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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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lalitk
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@ghosthouse,

This is a good news for those that do not own MQA compatible DAC’s. The Tidal desktop app is now doing the second unfold of MQA encoded files, allowing end users to stream music at 24bit/96kHz resolution. 

Prior to this upgrade, MQA files were limited to 24bit/48kHz resolution through a non-MQA compatiable DAC.  

Hope this helps!


hgeifman OP
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Correction to my above link:

https://www.audiostream.com/content/tidal-mqa-starts-today
hgeifman OP
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As per the Tidal web site:

To use Master, you need to have a TIDAL HiFi account.

The Master audio playback quality is ONLY available in the TIDAL desktop application. 
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@lalitk 
Thanks for that info.  
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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...


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