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MQA Declares Bankruptcy

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/high-res-music-tech-company-mqa-enters-administration-in-the-uk/#:~:text=High%2Dresolution%20music%20technology%20company,the%20US%20and%20other%20countries.

 

The financials are eye-opening. Annual revenue never exceeded £700,000 while administrative expenses exceeded £4,000,000 for 2020 and 2021!

Does anyone think Bob Stuart took this much money out of the company?

Wow. So MQA has become another Dolby FM technology. But then, many in the industry thought MQA was a scam.

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p05129
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kenjit - either get a quality audio system or a set of ears, maybe both and listen to real music

mahler123
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700K euros in revenue?  That’s it?

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dinov
845 posts
 

I don’t think all of this is over for mqa in terms of the format. 

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dinov
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Interesting, just saw an email from Sound and Vision that TIDAL is now offering hi-rez FLAC subscription plan subscriptions.

hickamore
681 posts
 

Someone here once described MQA as a stopgap solution to a temporary problem that had served its purpose and needed to die. What has changed besides the company's finances? To my ears it was always simply unlistenable.

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