Is this MQA news a big deal?

@erik_squires . Hello again. Don’t wish to argue but I believe your statement “will playback at full resolution is in error. I think the MQA process simply will not play back “bit perfect” due to the nature of the algorithms. Are you sure of your comment. Could you educate me? Thanks

@ptss

My statement:

2 - DRM prevents copying. MQA does not do this. I can make copies and send them to others. If they have an MQA capable player, it will play at full resolution.

Was specifically about Digital Rights Management, which MQA has nothing to do with. Any MQA file may be copied by any file copy method. Those copies all retain the same qualities of the original MQA file and therefore it is not DRM.

It is closer to "Dolby Surround" in that any stereo can pay back "Dolby Surround" but only Dolby branded decoders will enable the full 4 channel playback. But Dolby Surround does not in anyway prevent copying.

Best,
Erik

I am listening to MQA Master albums at several resolutions from 24/44 up to 24/385 and am very impressed what the new format achieves and how it improves the sound quality. One of the better articles out there explaining MQA is this one https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mqa-time-domain-accuracy-digital-audio-quality