Lenbrook Extends Leadership in Hi-Res Audio with MQA Acquisition
PICKERING, ONTARIO, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 – Lenbrook Corp., a diversified, privately-owned Canadian enterprise with activities in brand development...
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PICKERING, ONTARIO, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 – Lenbrook Corp., a diversified, privately-owned Canadian enterprise with activities in brand development...
MQA technology, which aims to reproduce music close to the original studio master tapes as possible, has been acquired by the Lenbrook Group of Canada.
Canadian firm Lenbrook – which also owns Bluesound and NAD – has bought MQA, keeping the hi-res format alive.
Lenbrook, the privately-owned Canadian company that owns the PSB, NAD, and Bluesound brands, today announced that it has acquired the assets of MQA Ltd., the beleaguered company that filed for bankruptcy protection in April. Under the terms of the deal, Lenbrook will own the MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) high-resolution audio encoding technology developed by Bob Stuart, cofounder of U.K.-based Meridian Audio, and the SCL6 streaming codec (formerly MQAir) along with an “assortment of significant patents.” Andy Dowell, who had been the head of licensing for MQA, will continue
PSB Speakers is partnering up with start-up Sonical and audio specialists MQA to define a new category of high-resolution headphones.