To start with, please do not talk about audiophile snake-oil, etc. This is only about technical aspects of playing back MQA files. Long story short, ended up with an NAD integrated amp for powering ...

This USB DAC is super versatile and relatively inexpensive, but its biggest attraction is its ability to decode MQA tracks. Meridian’s Explorer2 portable digital-to-audio converter can play virtually ...

The average Joe may be happy to listen to music at the low-resolution quality offered by Spotify and Apple Music, but uncompromising audiophiles tend to prefer the lossless streams provided by Tidal.

LAS VEGAS—Allow me to preface this by saying this is my opinion and not that of TechHive or PCWorld as whole, since I was the only editor there and Tuesday was the first day of the show. With that out ...

High-resolution MQA-format music playback is coming to portable music players for the first time through sister brands Onkyo and Pioneer. Pioneer is adding MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) playback ...

LAS VEGAS—Not a lot of audio tech wowed us at CES this year, but MQA certainly stands out from the crowd. Unveiled last year but on display here at the show, MQA is a digital encoding and playback ...

Master quality audio streaming is now available to all Tidal HiFi members using Android smartphones, the company announced Monday. By Billboard Staff Master quality audio streaming is now available to ...

TIDAL HiFi members can now enjoy millions of new MQA tracks from Warner Music Group. Today, TIDAL announced millions of MQA tracks from Warner Music Group have been added to the TIDAL Masters catalog ...

Convenience versus quality. It’s a conundrum music lovers wrestle with all the time: would you rather download giant FLAC files that sound identical to the original studio master but need to be ...

For some, the joys and conveniences of the streaming music revolution have come at too high a price. Specifically: Audio quality. Bandwidth has been the chief culprit here, with lossless, 24-bit 96kHz ...

Tidal has announced that its highest-quality streaming format – Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) – is now supported by the iPhone. MQA had previously been limited to higher-end music players and ...