Upsampling MQA files to original resolution with sox

[rompolompo]

(13-05-2020 16:03)granosalis Wrote:  

(13-05-2020 15:30)rompolompo Wrote:  MQA is a nonsensical scam that should not be used. It is a total rip-off of the innocent audiophile who knows no better.

Not sure I got the entire sentence (lots of idioms for an Italian guy), but looks like you are not an MQA fan :-)
I generally agree with you, but MQA is becoming more and more popular and there are also some very good sounding MQA CD from Japan.
I got the Jazz Hi-Res CD Sampler, which I have ripped and put on the minimserver. Autumn Leaves sounds extremly good.
It would be great if using SOX and minimstreamer we can play an MQA file at full resolution.

MQA is dying. Only few CDs were made and currently only Tidal stream content in MQA. Companies got the message that people don't want to pay for yet another format and buy new equipment. FLAC is fine, open source and works well on anything. Soon MQA will join HDCD, DSD and all the other esoteric formats that never made it into main stream media.