MQA Announces Sony’s Walkman® Features MQA Playback Technology

London / Berlin, 31 August 2017 – MQA announces the integration of MQA technology into two of Sony’s new Walkman products, the WM-ZX300 and WM-A40 models. Both portable players are capable of playing back downloaded MQA music.

MQA’s award-winning technology captures and reproduces the sound of the original studio master in a file that’s small enough to stream and download easily. Sony’s Walkman is a premium high-resolution audio player designed to provide users with the purest audio experience.

Mike Jbara, CEO of MQA, stated, “Music lovers have a huge affinity for the Sony Walkman brand and we’re delighted that by integrating MQA into the latest portable Walkman devices, we can further expand opportunities to listen to master quality audio.”

MQA continues to collaborate with the wider music industry to increase distribution of high quality audio to music lovers. MQA music is available in a number of download stores worldwide, including e-onkyo music, HIGHERESAUDIO and 2L.

About MQA

Using pioneering scientific research into how people hear, the MQA team has created a technology that captures the sound of the original studio performance. The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream, while also being backward compatible, so you can play MQA music on any device. MQA’s award-winning technology is licensed by labels, music services and hardware manufacturers worldwide and is certified by the RIAA. MQA is a UK-based private company.