Originally Posted by ncpl
Bizarrely, it was ONLY because of MQA that I ever shopped with HRA. Looks like I am not alone there. Guess what...
Firstly thanks Andy for sharing that response with us. It's not a very technical nor detailed response. Even a novice can point out that the whole point of MQA is to move past the limitations of FLAC, so why would anyone after more buy less?

And YES I too only bought from HRA because of MQA. There's a recording of Wagner's Walküre that is not on Tidal and sold there. Loved that I bought it sounds amazing.

So isn't that a model HRA can continue to pursue? Basically selling MQA files of independent labels that don't stick with Tidal or other streaming services. But for the majors the writing is on the wall, once encoded in MQA they can set up their on streaming service easily and cut out the middle man. HRA and others will be a thing of the past.

Best /bt