MQA is Legit!

I have been listening to MQA tracks since the first day they were available on Tidal.  So my only exposure has been on the streaming side of things, but I've spent A LOT of time listening and evaluating MQA.  Since Tidal has many tracks (well, of the music I listen to anyway) available as both regular Redbook CD and MQA, it's pretty easy to compare.

I have also had several different MQA DACs through here during this time.

I find "almost" without fault that the MQA tracks sound better than their standard CD counterparts.  Not all the time, but pretty much.  Is MQA perfect, hells no, but I sure do hear an improvement.

So for me, and as always, just my opinion, I like MQA...

+1 @mofimadness and in my case, that's with just the first MQA unfold in Roon.

Big fan of mqa. I compare with the same artist on disc v. Mqa and mqa wins everyone. Even my 16 yr old son agrees and I’m sure his hearing is better than mine. 

MQA is DOA. It was debunked as a fraud and worse. Do some research. I not paying more for less. 

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@mofimadness

I find "almost" without fault that the MQA tracks sound better than their standard CD counterparts. Not all the time, but pretty much. Is MQA perfect, hells no, but I sure do hear an improvement.

Every MQA-compatible DAC I have seen has degredated PCM performance. It’s not the manufacturers playing a trick, one stating it simply is a drawback of merely having the capability. So it’s no wonder you hear PCM as worse if using an MQA-compatible DAC. Look at the Stereophile measurements of the Mytek Liberty when fed a 44.1kHz PCM signal, it’s filter response is absolute garbage and causes aliasing (here’s the filter response of the Chord DAVE as a reference).