Well, that’s more a criticism of Tidal, rather than MQA per se, but yes, they could make it easier.

The latest version of Roon has made great strides with Tidal/MQA, I’m really impressed. You now get the format, including MQA, clearly labelled so you can easily sort CD quality from MQA, etc., when viewing different versions of an album.

This quite apart from the new first unfold of MQA in Roon and ability to DSP afterwards and still render if the hardware is capable. Great stuff.


HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502