I want to down load some good music and pay for just the high res down load. What is a good site. I do not want to pay a monthly fee to stream I just want to download.
Master recording is MQA, the first level of "unfolding " comes via software with tidal Hi fi subscription. To get more unfolding you need a dac that is MQA compliant.Yes, I download files I have purchased online. Almost all of the online high resolution music sellers have a downloader tool you put on your PC. Once you make an online purchase, it pops up and you select where you want to download the files to on your computer.
Tidal standard streaming is 320 kbps, the highest MP3 spec. Tidal "HiFi" streams at standard CD spec, 16 bit / 44.1 kHz spec. Tidal is a good way to find new music you'd be interested in. I don't use Tidal but I believe they have a "store" for downloads. I don't know what resolution the music is but I do know you can get either mp3 or FLAC codecs. I looked at Tidal briefly tonight and see they sell digital FLAC albums for about $18. That would be a competitive price but I believe the downloads are 16 bit / 44.1 kHz spec'd FLAC and not the 24 bit/96 or up kHz spec'd files available for the same price at other sites, such as HD Tracks.
I could not find any info on "master recording" specs on Tidal.
If I do not do MQA what is the rate I can stream at.
This is a interesting read. https://www.linn.co.uk/blog/mqa-is-bad-for-music I am not sure I am sold on the MQA. I just want to stream master recordings and the NU Wave will allow me to do that at 192. It also has a class A power supply. I think it will do what I need it to do welk=l.
This is a interesting read. https://www.linn.co.uk/blog/mqa-is-bad-for-music I am not sure I am sold on the MQA. I just want to stream master recordings and the NU Wave will allow me to do that at 192. It also has a class A power supply. I think it will do what I need it to do welk=l.
Yup. Pretty much like Sony and Phillips did with $ACD. ....next.MQA is an attempt to insert patented technology into the music making process, so that Merdian gets a check for every piece of music sold.
Finger-pointing is as finger pointing does. Think back just a moment about the conventional revenue chain... as to whom had/has the most opportunity to gain by up-sampling current redbook inventory. With no provenance clearing house, it was/is an immediate boon for the distributors to 'bit-bucket' files; the consumers and labels were still "asleep" and were had.The other things to watch out for with these hi-res music outfits is the record labels themselves. These labels are just resellers. The record label provides them with hi-res files that they fingerprint and sell.