Musiclife audio output

MQA is controversial to say the least.
If don’t have clear opinion.
Let me put it this way: for me MQA on tidal sounds a bit better than non-mqa on tidal. In a way for me it’s the only way of “hi-res” streaming, as Qobuz and Amazon Music HD are not available in Poland. And I’m not willing to look for workarounds to get them. If they don’t want my money, they will not get it.
So that’s the main reason MQA is kind of important for me.
Is it lossy? Partially. Part of it is lossless flac, and part is lossy (additional data above, I think, 24 bit 44khz, but I’m might be wrong here). I think it’s biggest advantage is, that for mqa they are using different masters, than for regular CD quality files. At least this is what they say :wink:
But it do sound a bit better, although it’s not might and day difference for me.
But having that said - if you can have Qobuz (putting the price difference aside) or Amazon HD, forget Tidal and MQA :slight_smile:

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