I was going through my favorites list on Tidal when I clicked on Norah Jones "Not Too Late" album, which I happen to own in 96kHz/24. It did not sound nearly as good as I expected.
I've done some comparisons, and do find that I generally prefer the DSD64 of the Norah Jones "Come Away With Me" version off my NAS over the MQA version that's based on that remaster. However, the caveat that I would put on there is upgrading components on the router does go long way in bridging that gap. Upgrading the power supply and the ethernet cables.
At the same time, I do prefer the MQA over non-MQA version over Tidal.
What I would like to do at some point is get a local MQA file and compare that to whatever highest res non MQA verison of the file.
Is “ Properganda “ the non MQA version of “ Propaganda “? BTW , my Harley Road King goes “ Potato Potato ! And then I put non MQA , Andrews Cams in her and I now have Catsup on my potatoes ! Catsup is the non MQA version of Ketchup ! It’s a viscosity variable ... And I was gonna get an MQA enabled DAC . Think I’ll just stay with fries .
Young whippersnapper ,, i use Tidal. Nothing on tidal sounds better then my CDP. when i A,,B. The Tracks. Tidal is just easy To use. CD,s are not all over the place also. IMO
Eric, not the title you asked about, but I have a/b tested Come Away With Me between Tidal MQA and a brand spankin’ new copy of the vinyl (signed by the guy who engineered the vinyl!).
After several listenings, I concluded the vinyl made the music itself sound about 2% better. But you still had to listen to the record hiss. Filtering the hiss stole a bit of the vocal. Decided I could be very happy listening to the MQA. But still play my records from time to time to get that last little bit!
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