asindc
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Ah, I see. So what was the first nail in the coffin?
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Ah, I see. So what was the first nail in the coffin?
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This topic was discussed many times. If people hate MQA, fine.
I found this quote interesting:
“But the fact is MQA is lossy but not lossy as is thought of with an MP3 because MQA never claims that the missing information is "psychoacoustically irrelevant" or that it can't be recovered.
The "unfolding" occurs in a series of steps sometimes in software and sometimes in hardware. So 48kHz gets unfolded to 96kHz and then again to 192kHz. The resultant bitstream does have some missing information; but MQA also encodes the difference between this final unfolding and the original analog waveform, and this difference gets used by an MQA-enabled DAC to reconstruct or "decode" all of the original information, so, in a full implementation of the MQA playback chain, the result is the same as lossless compression.
MQA is both lossy AND lossless. MQA is Schrödingers format.”
Kingrex
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If Amazon bought Roon, Amazon would be an additional x dollars. Tidal and Qobuz would be an additioal Y dollars. They would discourage use of the other services to all but the most dedicated. IMO.
Not sure if they would charge more, but they would probably stop working with Tidal and Qobuz. That would force Roon loyalist to move to subscribe to Amazon HD.
ethanmarcos
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If Soundiiz isn't working for you, you may try MusConv Tool which is a very good alternate for soundiiz and works with all the major streaming services.
I purchase a few CDs from Amazon. Many include free downloads from Amazon of the same songs. However, the downloads aren't good quality - not HD. I rather rip my CDs on my ACS and listen to them - they beat streaming.
Even with a military discount, I dropped Tidal long ago. The sound quality of Qobuz just sounds better to me.
I desire companies like Qobuz and Tidal to remain in business. If Amazon obtains a monopoly on streaming sooner to later the quality may begin to suffer and the prices will go up. Competition is good.
Even with a military discount, I dropped Tidal long ago. The sound quality of Qobuz just sounds better to me.
I desire companies like Qobuz and Tidal to remain in business. If Amazon obtains a monopoly on streaming sooner to later the quality may begin to suffer and the prices will go up. Competition is good.
Following Amazon's new service, Qobuz reduced their rate to £15 per month from £20. I tried a free month with Amazon using BluOS app. Amazon is very clunky compared with Tidal or Qubuz on the same app. Bluesound suggested I take this up with Amazon as they were being slightly "non-industry standard" and Bluesound couldn't do anything themselves.
The new Qobuz rate suits me - stopped Tidal and Amazon. Also stopped Roon as the Bluesound control is almost as good, though I may return to Roon at some time. Peter
crwilli
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As a ROON lifetime and a Qobuz, subscriber, I have a similar position.
I also need my streaming service to integrate into ROON as a priority or it’s a non-starter - which also keeps me locked into the PC model of streamers. I don’t want to be locked into a manufacturer’s app or service.