Ten Unamas Recordings Encoded in MQA To Release Friday on E-Onkyo

Japanese hi-res music label Unamas selected 10 catalog albums for encoding in MQA (Master Quality Authenticated). The MQA recordings -- including Schubert’s "Death and the Maiden," performed by the Unamas String Quintet, and Hiroshi Fukamizu’s “Everything for Drums” -- will be available for download Friday at e-onkyo music for $29 each, it said. Unamas recording engineer Mick Sawaguchi said MQA’s two advantages are “excellent results” in the time domain for reproducing the timbre of music instruments and the balance between low transfer and high-quality sound.