MQA
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MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is a proprietary audio codec and encoding technology designed to deliver high-resolution, studio-quality sound in relatively small file sizes for streaming and playback.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MQA canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MQA Context triple: [Tidal, supportsAudioFormat, MQA]
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A.
Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless multichannel audio codec designed for high-definition home entertainment formats like Blu-ray to deliver studio-quality surround sound.
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B.
DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-HD Master Audio is a high-definition, lossless multichannel audio codec commonly used on Blu-ray Discs to deliver studio-quality surround sound.
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C.
ALAC
ALAC is the At-Large Advisory Committee within ICANN that represents the interests of individual Internet users in global domain name policy development.
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D.
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus is an advanced multichannel audio codec developed by Dolby Laboratories that offers higher efficiency, improved sound quality, and greater flexibility for modern broadcast, streaming, and disc-based media.
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E.
Dolby AC-4
Dolby AC-4 is an advanced audio codec designed for next-generation broadcast and streaming, offering high-efficiency compression, immersive and personalized sound, and support for modern formats like UHD and HDR video services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MQA Target entity description: MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is a proprietary audio codec and encoding technology designed to deliver high-resolution, studio-quality sound in relatively small file sizes for streaming and playback.
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A.
Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless multichannel audio codec designed for high-definition home entertainment formats like Blu-ray to deliver studio-quality surround sound.
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B.
DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-HD Master Audio is a high-definition, lossless multichannel audio codec commonly used on Blu-ray Discs to deliver studio-quality surround sound.
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C.
ALAC
ALAC is the At-Large Advisory Committee within ICANN that represents the interests of individual Internet users in global domain name policy development.
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D.
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus is an advanced multichannel audio codec developed by Dolby Laboratories that offers higher efficiency, improved sound quality, and greater flexibility for modern broadcast, streaming, and disc-based media.
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E.
Dolby AC-4
Dolby AC-4 is an advanced audio codec designed for next-generation broadcast and streaming, offering high-efficiency compression, immersive and personalized sound, and support for modern formats like UHD and HDR video services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio codec
ⓘ
audio encoding technology ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Master Quality Authenticated ⓘ |
| category |
audio format
ⓘ
audio technology ⓘ |
| claims |
authenticates provenance of master recording
ⓘ
preserves timing information of original master ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Bob Stuart
ⓘ
Peter Craven ⓘ |
| commonlyDistributedIn |
ALAC files
ⓘ
FLAC files ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | PCM container formats ⓘ |
| compressionType | lossy ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
being proprietary
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licensing model ⓘ needing special hardware or software for full decode ⓘ using lossy compression while marketed as lossless-like ⓘ |
| designedFor |
audio streaming
ⓘ
high-resolution audio ⓘ studio-quality sound ⓘ |
| developedBy | MQA Ltd ⓘ |
| encodingType | proprietary ⓘ |
| feature |
backward compatibility with PCM playback
ⓘ
embedded authentication data ⓘ file size reduction ⓘ lossy compression ⓘ origami folding of high-frequency data ⓘ time-domain optimization ⓘ |
| fullName | Master Quality Authenticated ⓘ |
| goal |
deliver master-quality sound to consumers
ⓘ
optimize high-resolution audio for streaming ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Master Quality Authenticated ⓘ |
| originCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| playableAs | standard PCM on non-MQA devices ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
digital audio compression
ⓘ
high-resolution audio ⓘ music production ⓘ |
| requires |
MQA-capable decoder for full quality
ⓘ
license for hardware implementation ⓘ license for software implementation ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
audiophiles
ⓘ
hi-fi hardware manufacturers ⓘ music streaming services ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tidal ⓘ |
| usedFor | music streaming ⓘ |
| uses |
digital signal processing
ⓘ
metadata for authentication ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MQA Description of subject: MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is a proprietary audio codec and encoding technology designed to deliver high-resolution, studio-quality sound in relatively small file sizes for streaming and playback.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.