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SMSL SU-9 DAC
alphajay777
6
May 13, 2021
How would this compare to the su-8
postwarscars
1368
Jun 4, 2021
alphajay777The SU-9 mostly removes the intermodulation distortion bump present in ESS chips, while the SU-8 does not. The rest is largely cosmetic, minus the SU-9 doing MQA, which may or may not matter to you.
alphajay777
6
Jun 4, 2021
postwarscarsMqa being ?
postwarscars
1368
Jun 4, 2021
alphajay777https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Quality_Authenticated
The TL;DR is it's a supposedly high resolution format that's used in services like TIDAL. Some people value it for that reason, but it is questionable if it's truly hi-res and not actually a somewhat lossy format used for marketing purposes.
SDK1
220
Jun 5, 2021
alphajay777Marketing Quite Absurdly (that it is not a lossy format).
https://youtu.be/pRjsu9-Vznc
brainwave
720
Nov 22, 2021
SDK1This is correct. MQA was developed not necessarily to add quality, but specifically to add DRM.
In essence, it is just FLAC with applied digital filters, though usually, because it is "tuned up" to the human ear perception MOA sounds better than old plain vanilla FLAC at the same resolution.
When used thru digital streaming services (like Tidal, etc.) MQA is worth it IMO since it frees you from applying your own digital filters, but if you are buying files to build your own musical library MQA is superficial and very inconvenient to have actually.
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