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In Reply to: RE: Does it really matter? posted by rt66indierock on November 15, 2017 at 12:15:14:
Many if not most of the albums available in MQA format on Tidal are also available in their full hi-res glory on download sites such as HDtracks. I've compared a few of the Warner MQA releases from Tidal to my own DVD-A rips and downloads, via listening. They are close enough that I'm pretty sure the MQA was just encoded from the same hi-res PCM I downloaded. They are definitely different from the CD release.
It is possible to capture the PCM stream after MQA decoding by the Tidal desktop app, and then compare the result with the hi-res download in software. I haven't bothered to do this, but others have.
In the end though, what's the point? Why accept a proprietary lossy codec if we have the bandwidth today to stream 24/96 with an open lossless codec?
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- It's not that hard to test - Dave_K 09:44:52 11/16/17 (4)
- RE: It's not that hard to test - BubbaMike 12:03:58 11/16/17 (1)
- RE: It's not that hard to test - Dave_K 05:32:39 11/17/17 (0)
- RE: It's not that hard to test - rt66indierock 10:14:21 11/16/17 (1)
- RE: It's not that hard to test - Dave_K 17:16:59 11/17/17 (0)
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