powerav Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 http://www.twice.com/news/audio/integra-adding-mqa-google-cast-networked-multiroom-avrs/61769 Surely this is a bit of a game changer, no need for a fancy MQA DAC. There are reports that MQA on the Bluesound is incredible where the actual DAC for normal files isn't the best so wouldn't this be the same case here. I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sime Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) After many times listening to the Bluesound dac on its own with both Normal files and MQA, well needless to say, I do not go anywhere near the masters tab on tidal anymore. Bunch of bullshit. Notjing beats good mastering with a good outboard dac. Edited March 14, 2017 by Sime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerav Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 I thought you said MQA on blue sound was great, what changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Fi Whipped Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Not surprising onkyo/integra are the first to implement MQA into AVRs though, they were the first AVRs to decode DTS-MA and DOLBY TrueHD from memory! This is probably proof that MQA may become as common as any other sound format, can only be good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerav Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Hi-Fi Whipped said: This is probably proof that MQA may become as common as any other sound format, can only be good ! Yes and if my thinking is right MQA is not as reliant on the quality of the DAC so what I'm trying to say is any MQA good MQA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sime Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 What changed? the hype. Once I just listened, I got over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thathifiguy Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 4 hours ago, powerav said: Yes and if my thinking is right MQA is not as reliant on the quality of the DAC so what I'm trying to say is any MQA good MQA? I have found the majority of masters on Tidal are typically better sounding than their CD quality equivilant, even running via a non-MQA DAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewantsmoore Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 11 hours ago, thathifiguy said: I have found the majority of masters on Tidal are typically better sounding than their CD quality equivilant, even running via a non-MQA DAC. That is the major benefit of MQA.... Getting rights holders to release higher quality versions of their material (doesn't need MQA hardware) Correcting obvious errors in that audio (doesn't need MQA hardware) Protecting the audio from alteration (this is a big deal ... but does need MQA hardware to indicate whether it is 'authenticated') The actual improvement, from the MQA decoder correcting for your hardware. That is the glaze... on the cherry, on the top of the icing, on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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