In Reply to: It is a lossy process. It uses perceptual coding just like MP3. posted by meisterkleef on February 11, 2016 at 13:46:00:
Not the same 44/16 bit rate. The bit rate would be more like 44/24. And if you compare you will find that a FLAC compression of the 44/24 will compress better than a FLAC compression of the MQA 44/24. So there isn't even 1/3 saving in size. It may sound better than the 44/16 (or FLAC 44/16) version after you have bought a new DAC. But it CAN NOT sound better than an original hi-res file (unless of course it's the new DAC, and not the MQA sauce).
Tony Lauck
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