![]() Mike Jbara, CEO of MQA: “ It’s good news for music fans that we continue to expand the reach of MQA through partner integrations and the Amarra range is a great addition. With Windows MQA support coming soon our future plans include iOS integration for MQA streaming/offline playback, DSP processing and more.” With direct MQA decoding, consumers will now experience unrivaled music reproduction. Jonathan Reichbach, CEO of Sonic Studio: “ Sonic Studio is excited to release the first MQA integration and experience for the Amarra family of products. Amarra 4 Luxe supports Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or higher as well as Windows 8 & 10 (MQA pending). World class DSP includes our multi-stage upsampling as well as a fully customizable, professional-level EQ, with pre-sets for different genres, speakers or headphones. With Amarra 4 Luxe users can sort, search, navigate, and play back their entire music collection. Amarra users without an MQA-enabled DAC can enjoy MQA decoding at 2x sample rates (88.2kHz or 96kHz), while users with an MQA-Decoder enabled DAC will hear full MQA with the original master sample rate, platform-specific DAC compensation and sample rates up to 8x (352kHz or 384kHz). MQA files are fully authenticated and small enough to stream or download, while also being backward compatible, so they can be played on any device.Īmarra 4 Luxe supports local MQA file playback and additionally supports TIDAL MQA Streaming for HiFi subscribers. MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) delivers the sound of the original master recording. If on Windows, I’d check out JPlay, Eqalify and Fidelify which are apparently similar to Amarra SQ.Sonic Studio announces the release of Amarra 4 Luxe v4.1 featuring integrated MQA audio technology. Please note that both are Mac-only products and won’t work on a Windows PC. ![]() Create playlists to share with your TIDAL mobile app. Use our Sonic EQ presets to personalize the sound to your taste. I got Amarra SQ (not the + version) for $29.99 but I would try both and see which one better fits your needs. Amarra for TIDAL brings the award-winning Amarra sound to your TIDAL music experience Wider soundstage, experience better dynamics, and feel the silence of a quieter background. You can try Amarra SQ and its more powerful sibling Amarra SQ+ for 15 days before purchasing it. The new player was developed in conjunction with TIDAL’s engineers. Every tweak on a computer can have an impact on the sound, it's just not as simple as 'bits is bits'. work with my Mac and Windows machines: a 23 Acer T232HL (300 on Amazon). We understand it has been a challenge using Amarra Luxe and we are sorry for any inconvenience, It truly is a delicate balance to provide features and still maintain exceptional sound quality. ![]() You can even enhance the clarity of Skype phone calls or Netflix videos, although, personally, I haven’t tried this yet. Amarra for TIDAL is the ultimate music playback solution for streaming audio, and will be available from the Sonic Studio web site for US39.95, while the free Amarra Remote app will be available from the iTunes Music Store. You can then add more Tidal albums over time, or explore new music and build. And Amarra 4 Luxe apparently has library limitations and problems galore. You also get multiple filter types and an even more powerful Equalizer.īut Amarra SQ is not just limited to music. I considered Amarra for Tidal on Windows, but fled when I saw all the bug reports. On top of the standard features it comes with an Audio conditioner that can remove excess noise. If you want to customize everything even further, get Amarra SQ+. CapTune by Sennheiser is a very powerful and simple equalizer for Tidal Android/iOS. I personally use a little bit of EQ to tame the top end of my STAX headphones which are slightly too bright for my taste. What’s more, Amarra SQ is a full-featured DSP with a fantastic paramentric Equalizer (presets for popular audiophile headphones included). I can even tell the difference when I use Qobuz to send 16bit FLAC lossless audio to Amarra SQ rather than sending it directly through my M2Tech Hiface driver. Amarra SQ vastly transforms even humble YouTube music videos. In other words, you simply set Spotify, Qobuz, YouTube, iTunes or whatever you may be using to route any audio signal to Amarra SQ. ![]() Here’s where Amarra SQ comes in! On your Mac, it registers itself as an audio output driver and omits Apple’s much-maligned CoreAudio engine which does all sorts of nasty things to audio playback. It is a completely unenjoyable experience. Unfortunately, the sound quality is generally lacking resolution and body, with high pitch notes ending up tinny in sound. Even my kids occasionally want listen to the poor quality audio that they have purchased on iTunes. Despite being an audiophile with high demands when it comes to sound quality, I often listen to live concerts through YouTube or simply stream MP3 tracks from Spotify to my stereo system or STAX headphones.
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