Meridian MQA

[alandbush]

I understand that MQA works best when decoded, but the good folks at MQA also say that MQA-encoded files will sound better than conventional files even when NOT decoded.

So for anyone wishing to test MQA in this fashion, you can go to the 2L site (link below -- you will see MQA files in the middle of the FREE download page) and give it a whirl.

I will try some of the MQA files when I return home on Thursday from a business trip.

http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html

I have been tracking the evolution of MQA for a while now, as well as reading all I can across the various forums in English and French.

In one of those posts, I came across a reference to the website of a Norwegian audiophile label, where they offer free downloads of half a dozen tracks in a variety of formats (including 16-44 flac, 24-192 flac, DSD64 / 128 / 256 and MQA).

For the curious among you (and I am one of them), it could be fun to listen to the same tracks in the various formats on YOUR system, to see whether:
1. you can hear differences
2. which file format you prefer in your environment
3. how you experience un-decoded MQA in your system


The link is here:

http://www.2l.no/hires/

I am in no way affiliated with this company. Just a curious audiophile.
I would be interested in your listening experiences with these files and am happy to share mine.

Refer back to entry #35 and the following, of this thread, for just such comments and observations.