Tidal MQA

Posted by: m.paul taylor on 29 November 2017

I have a hi res subscription to Tidal which delivers 44Khz FLAC to my NDS. I have read of an improved Tidal service using MQA. Can anyone tell me if and how I can access the improved service? Also, I would like to use Qobuz at master resolution, Again, any ideas

 

paul

Posted on: 09 December 2017 by Simon-in-Suffolk
MartinCA posted:

For me, the most interesting thing about MQA is not the encoding/decoding but the claim that the recordings were remastered into MQA with the intention of the original artist/engineer in mind, and getting rid of compromises.  Think about all those horrible compressed recordings - like on compilation CDs.  I'm sure it is one reason LPs often sound better than CDs.   I think different quality of recordings makes more difference than the differences between redbook and hi-def and MQA.   If we hear an improvement when listening to an MQA recording, I suspect it will be more down to the remastering done than to the MQA encoding - and for that reason I think that listening to the MQA masters, even with the encoded impurity that Simon mentions, is sometimes still worthwhile.  

Indeed Martin, many things in recorded audio replay are a compromise and to some extent it’s about choosing your poison...

Posted on: 09 December 2017 by ChrisSU
Simon-in-Suffolk posted:
audio1946 posted:

.........

 all  phil collns 9 cds for £11 

Did he really sell that many!