More music-download sites are beginning to offer music encoded in the high-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format, the companies announced at CES. Beginning Jan. 11, 7digital’s web store ...

High-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) audio technology, unveiled a little more than a year ago, continues to make headway. Two days before CES’s Wednesday opening, Scandinavian music ...

It’s been four years now since Tidal began offering MQA-encoded music files to its subscribers. To those with the right combination of playback software and/or hardware, these files promise to deliver ...

As with 4K and HDR in the video world, high-resolution audio is on the rise as well. While it is currently something that audiophiles pay more attention to than do most music listeners, that seems set ...

MQA stands for Master Quality Authenticated, but what is it exactly? And is it something you should seek? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Premium Japanese audio manufacturer, Onkyo, has announced ...

Japanese broadcaster WOWOW has trialled a broadcast with MQA audio (Master Quality Authenticated) which is frequently used in streaming audio services. But this is said to be the first time it has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Japanese audio manufacturer TEAC has announced that its ...

Just when you thought it was safe to step back into the turbulent waters of Bluetooth audio, we have yet another Bluetooth codec to consider. In addition to SBC, AAC, LDAC, and the constantly ...

MQair is MQA’s new scalable real-time audio transmission protocol which aims to improve sound quality through wireless headphones or speakers. Nearly 8 years after the introduction of MQA, Bob Stuart ...

Onkyo just released the DP-X1 portable digital audio player, which will play MQA encoded music files (after software update) for the audio purists. MQA is a revolutionary end-to-end technology that ...