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What happen to MQA on Tidal?

After listening to Tidal only on my phone the last few weeks, I went to stream on my home system but soon realized all my MQA tracks were no longer showing up and the MQA parameters were absent in my streaming settings.  I see Tidal is in "administration" (Chapter 11???).   One of the main reasons I subscribed to Tidal was MQA and purchased a DAC that could decode the format.   I think I should have at least been informed by Tidal if it was cancelling MQA.  Any thoughts? 

I know a lot of people hate (hated) MQA, but like any format I have listened to (Vinyl, CD, SACD, FLAC, MQA, etc.) , some things sound great and others on a plain old red book CD sounds better. 

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herman
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"Most people who disparage Atmos Music have not heard it properly set up end of story"

That's fanciful speculation.

Perhaps...  but how many people do you know who have an Atmos system with at least 5 bed level speakers and 4 overhead? How many people have heard one?

No I don't have a number, but I read reviews on prominent audio web sites where they trash Atmos and you come to find out the reviewer doesn't have a system and have never listened to one. They are just guessing , and guessing wrong

herman
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MQA was a flop. For better or worse. I expect to see Atmos follow suit. 

Atmos is the industry standard for movies. It is not going away.

Apple and Amazon have embraced it for audio. It is not going away.

Most people who  heard MQA on a properly set up system were not impressed. Anyone who has heard properly mixed Atmos music on a properly set up system is blown away. It is simply incredible. 

Most people who disparage Atmos Music have not heard it properly set up

end of story

 

 

 

herman
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can someone explain this?? A 1988-1996 car CD Player that sounded better than all of the 24 bit processor CD Players: The Alpine 7909.

I don’t think a poll conducted 15 years ago which appears to be confined to car stereos is really relevant today

"The online poll of the mobile electronics industry was conducted during the fall of 2008 and Mobile Electronics recently presented the award to Alpine."

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