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However,
the biggest high-res outfit in Europe (a bigger market than the USA) is not using MQA.
They are using FLAC streaming at up to 192, which is already easily streamed in most parts of Europe. My 'no better and no more expensive than average' service can stream twenty 192 WAV streams simultaneously already and could do the same for more than 30 FLAC streams. And they are increasing the existing speed by 25% in the next few days at no extra charge. The USA will eventually catch up on its infrastructure too.
And it's REAL high res, not just bit-depth reduced, lossy, and upsampled stuff like MQA is. And there are no MQA fees to pay by anyone. Or new DACs to buy.
I told you so. Often. Looks like I will be discarding my recently started three month Tidal free trial before it expires.