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http://musicischanging.com
"A revolutionary British technology is bringing a whole new meaning to the sound of music.
We go all the way back to the original master recording and capture it completely. Every detail, every tiny drop
of emotion, is authentically reproduced.
Which means, for the first time in the history of recorded
music, you’re really hearing the artist’s performance."
HOW IT WORKS
1) Original master recording
2) Sampled using MQA encapsulation process
3) Downloaded/streamed in any lossless format
4) Decoded by hardware, software player or app
http://www.whathifi.com/news/meridian-audio-mqa-paves-way-high-res-streaming
"Traditionally, digital coding has been designed with the primary assumption that how it deals with the frequency range and how it preserves the timing relationships between frequencies are both equally important.
MQA takes a different view, tailoring the way it samples the original signal (or recording) to take into account the way people's hearing works on a fundamental level. Meridian calls this process 'encapsulation', and it's a method of coding that majors on getting timing precision right.
An MQA music file uses PCM, and it's backward-compatible. A product without the necessary MQA decoding will read the core code and, it's claimed, will deliver CD-quality sound.
MQA can be delivered inside any lossless container, e.g. Apple Lossless, FLAC or WAV.
Hardware with an integrated MQA decoder (and that can be hardware in the home, in the car or portable) will unpack the additional information contained in the file, turning the data stream into what was originally recorded in the studio.
Significantly, the bandwith required for MQA is similar to that required for CD-quality streams, and so puts no additional pressure on data requirements.
While we have seen lossless, CD-quality streaming services from Tidal and Qobuz, MQA opens-up the possibility of high-resolution music streaming services.
Bob Stuart, founder of Meridian Audio, said: "Music-lovers need no longer be shortchanged... finally we can all hear exactly what the musicians recorded. MQA gives a clear, accurate and authentic path from the recording studio all the way to any listening environment."
We understand MQA already enjoys broad support from the music industry, recording artists and record labels, and expect further details regarding MQA as an app, software and/or hardware to be forthcoming at CES 2015 in Las Vegas."
"A revolutionary British technology is bringing a whole new meaning to the sound of music.
We go all the way back to the original master recording and capture it completely. Every detail, every tiny drop
of emotion, is authentically reproduced.
Which means, for the first time in the history of recorded
music, you’re really hearing the artist’s performance."
HOW IT WORKS
1) Original master recording
2) Sampled using MQA encapsulation process
3) Downloaded/streamed in any lossless format
4) Decoded by hardware, software player or app
http://www.whathifi.com/news/meridian-audio-mqa-paves-way-high-res-streaming
"Traditionally, digital coding has been designed with the primary assumption that how it deals with the frequency range and how it preserves the timing relationships between frequencies are both equally important.
MQA takes a different view, tailoring the way it samples the original signal (or recording) to take into account the way people's hearing works on a fundamental level. Meridian calls this process 'encapsulation', and it's a method of coding that majors on getting timing precision right.
An MQA music file uses PCM, and it's backward-compatible. A product without the necessary MQA decoding will read the core code and, it's claimed, will deliver CD-quality sound.
MQA can be delivered inside any lossless container, e.g. Apple Lossless, FLAC or WAV.
Hardware with an integrated MQA decoder (and that can be hardware in the home, in the car or portable) will unpack the additional information contained in the file, turning the data stream into what was originally recorded in the studio.
Significantly, the bandwith required for MQA is similar to that required for CD-quality streams, and so puts no additional pressure on data requirements.
While we have seen lossless, CD-quality streaming services from Tidal and Qobuz, MQA opens-up the possibility of high-resolution music streaming services.
Bob Stuart, founder of Meridian Audio, said: "Music-lovers need no longer be shortchanged... finally we can all hear exactly what the musicians recorded. MQA gives a clear, accurate and authentic path from the recording studio all the way to any listening environment."
We understand MQA already enjoys broad support from the music industry, recording artists and record labels, and expect further details regarding MQA as an app, software and/or hardware to be forthcoming at CES 2015 in Las Vegas."
