There is a 'review' and general chit-chat about over on engadget iRiver's AK100.
Originally Posted by Iriver's President, Chulmin Lee says"
The MQS encoding process gives the music a refined and pure sound.
Originally Posted by Brian Heater
Iriver has partnered with HDtracks to provide users with albums encoded with Master Quality Sound.
So MQS is a codec, not just a marketing buzz word frown Why oh why could then not just stick with FLAC and WAV; and HDtracks should know better too. That said at least this device does support these format as well.

Regards,
Carl

PS Oddly, the specification page only lists: "Audio codec support AAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA" no MQS.


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