iBasso Audio

USER GUIDE
http://www.iBasso.com
Contents

Package Components
Main Features

Specifications 6

Names of Parts & Functions 7-12

Android Basic Features Introduction 13-24

WiFi Connection/Bluetooth Connection 13-14
Application (APP) Installation/App，to Uninstall/USB Connections
15-17
System Settings 18-23
Power Off/Reboot 24
iBasso Mango Music Player Application 25-56
Playback Screen (home screen) 25-27
Music Screen 28-36
Settings Screen 37-56

MQA 57
Package Components

Clear TPU
DX170 Player Protection Case

USB C Cable Screen Protector

数字音乐播放器

Quick Start Guide Warranty Card

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USB C Cable：
Connect the USB C cable to a computer for charging,
data transfer, and USB-DAC function.

Clear TPU protection case：

Use the Clear TPU protection case to protect the DX170’s
chassis from scratches.

Screen Protector：
Use the screen protector to protect the DX170’s screen
from scratches.

Warranty Card：
The warranty card will be requested at the time of
warranty repair. Please retain the warranty card.

Quick Start Guide:

This reviews the basic functions of the DX170.

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Main Features

- Dual Cirrus CS43131 DAC Chips.

- Bit for Bit Playback With Support up to 32bit/384kHz.

- Support of Native DSD up to 256x.

- 5.0"
（1080*1920）IPS Full Screen with On Cell Capacitive
Touch Panel.

- CNC Aluminum Frame, With Curved Glass Rear Panel.

- Support of QC3.0, PD2.0, & MTK PE Plus Quick Charge.

- Allows for USB-DAC Mode.

- 4.4mm Balanced OutPut, 3.5mm Single Ended Output That

Functions as Single Ended Phone Out, Line Out, and Coaxial
Out.

- Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 SoC.

- 2GB LPDDR4.

- 32GB of Internal Memory.

- 5G WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0.

- Support SDXC and SDHC Micro SD Cards.

- Audio Formats Supported: MQA, APE, FLAC,WAV, WMA,

AAC, ALAC, AIFF, OGG, MP3, DFF, DSF and DXD.

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- Support for M3U Playlists.

- 3200mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer Battery.

- 11 Hours Play Time.

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Specifications
4.4mm Balanced Output :

Output Level : 6.4Vrms

Frequency Response : 10Hz~40kHz+/-0.15 dB
S/N : 130 dB
THD+N : 0.00022% (no load)
0.00022% (32Ωload，3Vrms）
Crosstalk : -125dB

3.5mm Headphone Out :

Output Level : 3.2Vrms
Frequency Response : 10Hz~40kHz+/-0.15 dB
S/N : 125dB
THD+N : 0.0004% (no load)
0.0007% (32Ωload，3Vrms）
Crosstalk : -115dB

Line Out :
Output Level : 3.2Vrms
Frequency Response : 10Hz~40kHz+/-0.15dB
S/N : 125dB
THD+N : 0.00035% (no load)
Crosstalk : -113dB

Average Play Time: 11 hours.

(The play time varies with different
resolutions and headphone/IEM loads.)

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Names of Parts & Functions

USB C Port

Micro SD Card Slot

Phone Port/Line Out Port/

Balanced Phone Port
Coaxial Output Port

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Coaxial Output Port:
Use a mini coaxial cable to play music stored in the DX170 on an
external device with a coaxial input port. Before using the coaxial
output, make sure SPDIF is selected on the 3.5 interface of the
drop-down notification bar.

USB C Port：
Connect the DX170 to a computer or a USB charger to charge
the DX170. Connect the DX170 to a computer to allow the DX170
to work as a card reader or an external storage.
Connect the DX170 to an OTG storage device to play music files.
Connect the DX170 to a PC or a Mac computer to work as a USB
DAC.

Line Out Port:

Use a 3.5 to 3.5 interconnect cable to play music stored in the
DX170 on an external amplifier with a line in port.

Phone Port:
Plug in the single-ended earphone and output sound through the
phone port.

Balanced Phone Port:

Plug in the 4.4mm balanced earphone and output sound through
the Balanced phone port.

Micro SD Card Slot:

Insert a Micro SD card into the DX170 to access its stored files.

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 USB C

Power/Volume

Next/Fast Forward
Play/Pause
Previous/Rewind

Balanced Phone Port 5.0inch LCD

Line Out Port/

Phone Port

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Power：
Short Press - Power the LCD screen on and off.
Long Press - To display the pop up window with two
options that are Power off and Reboot.

Volume：
Rotate the wheel clockwise to increase the volume.
Rotate the wheel counter clockwise to decrease the volume.

Next/Fast Forward：
Short Press - Play the next track.
Long Press - Fast forward.

Play/Pause：
Short Press - Play/Pause.

Previous/Rewind：
Short Press - Replay previous track.
Long Press - Rewind.

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Basic Operation:
Power on/off:
1. Press and hold the power button to power on.
2. After the DX170 is powered on, a long press of the Power
button to display the pop up window, press Power Off button
to power off the DX170.

Power on/off the screen:

Single press the power button to power on/off the screen after
the DX170 has been powered on.

Reset:
If the DX170 stop unexpectedly during operation and the
keys are no longer responsive, press and hold the power button
for 10 seconds to reset the DX170.

Charging:
DX170 supports three quick charge protocols, QC3.0, PD2.0,
and MTK PE Plus. Charging can be done with a standard 5V
USB charger or with quick charger that is compliant the stated
3 protocols. A full charge takes about 1.5 hours with the afore
mentioned quick charge types.

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Connecting to a computer to work as a
USB DAC:
Connecting to a computer to work as a USB DAC:
The DX170 can work as a USB DAC for Windows PC, Mac computer,
and Linux computer. It is driver free on Windows PC, Mac computer,
and Linux computer. For Windows PC, the DX170 supports WASAPI
protocol.

The DX170 supports up to 32bit/384kHz PCM, and DSD DoP up to

128x when be used as a USB-DAC.

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Android Basic Features
Introduction
WiFi Connection:

① On the Android desktop, from the top, swipe down

the screen to display the notification bar.
② Press the Wireless local area network(WLAN) to turn
on the WiFi function. The first time you enter the WLAN,
you need to choose the hot spot you will be using and
enter the password. From this point forward your
password for this hotspot will be remembered and you
simply press the WLAN icon to connect to the WiFi
internet.

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Bluetooth Connection:

① On the Android desktop, swipe down from the top

of the screen to display the notification bar.
② Press the Bluetooth icon to turn on the Bluetooth
function. The DX170 will automatically search for
the nearby Bluetooth device. At the same time, the
DX170 will be visible to the nearby devices. Choose
the device that you would like to pair with. After
the device has been paired, you can use the DX170
in the Bluetooth mode.

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APP Installation:

Method 1:
① APKPure is pre-installed on the DX170. It is similar
to Play Store.
② Launch the APKPure.
③ Search for the APP that you would like to install.
④ Download the APP and install it.
Method 2:
① Press the internet browser on the desktop.
② Enter the website address of the APP.
③ Find the download icon on the website and start
the download.
④ Return to the desktop and open download
manager.
⑤ Press the on downloaded app and install it.

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App, to Uninstall:

① Press the internet browser on the desktop.

② Enter the website address of the APP.
③ Find the download icon on the website and start
the download.
④ Return to the desktop and open the download
manager.
⑤ Press the downloaded app and install it.

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USB Connections:

Connect the DX170 to the computer using the furnished

USB-C cable. The DX170 will show on the computer as
an external storage. Users can transfer files by copying
and pasting.

* If you are using a Mac computer, please make sure the MTP
software Android File Transfer is installed.

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System Settings:

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Audio Settings:

Press Settings Icon, then press Audio Settings.

① Gain:
One of the two gains can be selected.

② Digital Filter:
A total of five filters are available for user setting.
These are designed by the chip manufacturer and
are included as an option.

③ Volume Limitation:
This sets the volume to a maximum preset point. 

④ Volume Control Knob:

A total of four options are available for user setting,
always on, only when screen on, only when screen off,
and always off.

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Audio Control Button Settings:
Press Settings Icon, then press Audio Control Button Settings.

① Audio Control Button:

A total of four options are available for user setting,
always on, only when screen on, only when screen off,
and always off.

② Customize Audio Control Button Placement:

customize the placement of previous button and
next button.

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Firmware Update:

1: Press Settings Icon, System, Updater.

2: Select Online Update or Local Update.

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DX170

Online Update:

① Make sure the DX170 is connected to WiFi.

② After online update is selected, press Check Update.
③ Press Download, the DX170 will start downloading
the available update package.
④ After the download complete, press Update Now to
start the firmware update.

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Local Update:

① Download the firmware file from our website.

If it is a rar file, extract it.
② Press the icon located on the top right corner,
then press Local Update.
③ Browse the folder where the firmware file is saved,
and select the firmware file.
④ Press Update Now to start the firmware update.

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Firmware Version:

① Press Settings icon, System, About DX170.

② Scroll down the page, the Build number is the
firmware version.

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Power Off, Reboot:

① Long press the power button for 3 seconds.

② There is a pop up window with two options.

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iBasso Mango Music Player
Application

iBasso Audio Mango music player is composed of the Playback

screen (home screen), Music screen and Settings.

When on the playback screen, one can swipe left and right on
the Album artwork area ③ to switch a song: Press the icon on
the top left corner ① to go into Music Screen.
Press the icon on the top right corner ② to go into Settings.
No matter which sub screens of the Music Screen you are
browsing, press the thumbnail icon on the bottom left to return
to the playback screen.

① ② ③

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Playback Screen (home screen):

Equalizer Sample Rate

WiFi
Digital Filter
L/R Balance
Gain Battery indicator for
digital section
Volume
Settings
Music screen

Now Playing

Track title
Artist name

Play Mode
Music info

Previous/Rewind Next/Fast Forward

Play/Pause

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Now Playing Screen:
Press the icon located on the bottom right to display the
now playing screen. One can swipe a song to the left to display
the Delete button. Press the delete button to remove it from this
now playing list.

Music Info Screen:

Press the Music info icon ②, the album artwork will show the
music info. Press the music info icon again, it will return to
album artwork.

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 Music Screen:

Directory view ②

Detail view ① Search bar ③

Navigation bar ④ Navigation bar
management ⑥
Now playing

Music order Music format

Long press ⑤

Track title
/Artist name

Playback bar Play/Pause

Thumbnail artwork ⑦
Track title and artist name
of the song that is playing.

Detail View:
Press the detail view icon to browse the scanned library.

Directory View:
Press the directory view icon to browse in file structure.

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Search bar:
Press the search bar to go into the search page to search
the desired music or album.

Navigation Bar:
One can swipe it left or right to choose: All Music view,
Album view, Artist view, Genre view, Now Playing view,
or Playlist view.

Long Press:
Long pressing a song will pop up a window with more
options.

Navigation Bar Management:

To customize the navigation bar and music screen.

Thumbnail artwork:
Press to return to the playback screen.

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Long Press Pop-up:

Further Options:
Long Press of a song will pop up a window with further
options that allows to play this song, add this song to a
playlist, or delete this song.

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Album View:
Thumbnail view Artwork view

Artist View:
Thumbnail view Artwork view

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Playlist View:

New Playlist:
Press the New Playlist to create a playlist. On the pop-up
window, one can name the playlist and add playlist description.

Further Options:
A Long press of the playlist will popup a window with further
options, which allows renaming the playlist, exporting the
playlist, or deletion of the playlist.

The playlist can be found on the internal storage of the iBasso

/mango player folder, after the playlist has been exported.

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Navigation Bar Management Screen:

Press the icon located on the right side of the navigation bar to
go into the navigation bar management and music sorting screen.

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Navigation Bar Management:
One can customize the navigation bar. When selected,
the icon is highlighted. Press the icon again to unselect.
The selected icon will be shown on the navigation bar.
Otherwise, it will not be shown.

All Music View Sorting:

One can sort the all music view by title, album, artist,
added time, or folder.

Album View Settings:

One can choose between the thumbnail view and
artwork view.

Artist View Settings:

One can choose between the thumbnail view and
artwork view.

Now Playing View Sorting:

One can sort the Now Playing by title, album, artist,
added time, or folder.

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 Directory View:

Press the Directory View icon① to go into directory view.

②
③ ④

Press the Directory View icon① to go into directory view.

One can browse the music files under internal storage and
SD card via folder structure.

Press Internal Storage② to see music files under internal

storage. Press SD Card③ to see music files under SD card.
Press the return button④ will move back one page at a time.

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Search Screen:

Input the keywords to search a track, an album, or an artist.

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Settings Screen:

Press the Settings icon to go into settings screen.

Gapless:
One can enable the gapless to eliminate the gap between
two tracks.

Gain:
There are two gain settings. The low gain has the lowest
noise floor, it is good for ultra sensitive IEMs.

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Play Mode:
One can choose the desired play mode here.

Folder Play:
To enable the folder play function, tick the Folder Play,
then select either the order play mode or loop play mode.
After a full media scan, or rescan the library, you can go
to Directory and select a song under a folder. After this
folder is played, the DX170 will play the next folder.

L/R Balance:
Press to go into the L/R balance setting page.

Digital Filter:
There are five filters, press the number to quickly
choose a filter.

Advanced:
To access to more system settings.

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Equalizer:
The DX170 has two types of Equalizers, Graphic EQ and Parametric
EQ.

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Graphic Equalizer:
Press the button of the Graphic Equalizer to enable the Graphic
Equalizer.

Pre-set EQ:
There are 5 kinds of pre-set EQ and a custom option.
One can quickly set the equalizer as desired by selecting
them.

How to Adjust The EQ Settings:

Press on the response curve, the 10 band slide bars will
show up. One can adjust the EQ settings by positioning
the bars up or down.

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Parametric Equalizer:
Press the button of the Parametric Equalizer to enable the it.

Parametric Equalizer:
Press the button of the Parametric Equalizer to
enable the it.

How to Go Into The Parametric EQ Setting Screen:

Press the response curve to go into the parametric
EQ setting screen.

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Parametric Equalizer Setting Screen:

②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦

① Settings on the Selection Bar:

One can swipe left and right to select a setting.

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② Filter Navigation Bar:
There are maximum of 6 filters allowed for each
setting. One can swipe left and right to select a
filter, then customize it.

③ Status:
Status of each filter. One can turn on or turn off
the selected filter.

④ Filter Type:
There are eight kinds of filters. Select one of the
filters.

⑤ Central Frequency (Fc)：

This is the central frequency. Input a value between
33Hz to 16,000Hz.

⑥ Gain:
This is the gain for each central frequency. Input a
value between -20dB to 20dB.

⑦ Q Factor:
This is the quality factor. Input a value between 0.3
to 20.

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Parametric Equalizer Setting Instruction:

Central Frequency (Fc):

The central frequency of each filter setting.

Gain:
The gain for the central frequency.

Quality Factor:
The range of effect of the filter.

As shown on the pictures below, the larger value of the

Q factor, the smaller the effect compared the central
frequency. The smaller value of the Q factor, the larger
the effect in relation to the central frequency.
The following are the curves of the filters
(Fc=100Hz, gain=4dB)

1. Low Pass Filter

The frequency higher than the central frequency will be affected.
Gain setting is ineffective with low pass filter.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

①. Q=0.7071 ②. Q=20

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2. High Pass Filter

The frequency smaller than the central frequency will be affected.

Gain setting is ineffective with high pass filter.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

③. Q=0.7071 ④. Q=20

3. All Pass Filter

There is no effect, beside the central frequency. Gain setting is
ineffective with all pass filter.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k

⑤.

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4. Band Filter

There is not a large effect on the central frequency. The frequency

beside the central frequency has similar effect. Gain setting is
ineffective with band filter.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

⑥. Q=0.7071 ⑦. Q=20

5. Peak Filter

There is a large effect on the central frequency. The frequency

beside the central frequency has similar effect.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

⑧. Q=0.7071 ⑨. Q=20

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6. Notch Filter

The central frequency has obvious reduction. The frequency beside

the central frequency has similar effect. Gain setting is ineffective
with notch filter.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

⑩. Q=0.7071 ⑪. Q=20

7. High Shelf Filter

There is a wide effect on the frequency that is higher than the

central frequency.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

⑫. Q=0.7071 ⑬. Q=20

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8. Low Shelf Filter

There is a wide effect on the frequency that is lower than the central
frequency.

2 3 4 56 10 20 30 100 200 1k 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k

⑭. Q=0.7071 ⑮. Q=20

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L/R Balance:

Turn clockwise to decrease to volume in right channel.

Turn in the counterclockwise direction to decrease the volume
in left channel.

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Digital Filter:

Digital Filter:
There are five digital filters available. Press a digital
filter to unfold the figure.

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Advanced

To access more system settings.

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USB DAC:

The DX170 can work as a USB DAC for Windows PC,

Mac computer, and Linux computer. It is driver free.
Turn the DX170 into the USB DAC mode, connect the
DX170 to a computer via the USB-C cable. After the
DX170 is detected, the soundcard driver will be installed
automatically. Now, you can select the DX170 as the
audio output device and use it as the USB soundcard.
The DX170 supports up to 32bit/384kHz PCM, and DoP
DSD up to 128x when be used as a USB-DAC. On
Windows OS, the USB DAC function supports WASAPI.

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Bluetooth DAC:

DX170 Bluetooth DAC.

After turning on the Bluetooth DAC, Bluetooth devices
such as a mobile phone can be paired with the DX170.
The DX170 can now stream from the connected Bluetooth
device. 
Note: When in Bluetooth DAC mode, the DX170 supports
AAC and SBC.

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Display Settings:

Ambient mode:
Use album artwork as the background picture.
Normal mode:
Use the selected picture as the background picture.
Playback screen album artwork, choose to display rectangular
artwork or rounded artwork.
Lock screen artwork:
Display the album artwork on the lock screen.
Year tag:
Display year information of the ID3 on the playback screen.
Alphabetic scrolling bar:
Use alphabetic scrolling bar instead of the traditional
scrolling bar.

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Sleep Timer:

Set the count down sleep timer to power off the DX170.

The left hand side is the value of hours. The right hand is
the value of minutes. The DX170 will be powered off after
the counter has completed. If there are any operations
in the meanwhile, the DX170 will start the counter again
after the last operation.

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System Info:

One can see the firmware version on this screen. Also,

one can see the space available of the internal memory
and SD card.

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MQA

MQA (Master Quality Authenticated)

DX170 includes MQA technology, which enables you to play back

MQA audio files and streams, delivering the sound of the original
master recording.

‘MQA’ or ‘MQA.’ indicates that the product is decoding and playing

an MQA stream or file, and denotes provenance to ensure that the
sound is identical to that of the source material. ‘MQA.’ indicates it
is playing an MQA Studio file, which has either been approved in the
studio by the artist/producer or has been verified by the copyright
owner.

MQA and the Sound Wave Device are registered trade marks of
MQA Limited.© 2016

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