![]() The integration of MQA technology is a major step toward enabling all Mac users to hear their favorite artists as if they were right there in front of them," commented Audirvana founder Damien Plisson.Īdded Spencer Chrislu, MQA Director of Content, "We're pleased to be working with Audirvana in the quest to bring the sound of the studio to everyone. "I am thrilled to work with MQA because our companies both share the same goal to bring the magic of hearing the original live performance to everyone. Teamed with an MQA-enabled device, the listener benefits from the highest possible sound quality, as the music will continue to unfold with precise file and platform-specific DAC compensation and management. With a non MQA-enabled device, any listener can experience enhanced sound. The MQA Core decoder's initial file 'unfold' recovers all the direct music-related information and makes it available for either analog or digital output at 88.2 or 96 kHz. Integration with premium streaming services such as TIDAL and Qobuz.A complete library management system with full metadata and cover art display for all music, whether stored locally or streamed.In addition to optimizing sound quality and authenticating file provenance, Audirvana Plus 3 also includes the following benefits: The MQA Core decoder, contained within the new Audirvana Plus 3 player, enables the first origami 'unfold' and also authenticates the file using a blue or green light to confirm that the sound is identical to that of the source material. The software costs $74 for new customers and $39 for existing customers to upgrade a 15-day free trial version is available.Īudirvana Plus, the desktop music player for macOS, has released the latest version of its software, which now includes integrated MQA audio technology. The Audirvana Plus 3 player allows you to manage your full digital music library, whether it's stored locally or streamed, and it has integrated support for TIDAL, which recently added MQA playback. The MQA core decoder built into Audirvana Studio can only do the first "unfold" of the MQA file and that is to 24/96.Audirvana has introduced a new desktop music player for macOS that supports the MQA format. Tidal would send the MQA192 file to you at 24/48. ![]() ![]() Thankfully I never succumbed to the MQA madness and spent $$$ on decoding hardware! ![]() ![]() This makes no sense at all, it certainly isn't saving any bandwidth (one of MQA's supposed benefits), I can play the same track on Qobuz at full 24/192, not use any more bandwidth and listen at a higher resolution. Here's a screenshot of what I'm writing about, for those not familiar with Audirvana the input format is on the bottom left and output is on the bottom right, I did the screenshot with the settings page displayed to demonstrate that I'm not setting anything to cause this behavior-it's all the fault of MQA and Tidal. Apparently Tidal is sending a track to my instance of Audirvana in 24/192 FLAC at which point Audirvana does whatever "unfolding" sorcery MQA dictates and outputs it to my dac at 24/96. To consolidate the two streaming services and my local library I use Audirvana, which is where I noticed this behavior. I subscribe to Tidal and Qobuz, Tidal is easier to create playlists I then transfer to Qobuz and they have some tracks I can't get on Qobuz. ![]()
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