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Is Tidal FLAC or MQA?

Is Tidal FLAC or MQA?

Tidal HiFi uses FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), while Tidal Master uses MQA (Master Quality Authenticated). FLAC is a lossless audio format that preserves all of the original audio information in the music recording. MQA is a lossy audio format, but it is designed to provide a more accurate representation of the original audio recording

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Does Tidal HiFi use MQA?

Does Tidal HiFi use MQA?

No, Tidal HiFi does not use MQA. Tidal HiFi uses the FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) format, which is a lossless audio format that preserves all of the original audio information in the music recording. Tidal Master, on the other hand, uses the MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format. MQA is a lossy audio format, but

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