I managed to have a comparative listen last night....not for long though.

I have some 24/96 files and now MQA files of the same tracks, downloaded from 2L.

(looking for comparable 24/192 tracks to test against)

The MQA file was upsampled....818 displayed 44k, and 8000SE's displayed 88k.....is this helping or hindering??

To me on some tracks, there was little to no difference.....pretty impressive considering the file size difference.

On Track 2 (the violin concerto), after repeat listening....not expecting any difference, i felt the MQA track definitely had more space between the instruments.

Not necessarily more/bigger soundstage, just more 'air' around each instrument/note.

This is probably down to the temporal de-blurring....i imagine.

Overall i was impressed with what i heard.

Now Looking forward to hear some more familiar tracks to compare HI-Res vs MQA.

I think Bob has delivered on his promise of MQA being better than CD.....maybe being a touch conservative.

How much better can the full fat MQA sound?

Music Room: 818v3, DSP8000SE (SpeakerLink cables), iPad control
Shunyata Denali Power Distributor, fed by SIgma NR V2 + Sigma digital(818) + 2x Alpha NR(DSP8000SE)
Network Acoustics ENO filter + Rubicon Switch(powered by IFI IPower Elite)

Office: Stax SRS2020 via ifi Signature
Spare: DSP5200 + MC200

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