What To Make Of The New 'music Origani?'

MQA sounds promising, so does this mean that you should head out and purchase a new DAC? Not so fast.

- Kenny Yeo

MQA is the latest abbreviation to be thrown around in the world of audio. What is it and what should music lovers and audiophiles make of it?

MQA stands for ‘Master Quality Authenticated’ and it was launched by prominent English audio hardware manufacturer Meridian Audio, towards the end of 2014. Since then, it has gathered increasing support from recording labels and audio hardware manufacturers. The ‘Big Three’ recording labels, Universal, Sony, and Warner, have all pledged support for MQA. More pertinent perhaps is that Tidal is already streaming MQA titles over its online music streaming service.