interesting to see what information comes out of discovery.

There will have to be a lawsuit filed before there can be any discovery. So far the only guy talking about suing is the OP.

Charging additional money for a service they could not delivery can only mean a couple things in todays charged world.

I haven't seen any evidence that MQA failed to deliver service and there are many satisfied users of MQA.