Tidal removing all MQA

As the title states Tidal will be removing all MQA and replacing titles with FLAC instead. Per an email I just received:

On July 24, 2024, we’re replacing the music in TIDAL’s MQA catalog with FLAC versions.

jastralfu06-20-2024 9:39pm

mahler123 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,365 posts 06-20-2024 at 09:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete With MQA being sold to Lenbrook, I wonder why this is happening? I don’t care much for MQA , but it also shows the downside of streaming. If you liked the MQA versions you just loss access to them
mahler123 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,365 posts 06-20-2024 at 09:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I also have to feel sorry for people who bought MQA DACs primarily so they could get these tracks from Tidal
m2team00 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 20 posts 06-20-2024 at 09:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete MQA is moving to HDTracks, who is setting up a streaming service.