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I am no longer getting MQA?

I notice that with my Auralic Aries G2.1 streamer that I no longer get MQA. I now get flac 48KHZ 24 bit at the most where I used to get MQA. The sound is still good but it is not MQA. I know that there was a problem with Tidal and many streaming devices with regards to no more MQA. Does anyone know what the issue is and am I now only going to get flac 48KHZ 24 bit where I used to get MQA or at least Auralic’s version of MQA? 
128x128mitchb
soix
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It’s a little ironic that Qobuz, a French company, isn’t available in Canada where about 20% of the population speaks French but is available in the US where hardly anyone speaks French and 20% of US-born citizens can barely speak English. 
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fuzztone
5,496 posts
 
Good riddance.
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
I kind of get a kick out of all the hostility there is on this site regarding MQA. I tried it. I liked it. It did allow me to wrest a bit more SQ from Tidal. The trouble was, I found that standard issue Qobuz gave me better fidelity than Tidal ever did, MQA switched in or not. Unless Mytek invaded my Brooklyn Bridge in the middle of the night and stole the feature from me, I probably still have it, too.
junzhang10
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Tidal has App on Opportunity-105 (D). Can use iPad or any handheld device to browse and play as long as it is on the same Wifi network. A very good feature. 
djohnson54
396 posts
 
My Lumin T2 just got a firmware update and the release notes indicated that there was an update to the MQA decoder (although they didn't say why the update was needed).  I don't have Tidal and, therefore, don't stream MQA but perhaps your Auralic needs an update (or maybe Auralic is working on one).
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