Reading some news today, after MQA seems to be bankrupt, Tidal announces on twitter to change format for HiFi Plus subscribers soon.
Any thoughts about that? Was MQA a purchase argument for you when buying your Rose device?
I was never interested in MQA - it is a lossy format. So, MQA going bankrupt is no issue for me.
My purchase decision for the RS150B was based on lossless Qobuz and Apple Music for streaming and the ability to store lossless FLAC onto an internal SSD. The icing on the cake was RoseTube which I use a lot.
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Hello,
We are closely monitoring the situation. Nothing is confirmed yet, but we will make an announcement once a decision has been made.
Thank you.
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I hate mqa. It is a scam that would have infected the entire music industry. It wanted money from the studio, musician hardware manufacturer ànd the customer. And it’s lossy.
Example: if you zip a WAV file it will compress 40%. If you zip a flac file compression is 0%. Simple logic says once compress information you can stack, store or fold it any way you like, but it won’t compress any further. 16/96 flac sounds better than 24/48 mqa (flac) while it’s the same size. Try it with down/resampling a 24-192.
I bought the Rose rs250 DESPITE the MQA. So I actually wasted €100 on licences fee. Same as my previous streamer. I deliberately bought my dac without mqa.
I did buy it because the big touchscreen, harddisk facility (internal+ext), streaming and the 4k video capability. RoseTube rocks. Less so for radio but nice to have. What I didn’t expect is the wifi repeater function and the harddisk access even when it’s ‘off’.
It just replaces the pc I don’t have anymore for storage, audio and video play and does it with super quality an totally silent.
I really use it every day and I really love it. Unlike some other gear that is just standing there looking pretty (or not so much).
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