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Tidal Integration ~ Is it still dead in the water?

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mcduman:

--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on January 25, 2017, 06:52:28 am ---Yeah, but MQA is touted as an audiophile "lossless" format, and it's anything but.

IMO cost doesn't matter, it's not worth supporting. MQA support, like Tidal integration, has been brought up multiple times on the board and the answer is always the same.

Jim, perhaps information about Tidal integration/MQA support can be added in it's own sticky topic, or at least in the FAQ topic? Maybe people will not ask as much (and beat the dead horse more) in the future. :P

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for mqa, the hardware side did not make sense at all. but the software decoding business is very new so it was a valid question to ask (and not beating a dead horse)

dtc:

--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on January 25, 2017, 06:52:28 am ---Yeah, but MQA is touted as an audiophile "lossless" format, and it's anything but.



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Actually, it is not touted as a lossless format. Bob Steward et. al. freely admit it is not lossless. What they do claim is that it can  sound as good as a lossless 16/44 Redbook rip even when not decoded and better than a lossless 16/44 Redbook rip when decoded and  can sound as good as a lossless high rez file in a much smaller file. They also claim that it can actually sound better than a normal high rez file because of the deblurring and other techniques used in an end to end process. There are always many opinions to any issue of how music sounds, but there are a significant number of people who agree with that assessment and also many who do not.

No need to go into a whole technical discussion of MQA, I just wanted to clarify the lossless point.

fitbrit:

--- Quote from: mcduman on January 25, 2017, 01:35:50 am ---meanwhile, can jriver publish their profit and loss statements to show us whether they returned a healthy profit for 2016. if they did not, we can not purchase their services.

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I had flashbacks of the Presidential Debates there for a second.

ths61:

--- Quote from: JimH on January 25, 2017, 06:50:48 am ---We did earn a profit in 2016.  And 2015.  And 2014 ...

The company started in October of 1981 (35 years ago) and has been profitable most years.  We've never used anyone else's money.  I guess I'm proud of that. ...

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As you should be !!!  Congrats and Kudos for 35 years in business with your own money.  Maybe you can give Elon Musk a few pointers about doing business with his own money (before he gets another $25 BILLION in taxpayer bailouts).   :)

JimH:
Thanks.

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