Article: MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautions

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Very informative article. I would describe myself as having a healthy critical attitude towards supposedly better products, techniques, protocols etc. And although interested in the technical background, in the end I always let my ears to be the judge. From this perspective I want to add my experience with MQA. I don't own a MQA-enabeled DAC and I didn't compare MQA-files with with redbook and/or hires versions but I did compare Tidal MQA 'masters' with their CD-quality counterparts via Roon and Audirvana and in all cases the SQ of the 'masters' were better to my ears. I have to remark that I mainly listen to classical and jazz music. So my point is that - separate from all claims, promises and objective counter proof - I really enjoy and welcome the introduction of MQA in streaming services and hope that Tidal will expand their range, especially in the genres of my taste.