witchdoctor Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Huge announcement, MQA is becoming the 1080P or 4K of audio, I love it! Universal commits to hi-res audio with MQA collaboration | Digital | Music Week Link to comment
christopher3393 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The plot thickens. Will Sony be next to succumb to the Cabal? Link to comment
wisnon Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Huge announcement, MQA is becoming the 1080P or 4K of audio, I love it! Universal commits to hi-res audio with MQA collaboration | Digital | Music Week More so that HQP uspsampling on the fly? Link to comment
One and a half Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 How many titles....3 per week after an initial 10,000? Millions, sunshine, get to work. AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
jrd1975 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 YES!!! Susan Boyle in MQA...... Link to comment
witchdoctor Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 More so that HQP uspsampling on the fly? This is for the rest of the population who primarily listen by just opening the Tidal/Napster/etc app and hit play. Link to comment
witchdoctor Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 The plot thickens. Will Sony be next to succumb to the Cabal? I hope so. Goodbye $$$ 24/96 and DSD downloads and discs. I got 30,000 hirez tracjs dropped overnight for no increase in $ in January. Now add at least 30,000 more from Universal. I bought a Bluesound Node with an MQA DAC that can stream pretty much anything and I am done, no PC, USB cables, downloads, digital doohickeys need apply. A hirez system for $300 + streaming fees. By CES 2017 this will be a whole new playing field. Link to comment
Fyper Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 As long as they talk only about streaming and the PCM format remains available... Link to comment
realhifi Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I hope so. Goodbye $$$ 24/96 and DSD downloads and discs. I got 30,000 hirez tracjs dropped overnight for no increase in $ in January. Now add at least 30,000 more from Universal. I bought a Bluesound Node with an MQA DAC that can stream pretty much anything and I am done, no PC, USB cables, downloads, digital doohickeys need apply. A hirez system for $300 + streaming fees. By CES 2017 this will be a whole new playing field. Tack that Bluesound piece onto a pair of the new KEF LS50W's and boom! One beautiful, simple and fantastic sounding modern Hi-FI. David Link to comment
oneway23 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I hope so. Goodbye $$$ 24/96 and DSD downloads and discs. I got 30,000 hirez tracjs dropped overnight for no increase in $ in January. Now add at least 30,000 more from Universal. I bought a Bluesound Node with an MQA DAC that can stream pretty much anything and I am done, no PC, USB cables, downloads, digital doohickeys need apply. A hirez system for $300 + streaming fees. By CES 2017 this will be a whole new playing field. This, this, and more of this! That witchdoctor fella sure does have some sense to him. I'd buy him a drink sometime...Hell, maybe more than one, considering the money I'm now saving by not dropping $20 per hi-res release! No S/PDIF-USB converters, no more internal PC noise generation, no exorbitantly-priced AQ cables (though I suppose I could always buy one to connect my external HDD to the Node ;o) )...Just the sheer joy of listening. Link to comment
witchdoctor Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Tack that Bluesound piece onto a pair of the new KEF LS50W's and boom! One beautiful, simple and fantastic sounding modern Hi-FI. That's what I'm talking about, great value, ease of setup, and great SQ. (and plenty of shelf space leftover) Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I hope so. Goodbye $$$ 24/96 and DSD downloads and discs. I got 30,000 hirez tracjs dropped overnight for no increase in $ in January. Now add at least 30,000 more from Universal. I bought a Bluesound Node with an MQA DAC that can stream pretty much anything and I am done, no PC, USB cables, downloads, digital doohickeys need apply. A hirez system for $300 + streaming fees.No multichannel, though. By CES 2017 this will be a whole new playing field.Not unless you have a way-back machine. ;-) Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
witchdoctor Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 No multichannel, though. Not unless you have a way-back machine. ;-) I should be more careful with dates when I posted at 4AM LOL Link to comment
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