MQA now in administration

Pcryan5 said:
It was a fair question.
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So was mine, and I'm not sure why you've dredged this up again when I replied in full both here, and also here indicating no worries.

If someone has a reputation for spreading fake news, or the forum site itself has such a background, thats one thing. Other than that Google search and the like is probably a better way to investigate authenticity than a demand for a "reliable source", which more than suggests skepticism and gives the connotation that the original post is not reliable.
 
As far I seen, tidal connect is still delivering MQA if available, since new hi res additions are not yet compatible with that feature.
I have reasonable hints that any new song release in hi res, has not MQA version, so hi res with WiiM has yet to wait...
 
CrystalGipsy said:
MQA just got bought by Lenbrook who own Bluesound, NAD and PSB
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Wiil tidal continue to pay MQA royalties (in any form) to new owner? I hope it doesn't, since it's recent jump to hi res flac. MQA makes sense in order to save bandwidth and space, at very similar results, other this I can't see any real reason more.
 
Large portion of the catalog is MQA so I believe they will not abandon it. In my opinion, with the right system, MQA sounds superior. FLAC and MQA will be delivered side by side.
 
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Perhaps just too big to fail in the sense of hardware companies that have a major investment in MQA.
 
I’ve seen lots of such purchases simply to obtain the IP and staff. (I’m an antique in the IT business 49 years 👴)
 
Got me beat by a few....46 years in IT...u speak cobolese? Also to purchase the assets, sell, and it all goes bye bye. I think though theres a vested interest here in the purchase.
 
WiimNoob said:
Got me beat by a few....46 years in IT...u speak cobolese? Also to purchase the assets, sell, and it all goes bye bye. I think though theres a vested interest here in the purchase.
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Cobol 68 and Fortran IV here ;) And even Assembler/ machine code before those…
 
steadyshot said:
why you care about what tidal does with MQA when qobuz is available in better quality and Higher bitrates in your country ?
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Guess it’s all down to personal choice and preferences. It’d be a boring world if we all liked the same thing…
 
steadyshot said:
why you care about what tidal does with MQA when qobuz is available in better quality and Higher bitrates in your country ?
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Qobuz is good but not as good as Tidal as far as much superior playlists and user algorithms
 
steadyshot said:
why you care about what tidal does with MQA when qobuz is available in better quality and Higher bitrates in your country ?
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Breadth of catalog, better app, better curation of personal playlists and new releases. Tidal is also more widely available than Qobuz. I do miss its recommendations but I ditched it beginning of the year.

I use Qobuz now as I can and as I buy most music these days it made sense to have it and sublime to get the discounts. I only use streaming to test the waters on new releases and older music I never listened to.

I used to have both to cover the gaps in Qobuz catalog but I can’t say my systems liked MQA much and I didn’t have an MQA capable device in all my different setups. So I let it go.
 
Skye said:
Large portion of the catalog is MQA so I believe they will not abandon it. In my opinion, with the right system, MQA sounds superior. FLAC and MQA will be delivered side by side.
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I verified that no one of new hi res releases has MQA, only flac. Who knows what they decide to do...
 
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