Onkyo TX-8390 Instruction Manual page 46

Playing MQA files
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is an award-winning British technology that
delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully
authenticated and is available to stream, download and on CD. Visit
for more information.
Playing MQA files
To play MQA files on this unit, you can connect the USB storage device
containing the MQA files to the USB port of this unit (
Server" functionality ( p50) of this unit to play MQA files stored on an NAS
or PC. Note that the "Music Server" feature does not support playback of WAV
format MQA files. It can play FLAC format MQA files that are provided by music
distribution services.
• To playback MQA-CD, download the MQA-CD music files and use the MQA
Tag Renaming Application to manage files*. This application can examine
files ripped from CD, determine whether they are MQA and build a sub-
folder containing correctly formed MQA files. Files that are not MQA remain
unchanged.
* The link to MQA Tag Renaming Application:
https://www.mqa.co.uk/customer/tag435sdf43te
• When you play MQA files, the listening mode automatically switches to Direct.
• There is no change to the sound if you try to adjust the sound quality with
functions such as BASS or TREBLE while you are playing MQA files.
• MQA audio is not output from the ZONE 2 terminals.
Contents
MQA and the Sound Wave Device are registered trade marks of MQA Limited. ©
2016
mqa.co.uk
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