Be careful, my fear is, that only the manufacturers will benefit from MQA, because then these MQA certified devices will simply be more expensive.
But then what will you pay for? My impression from what I have read about it:
1. that somewhere a light is shining to indicate to the customer, that this file is original / unmodified. Well .. get a good ripper as EAC (Exact Audio Copy), perform bit test with ADI-2 Pro/DAC, nothing more is needed to get the signal chain bit perfect end-to-end.
2. to have a container format with further information about A/D converter that have been used in production ?
Ah .. so I shall trust an automatism to modify the music "according to some standards" (defined by whom ? Can I trust them ?) where some people claim to know, how this should have sounded ...
Sorry, no, I want High Fidelity .. the sound that is on the original medium.
This is what mastering engineer and artist aligned on, how they want to present the music to the public.
And even if they used a "bad" converter .. AND ? Where is the problem .. I want my music material "authentic" not modified.
I think the industry simply wants to make money with it. Define and sell a pseudo premium standard that nobody really needs. Of course there will be again many people who are proud of what they got with MQA.
BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub13