To start with, please do not talk about audiophile snake-oil, etc. This is only about technical aspects of playing back MQA files. Long story short, ended up with an NAD integrated amp for powering ...

Tokyo / London, 16 March 2017: A recording by Astor Piazzolla “the single most important figure in the history of tango” will be the first MQA recording to be released on compact disc in Japan. The ...

Convenience versus quality. It’s a conundrum music lovers wrestle with all the time: would you rather download giant FLAC files that sound identical to the original studio master but need to be ...

Things appeared to be looking up for MQA. The company behind one of the audio world’s most controversial technologies recently launched a new (and largely unrelated) piece of tech called the SCL6 ...

OPPO Digital just released a new firmware update for their UDP-205 universal disc player, which adds support for MQA encoded digital music files. This firmware update is OPPO’s first step in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Japanese audio manufacturer TEAC has announced that its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MQA audio: What is it? How can you get it?. The first service to offer hi-res streaming was Qobuz, followed soon after by Tidal ...

For some, the joys and conveniences of the streaming music revolution have come at too high a price. Specifically: Audio quality. Bandwidth has been the chief culprit here, with lossless, 24-bit 96kHz ...

Tidal has announced that its highest-quality streaming format – Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) – is now supported by the iPhone. MQA had previously been limited to higher-end music players and ...

MQA stands for Master Quality Authenticated, but what is it exactly? And is it something you should seek? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. MQA aims to “fundamentally change the way we all enjoy music”. It’s a method of digitally ...