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Tidal adds hi-res audio streams with 'Tidal Masters'

Music streaming service Tidal has announced that, starting TODAY, it will be providing MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) audio to subscribers of the Tidal HiFi package at no extra cost.

Tidal HiFi account owners can upgrade their account (for free) with the tick of that new "HiFi / Master" option in Tidal's settings menu and stream from "more than 30,000" MQA encoded tracks. Right now.

Please See these links:

https://www.whathifi.com/news/tidal-adds-hi-res-audio-streams-tidal-masters

https://www.audiostream.com/content/tidal-mqa-sthttps://www.whathifi.com/news/tidal-adds-hi-res-audi...


I asked Aurender if they support this new feature.    I wonder if Roon supports this new Tidal feature. This is very cool with more than 30,000" MQA encoded tracks. Right now!!!!

hgeifman
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shadorne
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This news is a year old. The desktop AP for tidal offers first unfold of MQA for over a year now...


hgeifman OP
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@shadorne, Whoops, this was my error and you are correct.  I saw the words “January 5th” and thought it was today and did not see the year.  I apologize for my error.  I thought that Tidal has added an additional 30,000 songs more than what is already available. 

Please ignore my incorrect post.  I wonder if Audiogon can delete it.  
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@hgeifman No need for an apology.
chrshanl37
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For some reason I have a very limited selection of masters on my node2, anyone else having this issue? I logged out of Tidal and re-booted the node and still having the issue. 
hgeifman OP
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The Absolute Sound Magazine, January 2018, Issue #279, Page 136, reports "there are 5,000 MQA Coded Albums available and their Aurender Conductor App only lists less than 500 of them".

My Aurender N10 Server ALSO ONLY lists less than 500 MQA Coded albums on my Masters (MQA) Tab.  I asked but do NOT know why the Aurender is only showing less than 500 MQA Coded Albums.  This could be a Tidal issue, or Aurender, or both.  I do not know and, unfortunately, I have been unable to get an answer.   

How many MQA Coded albums are appearing on your Node2?   Has this number changed recently or has it always remained the same?
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