Was there news on MQA? That hardly ever gets mentioned…but if these are the leftovers…huge box sets, classic recordings, someone, somewhere didn’t get the memo either…for that I am grateful.
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The same is available on Qobuz in high res and not MQA, btw.
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Probably available on vinyl too? I thought @woodford was highlighting an interesting development?
I got that he was suggesting that Hyperion had not previously been available on Tidal and now it was. Pointing out specifically that it wasn’t being labeled as MQA, even though it was.
My comment was an adjunct, that it is also available on Qobuz, but, is not MQA. In comparison to other labels like 2L which do put MQA files (even if not labeled as such) on Qobuz.
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MQA filed for protection in April. They are on the verge of bankruptcy. After that I don’t think we have heard anything at all coming from them.
Apologies…one can hardly post anything about MQA without being reminded of this. Lowest form of wit and all that.
Still, I think the phrase is ‘life in the old dog yet’?
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Hopefully not.
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It’s almost as if you don’t like MQA…weird 
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Well, to be fair, that is what THIS thread is about, news about the administration.
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it seems to be about MQA developments. a major classical label launching new recordings in MQA is a significant (and extremely positive) development.
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That’s certainly one way to interpret it. An optimistic way. I tend to think @Marian is right – Hyperion has been planning this move to streaming for a while, Tidal asked them for MQA-encoded versions because this was before Tidal switched to FLAC, and so we’re seeing this first tranche showing up as MQA-encoded. But maybe not for long.
who can say? let’s enjoy it while it’s here.
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Agreed, and a reminder was unnecessary. And @woodford’s post might be useful information regarding both Tidal’s and MQA’s future.
This is probably the action of Universal Music Group (Hyperion’s new owner), not by Hyperion itself. UMG probably has a process in place for releasing albums to Tidal that includes MQA encoding, and they haven’t changed their process yet.
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What to make of this recent blog?
Apple could just reinvent its own proprietary protocol if they want to, instead of buying the technology from someone else.
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The blog is talking about SLC6, protocol.
Yes; I noticed that when reading the blog. One can only speculate as to what lies behind it, but why this, and why now? Time will tell.
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Until now it looks like a figment of imagination from one person (the author of the article). It seems like an opinion based on wishful thinking. Why would Apple buy MQA only because of a thirteen in a dozen SLC6 protocol? Apple already has comparable compression streaming algorithms and formats in use. What can SLC6 do better than this already proven technology? Probably nothing revolutionary.
In my opinion the SLC6 protocol was a last failed desperate attempt by MQA to stay in business.
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Only thing I can think of is buy it to kill it.
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