The Day the page has turned for digital with MQA - 1/5/2017
http://tidal.com/us/masters
I'm looking forward to this.
http://tidal.com/us/masters
I'm looking forward to this.
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I'm with you Mdp632. Going to give it a try now via the USB port on MacBook Pro to my DAC and see what it sounds like. I don't have an MQA capable DAC but curious to see what it sounds like.
I'm with you Mdp632. Going to give it a try now via the USB port on MacBook Pro to my DAC and see what it sounds like. I don't have an MQA capable DAC but curious to see what it sounds like.
Apparently if you have the Tidal app and a DAC that does 24/96 PCM, you get a decoded file without needing an MQA DAC?
I am using non MQA 24/96 Dacs and streaming the MQA files through an Aurender N10 and there is a substantial increase in SQ vs. the same albums that are non MQA.....in my system it is not subtle and I am totally surprised and appreciative of this new path that seems to have opened up....quite something in my opinion and this is without an MQA DAC at the moment.
Previously I have been VERY skeptical of MQA, but after experiencing what I have experienced with these first set of titles available on Tidal in my system I am now "a believer".
Same here. Please let us know if you get one of MSB Dacs with the MSB MQA USB input installed I'm considering the Analog DAC myself in the future.
That is my understanding as well. If you are using the Software decoding of the MQA Desktop Application (Windows/Mac) you are indeed getting 96/24 MQA.
However, adding an MQA DAC allows the higher sample rate.
http://www.monoandstereo.com/2017/01/tidal-master-quality-first-impressions.html
MQA is significantly "lossy" above 24/96, so I'm not sure if there will be a real advantage to the nominally higher resolution
Where did you see that? I've been studying MQA for months and intended to start yet another thread on it, but I missed that detail...
The problem now is keeping up with the albums that are on the Masters list on the Tidal desktop app.....130 albums yesterday over 400 right now.
Ian, I'm referring to me keeping up with the Tidal folks that seem to be updating their site with new available MQA albums faster than I can absorb them into my favorites on Aurender.
I thought that's what you meant... but that's a GOOD problem to have.
The count is up to around 400 and with a impressive diversity in genre. So far those that I have sampled via Tidal seem to be sound as good as the MQA albums I had downloaded in the past.
Hey Jim,
I didn't know one could purchase/download MQA files. I assume these only benefit you if you have the hardware decoding? (I assume you do with your Meridian?)
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