All items tagged with MQA (135)
MQA Makes Live Hi-Res Music Streaming Possible with Real Time Encoder
March 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

MQA Makes Live Hi-Res Music Streaming Possible with Real Time Encoder

An invite-only audience in Austin experienced the debut of “MQA Live”, a new way for fans to connect to musicians. Jake Isaac and his band performed from London's Rocket Studios – the first time a live performance has been streamed in real time using MQA's technology and a new reference real time MQA encoder. The performance was listened to live in an Austin home on a variety of devices to recreate everyday listening environments.
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Mytek Digital Now Shipping Clef Portable Hi-Fi System for Smartphones
January 15, 2018 by Joao Martins

Mytek Digital Now Shipping Clef Portable Hi-Fi System for Smartphones

At CES 2018, Mytek confirmed the shipping date for its new Clef portable DAC, which was unveiled precisely a year ago at the Las Vegas industry event. Now available for pre-order, the new Mytek Clef is an ergonomic hi-res audio headphone amplifier and DAC, offering up to 32bit/384kHz PCM, DSD 128, and 120dB of dynamic range, with driverless USB Class 2, MQA unfolding capability, plus aptX Bluetooth and AAC for improved Bluetooth audio streaming.
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OPPO Announces Support for MQA with Update for UDP-205 Blu-ray Player
November 28, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

OPPO Announces Support for MQA with Update for UDP-205 Blu-ray Player

The OPPO UDP-205 is a universal disc player specifically designed for audio performance, providing reference level sound quality for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and many other digital audio and video formats. In many ways, the perfect audio source device for todays audio enthusiasts. Now, the latest firmware update to the UDP-205 adds MQA decoding to the UDP-205’s digital audio file playback, thanks to the recently established partnership between the two companies.
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Sonic Studio Brings Integrated MQA Support to Amarra Luxe 4.1
November 17, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Sonic Studio Brings Integrated MQA Support to Amarra Luxe 4.1

Sonic Studio announced the release of Amarra 4 Luxe v4.1 featuring integrated MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) audio technology. The latest version of the popular Mac-based software music player now supports MQA Core Decoding that unfolds an MQA file to deliver higher than CD-quality sound, and supports MQA TIDAL streaming, delivering the sound of the original master recording with files small enough to stream, while also being backward compatible, so they can be played on any device.
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Change and Opportunities in the Audio Landscape
November 10, 2017 by Joao Martins

Change and Opportunities in the Audio Landscape

On November 9, 2017, I attended the Futuresource Audio Collaborative 2017 conference, at the Ham Yard Hotel in London. With the topic "A Change is Gonna Come," the conference was a valuable and insightful event. To entice our readers to actually spend the hours listening to those interventions (and for those that don't have the time to do it), I will share some of the key highlights, adding some personal takes on the topics addressed.
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Electrocompaniet Announces North American Launch of EC Living at CEDIA 2017
September 11, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Electrocompaniet Announces North American Launch of EC Living at CEDIA 2017

Electrocompaniet, the world-renowned manufacturer of high performance audio components, launched its new brand, EC Living, at CEDIA 2017. Combining beautifully styled, consumer-focused models and installer-centric products for discreet applications, the EC Living brand carries the high performance audio DNA for which Electrocompaniet is best known. EC Living products provide wireless, scalable solutions to deliver hi-res audio throughout the home.
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MQA Streaming Expands Globally with Deezer New HiFi Service
September 4, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

MQA Streaming Expands Globally with Deezer New HiFi Service

Following major partnership unveilings at the IFA 2017 technology show in Berlin, MQA announced a key new agreement with global music streaming platform Deezer, which will significantly expand MQA’s music offering and audience reach. With the MQA content catalog expanding daily, including many unique restoration works from analogue masters directly to digital hi-res, it is increasingly attractive for music streaming services to support the technology.
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MQA Expands Global Reach On Smartphone, Portable Devices and Music Services at IFA 2017
August 31, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

MQA Expands Global Reach On Smartphone, Portable Devices and Music Services at IFA 2017

Music technology company, MQA, announced a breadth of new partnerships at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Developed for convenient delivery and unmatched audio quality, MQA technology will now be supported by LG’s new V30 smartphone, the first globally available MQA-enabled handset. MQA music playback will also be available on the two latest portable devices from Sony’s iconic Walkman brand, the WM-ZX300 and WM-A40 models.
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Live Concerts Now Available in MQA Through Nugs.net Music Delivery And Webcast Platform
May 25, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Live Concerts Now Available in MQA Through Nugs.net Music Delivery And Webcast Platform

Now that all major recording companies are officially supporting MQA delivery on download and streaming services, comes the news that Nugs.net, the official home of live music for some of the largest touring artists in the world, is adopting MQA’s technology to bring fans exclusive live concert recordings in master quality sound. Initially, concerts from GRAMMY Award-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Metallica and Bruce Springsteen, are available to download in MQA.
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Mytek Digital Introduces Mytek Brooklyn AMP and Clef Mobile Hi-Res Audio Headphone Amplifier and DAC
May 24, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Mytek Digital Introduces Mytek Brooklyn AMP and Clef Mobile Hi-Res Audio Headphone Amplifier and DAC

The New York digital audio specialists from Mytek Digital have showcased two brand new products at High End Munich 2017, starting with the highly portable Clef mobile headphone amplifier USB/DAC with MQA, which the company previewed earlier at the High-Resolution Audio Pavilion at CES 2017. The other news is the launch of a brand new Class-D design for their newest amplifier, aptly called the Brooklyn AMP, following the same form factor of the Brooklyn DAC.
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