I’m going to keep my eye on MQA and I appreciate all of the replies and information I have received here.īut I’m still going to hope that MQA goes by the wayside. But for DSD files I believe that DeaDBeeF is the best player out there for those. Trust me, it will give you an extraordinary musical experience. To get Tidal MQA files or download Tidal MQA on the computer, the best way is to use the best Tidal MQA downloader Tunelf Tidal Music Converter. QUESTION Tidal dl MQA downloads are defaulted to 16-bit FLAC, even when the quality is set to MASTER. In addition to the VLC Media Player (which I use exclusively for video), for music, I found that Audacious is the best in terms of sound quality and the fact that it is “gapless.”. Now, you have got a clear idea of Tidal MQA and have understood how to play and download MQA from Tidal. Tidal dl is an amazing program that I used frequently and after re-installing it this latest version wont download MQA properly, the files are downloaded as 16-bit FLAC. Of course with Linux we can play any format we want. There is plenty of free music on the web (and most of it is “legal”).īy the way, while I use FLAC, my son, who uses only Mac, uses ALAC. (And that’s for the same reason that I refuse to pay for cable TV, something I have NEVER had in my house.) But I refuse to pay for ANY streaming services. Maybe that’s fine for PAY streaming services. I have also read that it allows FLAC files as well as other lossless files to be “compressed” (“folded”) without losing anything but when the MQA files are played back, they are “unfolded” so that what you hear is essentially the lossless file (but you CAN’T copy it lossless). MQA may just be a way to “encrypt” music so that we would have to pay extra for it. I have read pro and con about MQA but your post pretty much sums up and confirms what I have been thinking. The additional production costs are deducted from the license fees for the artist and the increased distribution costs lead to low license revenues. You pay a higher price for the music and you pay more for your hi-fi system. Those who suffer from it are those at the ends of the chain: you, the consumers and on the other hand the artists. That suffocates the creative process and harms society. This is pure capitalism and only serves to suck more money out of the system. MQA solves a problem that has already been solved or can be solved through free and open alternatives. With MQA we have reached the worst form of music distribution. I’m just gathering information for the future.īut I read an interesting statement from Jim Collinson from Linn : I am not planning to even try MQA at this time. If I were to purchase an MQA-compatible DAC, in your opinion would that be all that I would actually need? So I can play those HQ music files natively (and I will be able to go up to 32/768 if they ever get that high). default-channel-map = front-left,front-right I play my music (and I have files up to 24/192) in Audacious (I play mostly classical music and I want a “gapless” playback program which, as I’m sure that you know, VLC is not). I have several DACs but none that decode MQA. Thank you very much for this information.
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