Full MQA music list.

@dlcockrum 
"Many of the MQA selections on the "Masters" tab make me wonder why someone would care about the sound quality of that "media" at all."

Great point.  I had to laugh when I saw early albums by the Faces (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood et al) available as MQA.  Don't get me wrong...love the music and SQ can be good on some of these but not thinking these were guys sweating the details.  They were lucky to find the door into the studio on some days.  Does seem a little like silk purse from sow's ear.

I'm in a running email exchange battle with Tidal on the subject of MQA.  Like most, I'm concerned that the entire available MQA list is not available under the "Masters" tab.  When I asked if they were going to fix the issue the help desk response was was "only the engineers know and they are not telling us their plans".  I think all users should contact them and register their complaint.  I will probably keep subscribing until they have a good competitor.  

So please help me understand. Not all of that gigantic list is MQA????

mr m,

The issue here is the poor job that Tidal itself does at creating a central repository for MQA titles.

Why should paying customers have to resort to a spreadsheet to identify MQA titles, or worse, only find them by happenstance?

The "Masters" section of Tidal as such a central library of MQA titles is a joke. Appears to me that the same despots that select titles to highlight in the "New" (non-mqa) section of Tidal are in charge of the Masters Section as well. At least 50% of the titles added weekly to the Masters section are virtually unlistenable from a sound quality standpoint. As for the musical value of same, well I will just leave it at, "It is not my taste".

There are exceptions of course and infrequently a real gem gets included, but it is a rarity and seems to be getting worse over time, IMO.

We appear to have made a major mistake by inferring that Tidal MQA=audiophile/music aficionado.

Dave

Folks,

I recognize the MQA albums are scattered all over the place. I have spoken to Tidal, they are aware of the issue and working on improving the user experience.

The way I see it, it’s a work in progress. Be patient and continue to enjoy the MQA or non-MQA files based on your personal preferences.

And those who are not happy with MQA or Tidal content are free to make a switch to Spotify or other low resolution streaming services :-)

I am thankful for all the progress made so far with high resolution streaming, limited as it seems but never the less providing elevated musical experience.

Peace out!