04-Feb-2017, 23:02
(This post was last modified: 04-Feb-2017, 23:03 by Devialetuser.)
Aualic Aries now will be able to stream Tidal Master MQA via its iOS Lightining DS application. Before this Tidal MQA master titles were only available via the Desktop application. This is a complete game changer, and in my opinion revolutionises the way we listen to music. I recently had the opportunity to listen to an MQA title via the Mytek Brooklyn DAC and it sounded fabulous, right up there with 2x DSD. I was amazed how the whole MQA album was around 700MB as compared to a 2GB 2x DSD, yet the MQA had amazing detail and plenty of air around the instruments. I dont expect Devialet to implement MQA ever considering they dont even want to bother with DSD. As a Devialet owner I feel disheartened by the lack of progress made by Devialet with regards to streaming. Although a software solution could be implement for MQA as stopgap measure, but it remains to be seen how this will work out.
