Canadian audio group Lenbrook has announced today that it has acquired the assets of MQA, the British-based technology company that developed the MQA high-resolution audio encoding technique used by ...

Tidal has confirmed to What Hi-Fi? the streaming playback hierarchy now that hi-res FLAC files have been added to its library. When Tidal CEO Jesse Dorogusker announced in April that the service would ...

Tidal‘s Hi-Fi Plus subscription tier recently became the first place in the streaming music world where you could stream hi-res audio in both FLAC and MQA formats on your smartphone. Unfortunately, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "On July 24 2024, we’re replacing the music in TIDAL’s MQA catalog with FLAC versions. In ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Premium Japanese audio manufacturer, Onkyo, has announced ...

Just when you thought it was safe to step back into the turbulent waters of Bluetooth audio, we have yet another Bluetooth codec to consider. In addition to SBC, AAC, LDAC, and the constantly ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. UK-based MQA created two audio codecs: MQA and SCL6. Both provide better quality sound over ...

I have to hand it to audio reviewer John Darko. Last year, when Lenbrook bought MQA, the audio journalism world could only guess why the parent company to Bluesound, NAD, and PSB Loudspeakers was ...

MQA is an audio format that claims to use a unique “origami” algorithm, promising better quality and more musicality than other formats. At times, it’s been claimed to be a lossless format in so many ...