MQA to Support Partners for AXPONA 2016

Rosemont, IL– April 2016– MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is pleased to announce its support for partners exhibiting at AXPONA 2016, held April 15-17, at the Westin O’Hare, in Rosemont, IL. Show attendees will have the opportunity to experience MQA music demonstrations by several MQA partners including Bluesound (Room 348), Mytek (The Marketplace), Onkyo (Ear Gear Expo Booth 7) and Pioneer (Ear Gear Expo Booth 39X).

Joining the first wave of manufacturers with market-ready, MQA-compatible models are Mytek (Brooklyn DAC), Onkyo (DP-X1) and Pioneer (XDP-100R), all of which recently released firmware updates for their respective products. Bluesound, along with its retailer Saturday Audio Exchange, will demo its “proof of concept” systems featuring Bluesound’s Vault 2 and Node 2, NAD Masters M12/M22 and PSB Imagine T3 Towers.

The AXPONA demonstrations will include a sampling of MQA music, including acclaimed Norwegian label 2L, whose entire catalogue is MQA-encoded, with over 130 titles available.

MQA continues discussions with playback partners, music stores and labels – both small and large – to deliver master quality music to music lovers everywhere. Music lovers can sample and purchase MQA music from 2L, and high-resolution download stores OnkyoMusic, 7digital and Technics Tracks.

ABOUT MQA
Using pioneering scientific research into how people hear, the MQA team has created a technology that captures the full magic of an original studio performance. MQA is a revolutionary end-to-end technology that delivers master quality audio in a file that’s small enough to stream or download. It is backwards compatible, so will play on any device and because it’s fully authenticated, the listener can be sure they are hearing exactly what the artist recorded and approved in the studio. MQA is the first technology to capture this crucial timing information – to transport the listener to the original performance.