Mqa Vs Vinyl

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.

Mqa vs vinyl.

June 5 2016 at 17 44. Mqa is an attempt to not simply sell the same content again at a higher margin or to maintain audio quality in streaming ecosystems. Daveyw s vinyl corner general banter tidal mqa vs qobuz hi res. John atkinson has asked me to share my impressions of mqa.

I invite you and other forum members to try this track and give feedback. Only one thing i know can really take on hi end vinyl and that is a master tape machine playing the original mater tapes. 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. Again this is where mqa really shines.

It is an outright land grab. Mqa sounds like vinyl with a much higher signal to noise ratio. Forget the hype about mqa both technical and otherwise and just listen. Mqa aims to fundamentally change the way we all enjoy music.

If the mqa encoding engineer begins with a 96khz pcm material to mqa encode then the best you ll get out is 96khz. Looks like a potential breakthrough to me even if more listening is required to make a final opinion. For all the vinyl lovers in the audience myself included constant. 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.

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. Post sep 25 2018 1 2018 09 25t18 51. 7 posts tidal mqa vs qobuz hi res tidal mqa vs qobuz hi res.