Great MQA Finds

[Mike]

[still-one]

Thanks to Lumin for continuing to update their list of MQA titles available on Tidal. I see that the list in now over 4500 strong.

[Mike]

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[astrotoy]

Not hearing much about the difference the DAC makes in the sound quality of the MQA folding. Years ago I bought the Meridian Explorer as a nice portable DAC to carry with my laptop and headphones while travelling. Comparing it directly with my super PCM DAC (Pacific Microsonics Model Two), it was great for the price, but was no Model Two. If I can buy the upgrade to the Explorer ($199 currently), will it matter much, say compared to the Berkeley Reference DAC2 with MQA? That is, does the MQA unfolding make the vast majority of the difference, or is the basic DAC crucial in the sound quality?

I haven't experimented with MQA at all, but I'm not a non-believer.

Larry

[Mike]

Not hearing much about the difference the DAC makes in the sound quality of the MQA folding. Years ago I bought the Meridian Explorer as a nice portable DAC to carry with my laptop and headphones while travelling. Comparing it directly with my super PCM DAC (Pacific Microsonics Model Two), it was great for the price, but was no Model Two. If I can buy the upgrade to the Explorer ($199 currently), will it matter much, say compared to the Berkeley Reference DAC2 with MQA? That is, does the MQA unfolding make the vast majority of the difference, or is the basic DAC crucial in the sound quality?

I haven't experimented with MQA at all, but I'm not a non-believer.

Larry

Larry, I can see how you could be confused. But, the quality of the DAC still matters a lot. If you think about it the other way around, just because a DAC can decode a PCM or DSD file doesn't mean all DAC's sound the same. The other components inside the DAC still matter tremendously as does the method for delivering the files to the DAC (i.e. Aurender or Lumin).


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[astrotoy]

Larry, I can see how you could be confused. But, the quality of the DAC still matters a lot. If you think about it the other way around, just because a DAC can decode a PCM or DSD file doesn't mean all DAC's sound the same. The other components inside the DAC still matter tremendously as does the method for delivering the files to the DAC (i.e. Aurender or Lumin).


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Thanks, Mike. Currently I don't subscribe to Tidal. I was thinking about having it when I travel (normallly about a month or so a year in the UK.) With MQA, the Explorer II, headphones and Tidal, I could have a very nice portable music collection with me, for a cheap price. I'll have to find out whether my other DAC (mch NADAC) is going to have MQA capability, especially with HQP and Roon. That makes my music collection very accessible.

Larry

[mauidan]

Tidal Masters:

Bryan Lee -Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar

[MDP]

Tidal Masters

Stone Temple Pilots "Core"

I've heard this CD a thousand times, but NEVER like this!!!

Absolutely amazing sound.

[joeinid]

The final nail in vinyl's coffin

Tidal Masters

Stone Temple Pilots "Core"

I've heard this CD a thousand times, but NEVER like this!!!

Absolutely amazing sound.

[metaphacts]

Thanks to Lumin for continuing to update their list of MQA titles available on Tidal. I see that the list in now over 4500 strong.

Anyone know if this list has been updated since October 3?

[CPP]

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Sounds great

[still-one]

Anyone know if this list has been updated since October 3?

Bill
There is a better list that is being maintained on the Meridianunplugged site. Here is the link. Lumin stopped updating when this new list was generated.

http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubb...510#Post269510

[metaphacts]

Bill
There is a better list that is being maintained on the Meridianunplugged site. Here is the link. Lumin stopped updating when this new list was generated.

http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubb...510#Post269510

Thanks Jim!

[o'boogie]

Mike,

Have you compared the MQA release to the 24/192 hi res release or the MFSL Vinyl release?

Thanks

[Mike]

Mike,

Have you compared the MQA release to the 24/192 hi res release or the MFSL Vinyl release?

Thanks

I haven't. I stumbled on this MQA album and just love it. I did compare it to the rebook and it was no competition.

[CPP]

[still-one]

This one was suggested by Calloway yesterday in another thread. A wonderful recording.

Vaughan Williams & Elgar: The Lark Ascending; Tallis Fantasia...
Pinchas Zukerman and Vaughan Williams & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[CPP]

If This one was suggested by Calloway yesterday in another thread. A wonderful recording.

Vaughan Williams & Elgar: The Lark Ascending; Tallis Fantasia...
Pinchas Zukerman and Vaughan Williams & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The wife and I are listening to this now, and you are correct "A wonderful recording."

[Kuoppis]

Schubert/ Forellenquintet, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov.




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[still-one]

Not a genre I listen to regularly but the Zac Brown Bands - Welcome Home sound pretty good in MQA

Uncaged isn't bad either.

[mauidan]

[Randy Myers]

This is cool that there is a thread like this for the MQA fans. Would love to see similar thread for DSD. As a person who is not interested in streaming, and prefers local files, I love the sound of DSD. I currently have 319 DSD albums, and almost anything I find in SACD I can make a DSD version on my server (I buy SACDs specifically to add to my server). And much of it is stuff I want to listen to, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, Norah Jones, etc., etc.

For example, the new Lyn Stanley albums are now available in DSD256. Maybe the best sounding albums I have ever heard on my server.

Anyway, congratulations to the MQA fans that are finding some music they love.

[Kuoppis]

Not a genre I listen to regularly but the Zac Brown Bands - Welcome Home sound pretty good in MQA

Uncaged isn't bad either.

I am also listening to quite a bit of stuff on MQA I otherwise might not. A recent example is the MQA CD I bought:



It did not push my buttons as an PCM version before I had the Nyquist. Listened to it again yesterday and quite liked it.


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[Kuoppis]

This is cool that there is a thread like this for the MQA fans. Would love to see similar thread for DSD. As a person who is not interested in streaming, and prefers local files, I love the sound of DSD. I currently have 319 DSD albums, and almost anything I find in SACD I can make a DSD version on my server (I buy SACDs specifically to add to my server). And much of it is stuff I want to listen to, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, Norah Jones, etc., etc.

For example, the new Lyn Stanley albums are now available in DSD256. Maybe the best sounding albums I have ever heard on my server.

Anyway, congratulations to the MQA fans that are finding some music they love.

Randy, please feel free to post DSD stuff here as well, at least I don’t mind. I do like DSD as well, is also hi-res like MQA.


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[CPP]

This is cool that there is a thread like this for the MQA fans. Would love to see similar thread for DSD. As a person who is not interested in streaming, and prefers local files, I love the sound of DSD. I currently have 319 DSD albums, and almost anything I find in SACD I can make a DSD version on my server (I buy SACDs specifically to add to my server). And much of it is stuff I want to listen to, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, Norah Jones, etc., etc.

For example, the new Lyn Stanley albums are now available in DSD256. Maybe the best sounding albums I have ever heard on my server.

Anyway, congratulations to the MQA fans that are finding some music they love.

Randy just start a new thread in the music forum, GREAT DSD FINDS and post away, I'm sure a lot of us will like your music taste, not to mention I've got a few myself.

[Kuoppis]

This is quite a nice co-incidence: first encountered them in a rather small club-type set-up in Europe maybe a decade ago. And now they’re making it big on Tidal.




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[o'boogie]

Mike,

Can you tell me where you found the Gordon Lightfoot Sundown MQA Studio release?

Thanks

[audio.bill]

(Not Mike here) Found the only MQA version of Sundown on Tidal.

[CPP]

Its the only one and its the Studio version 24/192



The MQA version sounds so much better than the 16/44 version. IMHO

[Mike]

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[still-one]

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Good follow up to his first album!!

[o'boogie]

Chris,

I have the HDTracks 24 / 192 release. I will give the Tidal MQA Studio release a listen...

Thanks

[still-one]

Not sure it is a Great find but it is pretty good.

The Phantom Thread

[Mike]

[still-one]

Giving this one a go after seeing your suggestions and the reading the notes in Roon.

[Phishphan]

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Ive heard the track “Girlfriend”. It sounds very influenced by Stevie Wonder


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[Mike]

[Mogulman]

Landfall great MQA album. Bass is very deep.

[steinkrieg]

Greetings All - I'm new around these parts, but not new to audio / music world... Happy to find you all here. I know many of the names from long time lurking in other forums. This thread is great and should be a mile long! Here are a few of my recent MQA favorites. If you have Roon, then I can say the reviews there are pretty much spot on. It's a little mix of genres that should make for a great night of listening. I suggest skipping around to the highlighted songs in the Roon reviews, so that you can quickly digest... If you like what you hear, then listen all the way through when you have the proper time. Cheers

[joeinid]

Welcome to the forum, thank you for joining.

[still-one]

Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son

This is the first Ry Cooder album that really caught my attention.

[calloway]

Thanks guys...GREAT PICKS..

[PMCH]

The Manhattan Transfer - The Junction. Don't know how new it is but I never noticed it before.

[Mike]

[still-one]

This MQA album has some fine tracks. Not every track on the album is a home run but this one starts it off nicely.

Chalres Lloyd & The Marvels - Vanished Gardens (featuring Lucinda Williams)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpR...&frags=pl%2Cwn

[Hounddog]

I really enjoyed this album. I have it on vinyl. Will try the mqa tonight.


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[Mike]

Sounds superb in MQA.

[brad225]

This MQA album has some fine tracks. Not every track on the album is a home run but this one starts it off nicely.

Chalres Lloyd & The Marvels - Vanished Gardens (featuring Lucinda Williams)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpR...&frags=pl%2Cwn

If you like Lucinda Williams her version of Jimi Hendrix "Angel" is, for me maybe the best track she has ever recorded.

Charles Lloyd's "Forest Flower" cuts from his "Forest Flower live at Montreal" album was the songs that hooked me on Jazzz when I was 17.

I have this as redbook and the recording is wonderful.