UkPhil Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 It must be a record label issue, The UK version of two platforms has withdrawn them Tidal MQA well as Qobuz PCM Link to comment
UkPhil Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Hi Res PCM for £12:50 in the UK this could hurt Tidal and MQA ? https://qobuznewsroom.com/2020/02/21/qobuz-puts-an-end-on-mp3-streaming-to-introduce-single-hi-res-audio-studio-premier-plan/ k-man 1 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Not a lot going on it seems with MQA at the Bristol Hifi Show, only a handful of supporters mentioned looking at the latest social media advertising push this week. Currawong 1 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I see Universal are still rolling out MQA CD, I thought it had fizzled out ? Link to comment
UkPhil Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Latest marketing spin from the MQA camp https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/mqa-best-high-resolution-file-format-htc/ Link to comment
UkPhil Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Confused said: Slightly off the MQA topic I know, but perhaps relevant to the greater "hi-res" market situation. Does anyone know what is behind this? Maybe nothing more than an efficiency related consolidation to HDtracks.com? https://www.hiresaudio.online/hdtracks-co-uk-to-close-on-31st-march/ It is still running as of this morning Link to comment
UkPhil Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 It seems MQA is diversifying, they want you to test / try and unfold the audio in a video stream maybe the audio streaming route has now plateaued with just Tidal https://www.mqa.co.uk/mqa-live/bme-sessions/download Link to comment
UkPhil Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Link to video https://www.mqa.co.uk/mqa-live/bme-sessions/noya-rao?fbclid=IwAR14M6zFnBHiXNXTOPOnvmuSUhIg9Bw77TTP2s_FrWMmLSJ2vIHMMHWLEno Link to comment
UkPhil Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 MQA latest news https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/mqa-s-bob-stuart-and-mike-jbara-on-their-mission-to-deliver-master-quality-audio-to-fans/079435 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Are these “boutique” audiophile items still adding MQA because of consumer pressure, the reviewer sort of brushed passed the format in this review https://www.monoandstereo.com/2019/03/brinkmann-audio-nyquist-mk-ii-streaming.html?m=1 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 More push in the media from the CEO of MQA covering their development and marketing of MQA Video http://technologyinsidergroup.com/business/mike-jbara-mqa/ Part 2 http://technologyinsidergroup.com/business/mike-jbara-mqa-2/ Link to comment
UkPhil Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 It's not an official list, but is does give you a broad brush stroke as to were MQA has got some licencing revenue https://purpl3f0x.github.io/mqa-devices/ Link to comment
UkPhil Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 More from Stereonet and Mr J what would have been shown this year ? https://www.stereonet.co.uk/news/mqa-high-end-munich-2020-announcements Link to comment
UkPhil Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 https://www.mqa.co.uk/newsroom/opinions/tidal-vs-amazon-music-hd-sound-quality "Unless your provider streams MQA, you can’t guarantee that you get the very best sound quality. MQA goes beyond losslessness. It is revolutionary in setting as its goal the much more challenging vision of perceptual losslessness" Really not sure about that......... MikeyFresh 1 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Sounds like MQA need another avenue to push as streaming audio has stalled at Tidal, Deezer never happened for them Spotify and Apple are happy with lossy (and so are the masses) the behemoth Amazon and Qobuz kept with good "ole" PCM so they need to boost the revenue somewhere ??? Link to comment
UkPhil Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/6/2020 at 8:15 PM, Confused said: Some interesting comments: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/best-music-streaming-service-for-2020-spotify-apple-amazon-and-youtube-music/ Note that MQA is listed in the bad section of Tidal’s good / bad summary. Interesting, looking at the article not sure what is relevant to 2020 as it may be a rehash as the comments area is closed and they go back 5 years ? MikeyFresh 1 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 More plaudits for Bob https://www.mqa.co.uk/newsroom/news/bob-stuart-royal-academy-of-engineering-award Link to comment
UkPhil Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Do you think hardware manufacturers are proactively looking at adding MQA into their new product or is the audiophile consumer asking for it still so putting pressure on them to include it anyway, It's now 2020 and we still see reputable manufacture's integrating MQA into their new products, as seen in KEFs refresh of the LS50 speaker ? https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kef-ls50-wireless-ii Link to comment
UkPhil Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I see the MQA sausage machine has been switched on again, Warners have given them the keys to their back catalogue for Xmas https://www.mqa.co.uk/newsroom/news/tidal-masters-adds-millions-of-master-quality-tracks Link to comment
UkPhil Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: This is a good one from that link, "TIDAL HiFi users now stream 40% more tracks in Master Quality than last year." While true, it's through all kinds of funny business. My wife uses Tidal, has no interest in MQA because she doesn't even know what it is, but every time she downloads an album or marks one as a favorite, it's the MQA version by default. She's on an iPhone with no MQA support and no external audio device. That's how MQA gets to the 40% more number. It's all business Chris, I am sure the consumer is well down the food chain in it's decision, Warners are shareholders of MQA Ltd, their MD is ex Warners they need to keep pushing as Tidal is still their only vehicle after 4 years. Link to comment
UkPhil Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, KeenObserver said: Right from the beginning MQA has been less than forthright if not completely misleading. This left people skeptical and led to careful analysis of the system. The claims made by MQA were shown to be less than what was claimed, if not outright lies. MQA is not lossless. It is a backdoor way of introducing DRM. MQA does not pass the smell test. MQA is a tax on the music consumer, a source of wealth for MQA, and a scheme to secure the control of the music distribution business for MQA. MQA is a pox on the music consumer. Well if this the case, it could get very messy as Warners could start distributing MQA encoded FLAC files to the likes of Amazon and Qobuz to use for streaming so creating a two tier hi res system limping along with substandard playback on non compatible hardware Link to comment
UkPhil Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Looking at this archive extract from 2016 maybe the long term plan is coming to fruition, and the majors may be focusing on a proprietary generic file for the streaming companies https://www.stereophile.com/content/mqa-and-warner-real-scoop?fbclid=IwAR1IZFL77ClYoGcKS86iljTG04TicbPY1Dt51o0AfkDrY16QKiCn-55k8gg Link to comment
Popular Post UkPhil Posted November 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2020 My main concern going forward is the “clean” lossless streamers Qobuz / Deezer / Amazon may get content for delivery to the masses that are MQA coded by effective distribution The Computer Audiophile and troubleahead 2 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 After some analysis of a lot of these Warner releases on Tidal looks like they are conversions of 16/44.1 copies, so not even hi res par say, so what’s the point nothing to preserve above 20khz regardless if we can hear it or not and no saving on space, plus most of them are not authenticated as a studio source. So they are left with their “deblurring” and proprietary filtering which I am sure can be created by personal eq, readily available filtering or room treatments. MikeyFresh 1 Link to comment
UkPhil Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, KeenObserver said: What label? Are they posted as being MQA? 2L are known for supplying MQA versions to other streaming platforms by default, they have been backers of the format since its inception Link to comment
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