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March 3, 2018, 03:22 PM #201
Re: MQA already dead in the water? No full decoding DAC alternatives...
The whole MQA thing seems to infuriate the left brainers. “If it can’t be proven by measurements, it isn’t good.” The right brain folks just don’t care. Listen, you may like it, don’t listen, don’t care. Nobody is making you buy your 17th copy of Kind of Blue. My Lampi doesn’t do MQA and it sounds great. My MSB does MQA and it sounds great too.
I swear this is reminiscent of the high res (“nobody can hear above 20khz!!”) and DSD arguments.
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March 3, 2018, 04:06 PM #202
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This might upset some, but now that I have experienced MQA with a reference level DAC, I must say to me MQA sounds best right after vinyl. I have also done head-to-head comparisons with vinyl, and MQA is by no means lagging behind.
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March 3, 2018, 05:25 PM #203
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I like it at times, whats the next world issue that needs solving
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March 3, 2018, 07:00 PM #204
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I know I sound like a broken record, but I just don’t see why any music lover wants to buy into the technology-static MQA monopoly attempt. How it sounds is absolutely beside the point, because no matter how good it is today, it can’t possibly be the best sound tomorrow, unless MQA has its way and it is the only sound tomorrow.
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March 3, 2018, 07:04 PM #205
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Even though I really like what I hear with MQA, I’m not that fussed if people are against it. If my DAC does it, I enjoy the full unfold. If not, I enjoy the first unfold thanks to Tidal. But I still play loads of PCM and DSD too.
IMO, what needs “fixing” in digital is much better A2D converters and an agreement to drastically limit compression. Those two things will trump all format wars.
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March 3, 2018, 07:14 PM #206
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For sure about the compression. I find I have to listen to many of today’s lousy masterings at much lower average volume (and therefore much much lower peak volume) than something better recorded. It’s just too painful otherwise. MQA doesn’t fix that, unfortunately.
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March 4, 2018, 04:44 AM #207
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Hans
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March 4, 2018, 09:06 AM #208
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Jim
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March 4, 2018, 09:45 AM #209
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And on CA:
MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautions
https://www.computeraudiophile.com/c...cautions-r701/
P.S.:
"Editor's Note 1: MQA ltd was sent a copy of this article several days prior to the scheduled publication date. The company requested a phone conversation, which took place earlier this week. MQA was encouraged to write a response for inclusion with the article below, but it respectfully decline to submit a formal response.
Editor's Note 2: The author of this article is writing under a pseudonym. While he is unknown to the readers, his identity has been verified by Computer Audiophile. He has no vested interest in the audio business, other than being a consumer of music.
Editor's Note 3: The technical assertions made in this article have been thoroughly checked by independent engineers, both in and out of the audio industry. To the best of our knowledge everything technical in this article is factually correct and may be duplicated at any time by anyone with the requisite skills."
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March 4, 2018, 09:11 PM #210
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Like the original with unauthentic aliasing distortion and eq added...that some may find pleasing.
Good analogy, since SETs add unauthentic even order distortion and eq...that some may find pleasing.
The problem with adding maple syrup sweetness to everything is that it works great with pancakes...and terrible with steak.
YMMV
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March 5, 2018, 09:55 AM #211
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After listening to hundreds of MQA files I still haven't found one that sounds inferior to its 16/44 version when I have compared them. A few I have no preference.
Jim
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March 5, 2018, 03:51 PM #212
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I usually prefer the non-MQA version to the MQA.
This is just my personal preference with my Lumin A1.
I would really like to listen to MQA with another DAC (for example the Nyquist) to check if the problem is MQA or Lumin.Francisco
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March 5, 2018, 05:37 PM #213
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Whether one prefers the unauthentic aliasing distortion/EQ of MQA, or not, will come down to personal subjective preference. Nothing wrong with either.
Unfortunately the perpetrators of this scheme wants it to be the only option for distributed music, including at the original recording level, not after the fact.
cheers,
AJ
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March 6, 2018, 08:50 AM #214
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Yeah, that would be a problem.
If its only ONE delivery option, then its a win, if its the only, its a loss.NORMAN
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March 6, 2018, 08:52 AM #215
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March 6, 2018, 09:07 AM #216
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My guess is MQA will be just one standard among others, demand will determine what happens.
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March 6, 2018, 09:19 AM #217
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March 6, 2018, 09:40 AM #218
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“Life’s too short to listen to bad audio.”
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March 6, 2018, 10:20 AM #219
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Re: MQA already dead in the water? No full decoding DAC alternatives...
I'm quite certain that won't happen. If studios start selling downloadable MQA content their goal will be to quit selling all other high-res (the crown jewels). Remember their download sales are pretty minuscule with most people streaming mp3s or still physically buying CDs.
So, unfortunately demand will play very little in it, and causes the "left brainers" to be concerned.
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March 6, 2018, 11:19 AM #220
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Downloadable MQA content has been around for well over a year now. So that part of your post has come and gone. There are many options as with some content you can select from MQA, 16/44 or 24/96 or 24/192. Not sure where you get your information that people are still buying CD's. Several graphs have been posted showing that CD sales and digital downloads peaked a few years ago and are dropping at an increasing rate. So there isn't much chance that downloadable MQA will ever be more than a niche market that will probably be smaller than vinyl and slightly larger than DSD. Streaming is the current preferred delivery method by the mass consumers. Unless Apple, Amazon and Google get on board I doubt that the studios will put all there eggs in the Tidal basket wit MQA.
Jim
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March 6, 2018, 11:51 AM #221
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Yep CD sells in the US, downward downward and further downward , I guess I'm the only one still buying
https://www.statista.com/statistics/186772/album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/
Streaming
https://www.statista.com/statistics/437717/music-streaming-revenue-usa/
LP
https://www.statista.com/statistics/188822/lp-album-sales-in-the-united-states-since-2009/
The Digital Download stats encompass any thing digital, but the bars on the graph do note what is contained in that year be it digital music, ringtones etc,
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March 6, 2018, 12:05 PM #222
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I'm talking the big studios not the puny amount of downloadable MQA content currently available by a couple of specialty tiny labels.
Are you saying that lossless downloads have overtaken CD purchases? I consider purchasing MP3s from iTunes a different classification, as they are lossy, they already protects the labels crown jewels.
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March 6, 2018, 12:25 PM #223
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Jim
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Re: MQA already dead in the water? No full decoding DAC alternatives...
On a side note those Onkyo MQA prices are little ridiculous. $16US for a lossy version of the album? That's $20CAD.
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March 6, 2018, 12:55 PM #226
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March 6, 2018, 01:19 PM #228
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Jim
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March 6, 2018, 04:49 PM #229
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NORMAN
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March 11, 2018, 11:01 AM #230
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Jon Iverson's editorial in the latest Stereophile isn't yet online, but know that it takes dead aim at MQA. Long, long overdue IMHO.
Rob
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March 11, 2018, 01:03 PM #231
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Re: MQA already dead in the water? No full decoding DAC alternatives...
So... how does MQA sound compared to hi Rez files?
Anyone can do the blind test referenced to in the article. Here is the link.
http://archimago.blogspot.com/2017/0...-decoding.html
After you have done the test, you can go to Archimago’s blog (from September 2017 I believe) and see what you actually preferred from the blind test.
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March 14, 2018, 08:43 AM #232
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Well now it is https://www.stereophile.com/content/...fits-and-costs
Hopefully the fanboys don't freak
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