“MQA is a philosophy”..John Stuart


Full quote- “In brief, MQA is a philosophy more than it’s ‘just a codec’. 
Your thoughts??
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I have at least that many LPs and CDs/digital files, but I have to admit that MQA streaming of Tidal through Roon has been a revelation.  Roon core software does the first MQA unfold to 24/96 or 24/88.2, and you don't need an MQA DAC to hear the difference vs. 16/44.1.

Tidal has been poorly served by a marketing strategy focused on hip hop/rap.  The Tidal MQA library contains pretty much the entire '50s and post-bop jazz catalog of Blue Note, Impulse/Verve, Riverside, Prestige, as well as ECM from '70s to the present. Not to mention MQA of most of Bowie, Rod Stewart, Beach Boys, and many new release alt/indie hi-res artists like Father John Misty, Beach House, Calexico, etc. that I would have otherwise purchased on physical media.  For $20/month I'm all in. 

I agree with @elizabeth . I own all the music I will need. If I want to find an obscure recording I have free-Spotify. MQA will be a fad, nothing more
@elizabeth  what was the point of your post? Was it to demonstrate you have a hermetically closed mind?  You totally convinced me.
I liked S Stone's MQA comments in recent TAS...that you need properly recorded music in acoustic space, and be sitting exactly in sweet spot to appreciate/evaluate MQA...I have not done that...though I do enjoy streaming in addition to LP and CD...no interest in MQA, hoping my mind is not hermetically sealed...