MQA - Revision history

Mark0 at 00:17, 18 April 2021

2021-04-18T00:17:57Z

Mark0: Added a YouTube video on the subject

2021-04-18T00:16:22Z

Added a YouTube video on the subject

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2018-01-01T04:22:59Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Audio and Music |released=2016 }} '''MQA''' (Master Quality Authenticated) is a lossless compressed audio format that supposedly ac..."

2016-03-02T13:47:30Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Audio and Music |released=2016 }} '''MQA''' (Master Quality Authenticated) is a lossless compressed audio format that supposedly ac..."

New page

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Audio and Music
|released=2016
}}
'''MQA''' (Master Quality Authenticated) is a lossless compressed audio format that supposedly achieves better compression ''and'' higher sound quality than other formats such as [[FLAC]], though just how any lossless audio format would have higher sound quality than any other (given that they all encode the same data) is unclear. It claims to preserve "timing data" that is lost in other formats (then they're not lossless?). Apparently the MQA files can be stored and transmitted in the format of existing audio file formats so as to remain compatible with existing software and devices, though it takes a specifically "MQA supporting" device to take advantage of the supposed enhanced quality. The official website is longer on marketing hype than technical detail, however.

Its developers are apparently based in the United Kingdom.

== Links ==
* [http://www.mqa.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/mqa-best-high-resolution-file-format-htc/ Article on it]
* [http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-mqa-meridian-s-digital-audio-format-explained Review and explanation]

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:16, 18 April 2021
Line 13:		Line 13:
	* [http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-mqa-meridian-s-digital-audio-format-explained Review and explanation]		* [http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-mqa-meridian-s-digital-audio-format-explained Review and explanation]
	* [https://rocknerd.co.uk/2017/05/17/mqa-master-quality-authenticated-high-resolution-audio-with-lossy-compression/ Critical commentary]		* [https://rocknerd.co.uk/2017/05/17/mqa-master-quality-authenticated-high-resolution-audio-with-lossy-compression/ Critical commentary]
		+	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc YouTube - I published music on Tidal to test MQA - MQA Review - A deep dive into MQA, and its problems]

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:22, 1 January 2018
Line 12:		Line 12:
	* [http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/mqa-best-high-resolution-file-format-htc/ Article on it]		* [http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/mqa-best-high-resolution-file-format-htc/ Article on it]
	* [http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-mqa-meridian-s-digital-audio-format-explained Review and explanation]		* [http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-mqa-meridian-s-digital-audio-format-explained Review and explanation]
		+	* [https://rocknerd.co.uk/2017/05/17/mqa-master-quality-authenticated-high-resolution-audio-with-lossy-compression/ Critical commentary]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 |released=2016
 }}
-'''MQA''' (Master Quality Authenticated) is a lossless compressed audio format that supposedly achieves better compression ''and'' higher sound quality than other formats such as [[FLAC]], though just how any lossless audio format would have higher sound quality than any other (given that they all encode the same data) is unclear. It claims to preserve "timing data" that is lost in other formats (then they're not lossless?). Apparently the MQA files can be stored and transmitted in the format of existing audio file formats so as to remain compatible with existing software and devices, though it takes a specifically "MQA supporting" device to take advantage of the supposed enhanced quality. The official website is longer on marketing hype than technical detail, however.
+'''MQA''' (Master Quality Authenticated) is a (supposedly lossless but actually) lossy compressed audio format that supposedly achieves better compression ''and'' higher sound quality than other formats such as [[FLAC]], though just how any lossless audio format would have higher sound quality than any other (given that they all encode the same data) is unclear. It claims to preserve "timing data" that is lost in other formats (then they're not lossless?). Apparently the MQA files can be stored and transmitted in the format of existing audio file formats so as to remain compatible with existing software and devices, though it takes a specifically "MQA supporting" device to take advantage of the supposed enhanced quality. The official website is longer on marketing hype than technical detail, however.
 Its developers are apparently based in the United Kingdom.