ominouslemon@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that rightwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1364cross-posted to: audiophile@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1364external-linkTidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that rightwww.theverge.comominouslemon@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square189fedilinkcross-posted to: audiophile@lemmy.ml
minus-squarebitwolflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoDoes this mean we’re stuck with MQA? Or can we still forcibly use FLAC. I was on the lower tier purely to avoid MQA.
minus-squareominouslemon@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 year agoNo, there is what Tidal calls “HiRes FLAC”, which is 24-bit, 192 kHz. Their website does not even mention MQA anymore. They’ve moved away from MQA since early 2023, when the MQA company went bankrupt
Does this mean we’re stuck with MQA? Or can we still forcibly use FLAC. I was on the lower tier purely to avoid MQA.
No, there is what Tidal calls “HiRes FLAC”, which is 24-bit, 192 kHz. Their website does not even mention MQA anymore. They’ve moved away from MQA since early 2023, when the MQA company went bankrupt