I do know my brother favoured MQA recordings when he was using Tidal.

We haven't bought a cd in ages, all our cd's have been ripped and new stuff comes via Qobuz.

POPPED OUT THIS MORNING SINCE I NEEDED
A NEW PAIR OF SHOES. TRYING ONE ON I SAID TO
THE ASSISTANT, THIS ONES A BIT TIGHT.
SHE SAID THEY WILL GIVE A LITTLE WITH WEAR SO
TRY IT WITH IT WITH THE TONGUE OUT.

I SAID "IT'TH NHO GHOOD, IT'TH'S STHILL THOO THIGHT"

Thanks for the warning @Fretless.

The Jays Audio is a super looking machine George, and would have been my go to if purchasing another CDT, but TEAC have recently brought out a new model which I bet will be good:- https://www.hifi.blog/teac-70th-anniversary-models-teac-vrds-701-cd-player-and-teac-vrds-701t-cd-transport/ Also keep yo...

These days and at my age, I try and go simplicity, so the 400SA would be for me.

There getting worse Mr Slinger.

@George Hincapie Why don't you treat yourself to an EverSolo DMP-A6 like I purchased. It is worth the money alone just for it's streaming capability, your Audial dac will be better than the internal dac. Sound quality is on par with my Lumin U2 mini streamer, even I could get it to work, so you kno...

@George Hincapie Why don't you treat yourself to an EverSolo DMP-A6 like I purchased. It is worth the money alone just for it's streaming capability, your Audial dac will be better than the internal dac. Sound quality is on par with my Lumin U2 mini streamer, even I could get it to work, so you know...

The guys at Audiophile Style don't like using shielded cables any more. Unshielded offers better performance apparently. Funny how these things go in cycles. My understanding is that the more EMI there is the greater the need for shielding. I am doubtful if shielding has detrimental effects. So the...