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Jackkan MQA Core decoder ?

Recent member « on: May 13, 2018, 05:30:31 am »

Posts: 32
When will you be doing what Roon and Audirvana is with MQA ? Audirvana's MQA Core
decoder "enables the first origami 'unfold' and also authenticates the file using a blue or
green light to confirm that the sound is identical to that of the source material." The MQA
ME...YOU and THEM EH Core decoder's initial file "unfold" is claimed to recover all direct music-related information
and make it available for either analog or digital output at 88.2 or 96kHz. Thus, even without
an MQA-enabled DAC, listeners can expect to hear enhanced sound. From Roon....MQA
support is among our highly anticipated (and hotly debated) new features. We weren’t the
first to implement MQA core decoding in software, but we can certainly claim a number of
“firsts” now that we have! In addition to what you’d expect from an MQA source – detecting
an MQA-capable DAC over USB and streaming to it appropriately – Roon offers some unique
ways for anyone to experience MQA content.

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Awesome Donkey Re: MQA Core decoder ?

Administrator « Reply #1 on: May 13, 2018, 05:31:14 am »
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Posts: 5747 I'd recommend doing a search of the forums for MQA if I were you as this subject has been
discussed extensively over the last few years. Or this might be easier with finding the
answers you seek: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jriver+mqa

TL;DR: JRiver has said multiple times that they have no plans for MQA. But it's also worth
pointing out that you can already passthrough MQA through MC as long as you don't use any
DSP whatsoever and have volume set to 100%.
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RD James Re: MQA Core decoder ?

Citizen of the Universe « Reply #2 on: May 13, 2018, 06:33:45 am »

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 Until there is a free or preferably open-source decoder that they can easily integrate, don't
expect JRiver to support MQA playback.

Most of the claims about the format are lies anyway.

It's a lossy format designed for streaming and should never have been sold as a distribution
format.
Why buy lossy-encoded high-res tracks that require a proprietary closed-source decoder
when you can buy losslessly-encoded high-res tracks that work anywhere? (or why buy
"high-res" at all? but that's for another topic...)

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JimH Re: MQA Core decoder ?

Administrator « Reply #3 on: May 13, 2018, 06:51:09 am »
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Quote from: RD James on May 13, 2018, 06:33:45 am

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Until there is a free or preferably open-source decoder that they can easily integrate, don't expect JRiver to support MQA
playback.

We won't add MQA even if it's free and easy. It is a step backward for encoding formats.

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