I didn't see it coming (Tidal replacing albums with MQA only)

[WiWavelength (Andrew J Shepherd)]

@WiWavelength

I saw “it coming” over two years ago.

MQA first unfold in Roon? MQA? [Delivered in 1.5] - #1047 by WiWavelength

And the further danger of a single inventory MQA future is that it likely will infiltrate more than just Tidal. MQA encoded files will get distributed to other providers and stream as unlabeled MQA or even serve as sources for their lossy stream encodes.

As prognosticated, the imposed MQA future has arrived.

Last, I found some MQA content streaming through Amazon Music HD. It’s bit perfect as MQA was displayed on my DAC.

UPDATE: Amazon Music HD Is Still Lossy*

Ditching Tidal may provide a temporary respite. But Amazon Music HD, Deezer, Qobuz, and any other lossless audio streaming providers eventually are going to get stuck with Warner Music 16 bit 44.1 kHz MQA’d versions.

AJ