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Tidal class-action

MQA declared bankruptcy.  I smell the fear of a class action lawsuit against Tidal.  We could do that.  Tidal has 8 million subscribers, we don't know how many or how long they all were paying double by subscribing to the 'nobody can prove Tidal has any tracks higher than 44.1khz' plan.  They probably have lots of people on phones who haven't even heard of MQA who trust them and wanted the one that sounds better.  They're right not to have to listen to any talk about MQA if they want the plan that sounds better.

MQA means you can't prove the file is an original copy or not. That Beethoven track you like it says is 192 could actually be Dua Lipa at 11khz.

The bankruptcy move was probably to protect themselves from Tidal, who is the receiver of people's funds.

 

audioisnobiggie
erik_squires
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I had no idea it was a separate entity from Meridian:

 

https://www.whathifi.com/news/mqa-is-going-into-administration

erik_squires
15,670 posts
 

PS - I'm not sure what basis Tidal has for suing MQA.  I'm not a fan of MQA at all but I also can't see what the beef is with Tidal.

audioisnobiggie OP
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Tidal's defense against having to give everyone their money back for all this time, would be that they didn't understand that MQA was fooling them, and sure won't want to give all that money back to customers for not even having to spend more on streaming.  They would have to try to get whatever money they gave MQA back in their own separate Tidal v MQA lawsuit.  That's probably what MQA sees coming.

You're right not to be a fan of MQA, though.  You can't prove they have any files over 44.1khz.  You could think you're playing your new favorite Beethoven track at 192 like it says, and think it sounds great, but it's actually Dua Lipa at 11khz.

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