MQA Blue Light?

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Andy Hernandez

• February 25, 2021 00:23
• Edited

Good Evening,

I have my TIDAL (top tier subscription) hooked up to my BluOS app.

I've read the FAQ that says for MQA authenticated we want the blue light next to the MQA logo. 

However, maybe it's my older eyes, I can't tell if the light is BLUE or GREEN.

Any other way to tell?

A support article from Bluesound says: 

Green: An original MQA File encoded at the source

Blue: A 24-bit file converted and confirmed as MQA

 

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • February 25, 2021 13:15

  It's Blue

  Green is very rare...
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  Andy Hernandez

  • February 25, 2021 15:45
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  Good Morning Tony,

  First, thank you for the very quick response. 

  So, I've never been keen on just assuming because someone says so. 

  In my opinion, any indicator light on a car, piece of machinery, or in this case a software app, should be easily identifiable. While I do know the colors are set by MQA, (blue and green are very close in color) can you help the situation my making the indicator light larger or spell out the word BLUE or GREEN, or do something to make it not so hard to read? 

  Also, depending on the color of the album artwork, this also adds a layer of difficulty. If the album artwork is blue or green, it bleeds together.

  Your help in this matter would also be a great service to your older and/or visually impaired customers.

  I do have the brightness set to full on my iPad.

  I can't be the only one having this issue I'd have to imagine.

  Many Thanks,

  Andy.

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • February 25, 2021 21:23

  Thanks for the feedback Andy, I have passed it along to our Quality Assurance Team for future consideration.

  Just to clarify, green is rare as most of the record companies who handle the conversion to MQA from the original Masters do so with great care to include the artist or copyright holder to avoid a green indicator.

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  Tommy A. Olsen

  • May 23, 2021 15:56

  For what it's worth, I also find it a bit hard to spot the difference between the tiny green and blue dot in the app, even though my vision is pretty good. I'm sure there are other nuances of the colors that are easier to differentiate.

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  Art

  • June 05, 2023 05:40
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  Tony, as for "green is rare".

  This may have been true two years ago. But now I can see green dots only.
  Taking a magnifier glass and also comparing with the "light blue" color of the volume bar below
  I'd say there are only green dots visible.

   

   

   

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