Mqa Vs Vinyl

For all the vinyl lovers in the audience myself included constant.

Mqa vs vinyl.

Mqa aims to fundamentally change the way we all enjoy music. I invite you and other forum members to try this track and give feedback. 7 posts tidal mqa vs qobuz hi res tidal mqa vs qobuz hi res. June 5 2016 at 17 44.

It s a method of digitally capturing and storing original master recordings as files that are small and convenient enough to download or stream without the sonic sacrifices traditionally associated with compressed files. Moving the 818v3 from my home listening room to main listening room at toneaudio proves equally illuminating where a direct comparison between mqa and a few other very good dac s but to make the ultimate comparison. Looks like a potential breakthrough to me even if more listening is required to make a final opinion. John atkinson has asked me to share my impressions of mqa.

And even if the source to be encoded is a live band reel to reel tape or vinyl disc the engineer may choose to only encode for a lower 96khz or 48khz playback and that s the best you can out of the mqa file. Currently the only retail outlet in the united states able to demonstrate meridian s mqa master quality authenticated encoding decoding system is audio high in mountain view ca. Only one thing i know can really take on hi end vinyl and that is a master tape machine playing the original mater tapes. I haven t done a direct comparison to vinyl but the best vinyl i have heard purely from memory eats mqa.

Mqa is an attempt to not simply sell the same content again at a higher margin or to maintain audio quality in streaming ecosystems. Forget the hype about mqa both technical and otherwise and just listen. Post sep 25 2018 1 2018 09 25t18 51. If the mqa encoding engineer begins with a 96khz pcm material to mqa encode then the best you ll get out is 96khz.

Auditioned during a return visit to the bay area on the very same pair of meridian dsp8000se loudspeakers that i reported on last april mqa impressed. It is an outright land grab. It s an attempt to control and extract revenue from every part of the supply chain and not just over content that they hold the rights for.