To start with, please do not talk about audiophile snake-oil, etc. This is only about technical aspects of playing back MQA files. Long story short, ended up with an NAD integrated amp for powering ...

The average Joe may be happy to listen to music at the low-resolution quality offered by Spotify and Apple Music, but uncompromising audiophiles tend to prefer the lossless streams provided by Tidal.

High-resolution MQA-format music playback is coming to portable music players for the first time through sister brands Onkyo and Pioneer. Pioneer is adding MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) playback ...

LAS VEGAS—Allow me to preface this by saying this is my opinion and not that of TechHive or PCWorld as whole, since I was the only editor there and Tuesday was the first day of the show. With that out ...

LAS VEGAS—Not a lot of audio tech wowed us at CES this year, but MQA certainly stands out from the crowd. Unveiled last year but on display here at the show, MQA is a digital encoding and playback ...

Master quality audio streaming is now available to all Tidal HiFi members using Android smartphones, the company announced Monday. By Billboard Staff Master quality audio streaming is now available to ...

For some, the joys and conveniences of the streaming music revolution have come at too high a price. Specifically: Audio quality. Bandwidth has been the chief culprit here, with lossless, 24-bit 96kHz ...

TIDAL HiFi members can now enjoy millions of new MQA tracks from Warner Music Group. Today, TIDAL announced millions of MQA tracks from Warner Music Group have been added to the TIDAL Masters catalog ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The British high-end hi-fi brand probably won’t mind us saying it goes for quality over quantity.

Tidal has announced that its highest-quality streaming format – Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) – is now supported by the iPhone. MQA had previously been limited to higher-end music players and ...

In the past few years it's likely that more people have written about hi-res audio streaming than have actually listened to it, but that hasn't dented its appeal to music companies eager to tap into… ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The hi-res music streaming service TIDAL has just announced ...