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Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming
Posted by TubeDriver on January 5, 2017 at 15:52:44:
Just noticed a new setting on Tidal. There is the option to run certain albums that are listed under "Masters". There is an additional SQ option as well (passthrough MQA) which I assume is for Dacs that have native MQA decoding ability?
However, when I play albums that are listed as "Masters", my DAC shows either 24/88 or 24/96 playback so I guess the MQA encoded albums are being decoded by the Tidal software and then stream as HiRez?
Sound is NOTICABLY different than the standard 44k stream from Tidal. Tried listening to Natalie Merchant's TigerLilly and almost did not recognize it as the same recording compared to my ripped CD version. Sounds more extended at either end, more detailed in the Master version.