MQA bullshit demystified

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  1. tzzsmk

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    Master Quality Authenticated
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) is an audio codec using lossy compression and a form of file fingerprinting, intended for high fidelity digital audio internet streaming and file download. Launched in 2014 by Meridian Audio, it is now owned and licensed by MQA Ltd, which was founded by Bob Stuart, co-founder of Meridian Audio.

    REALLY? BLAH


    EDIT: and fuck Tidal, because they completely removed lossless quality music
     
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    What the fucc is MQA? I never heard about this shit before.
    Master Quality Authenticated :hahaha:
    What a name. Audio Voodoo smelly :mad:

    To extend to the best quality possible You need to buy this:

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    :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
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    :rofl::rofl::rofl:

    now on more serious note, apparently it's what streaming services will start using to pretend crappy MP3 will magically become lossless noise :snuffy:
    Tidal already fucked up their entire lossless library by converting stuff into this lossy shit :dont:
     
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    What? :woot:
    Who works there?
    LOL
     
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    Pyramidal capstone/pyramidion is paramount to reproduce MQA T.A.S. content..
    (Master Quality Authenticated True Audiophile Shit) :wink:
     
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    This looks so incredibly wrong on so many levels...
     
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    Yeah. *.opus would be much better choice or even *.mp3
    If they need space or higher streaming speed.
    Whatever LOL
     
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    You know which format is really "Master Quality Authenticated"?
    A fucking *.WAV :invision:

    :goodpost:

    Swallow this morrons who invented MQA :chilling:
     
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    Yes. Or FLAC, or a lame .rar file with all the wavs. Anything lossless. Doesn't make sense.

    Everyone familiar with audio/image/video lossless compression knows there's no magic new codecs.
    It's a continued refinement process of advanced but known techniques, being frequency manipulation the basis.
     
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    FabienTDR demystified this year or two ago on gearslutz/gearspace
     
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