Tidal has been riding an encouraging wave of momentum since its celebrity-studded re-launch back in March 2015 – not least because, five years ago, it became the first service to offer hi-res audio streaming thanks to its adoption of MQA technology.
Nine years later, Tidal is ditching MQA – but it does still offer hi-res streaming up to 192kHz via the FLAC format, which is compatible with more music streamers and hi-fi hardware due to its open-source nature.
