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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
joey_v
646 posts
 

Dude

who cares

what do we get for a class action against tidal other than getting some lawyers rich?

 

maybe a $3 check in the mail 

willywonka
188 posts
 

This is a bad argument IMHO, and I don't see any damages for anyone in a lawsuit! People are completely free to quit Tidal at any time they want. Frankly I'm sick of the whole MQA argument and the constant bickering and hatred people have for them! I have a very resolving setup and tried both Tidal and Qobuz and decided to stay with Tidal and I'm very happy with them as are many other people. If you don't like Tidal then feel free to move on and stop bashing them and MQA. 

audioisnobiggie OP
66 posts
 

If you prefer Tidal with MQA, you could ask them to start streaming everything at 22khz mqa rates.  Tell them you'll pay double for it.

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audioguy85
1,989 posts
 

I'll stick to my free pandora...never understood why anyone would pay to stream, when you can just own a physical copy. You own nothing when you pay a subscription. They own it 

audioisnobiggie OP
66 posts
 

The great thing about forums is that you don't have to read all the threads of stuff you're sick of.

If you think mqa works, ask why your processor can only handle the first unfold to 96, and then you need another cheap chip, that has to be in your dac, for some reason, to make it able to go to 192 and beyond, with the same sized 44.1 stream.

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