Meridian have announced a new lossless format aimed at making hi-res
music more compact for streaming purposes - MQA. 4.6Mbps drops to 1Mbps.
Meridian MQA Press Release at WHF
Is seems as though this can be carried inside a standard FLAC, WAV or ALAC
type container. No mention of who they are partnered with on the
content provider side, but it looks interesting.
The article at Stuff seems to suggest that a compatible device is
needed, but non-compatible devices will play the file at CD quality.
Stuff Mag
The "A" in MQA stands for authenticated. Which is a bit worrying, but if it is only used for streaming, I guess the ability to use the music across multiple devices is about apps not about portability of encrypted files.
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Friday, 25 February 2011
More Cyrus Details
More information on the Cyrus streamer was announced at the Bristol show. I should've said streamers rather than streamer, as its actually a bit of a family of products.
Lots of connectivity - USB (asychronous or not is not yet clear), iPod dedicated USB, wired Ethernet, WiFi, uPnP and DLNA. Plus they plays the most important FLAC and WAV file formats up to 24 / 96.
Most impressively, Cyrus have got it right and produced all the main possible combinations for this device:
£1600 Streamline that is streamer / DAC / pre-amp / power amp as an all-in-one mini system (compare Naim UnitiQute)
£1400 Stream X which is the streamer only with digital outputs - so the main "source" component for those of us interested in selecting the best avaible device for each element in the sound reproduction chain (compare Naim NDX)
£2000 Stream XP which is the streamer / DAC / pre-amp version (perhaps compare Musical Fidelity?)
All work with a remote that includes a screen and controls the devices over the network. Can't see anything in the news (no rear panel photos either) that indicate compatibility with the PSX-R power supply.
Brilliant! I'm hoping these devices will sound as good or better than the company's existing DAC products (more soon on this topic) but Cyrus have to be absolutely congratulated and encouraged to continue with this excellent approach to covering all the bases.
Cyrus Announcement
What HiFi News Link
Lots of connectivity - USB (asychronous or not is not yet clear), iPod dedicated USB, wired Ethernet, WiFi, uPnP and DLNA. Plus they plays the most important FLAC and WAV file formats up to 24 / 96.
Most impressively, Cyrus have got it right and produced all the main possible combinations for this device:
£1600 Streamline that is streamer / DAC / pre-amp / power amp as an all-in-one mini system (compare Naim UnitiQute)
£1400 Stream X which is the streamer only with digital outputs - so the main "source" component for those of us interested in selecting the best avaible device for each element in the sound reproduction chain (compare Naim NDX)
£2000 Stream XP which is the streamer / DAC / pre-amp version (perhaps compare Musical Fidelity?)
All work with a remote that includes a screen and controls the devices over the network. Can't see anything in the news (no rear panel photos either) that indicate compatibility with the PSX-R power supply.
Brilliant! I'm hoping these devices will sound as good or better than the company's existing DAC products (more soon on this topic) but Cyrus have to be absolutely congratulated and encouraged to continue with this excellent approach to covering all the bases.
Cyrus Announcement
What HiFi News Link
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