I find it very interesting to read that those who most strongly oppose MQA have actually never heard it IN THEIR SYSTEMS. I remember when MQA was launched at CES, many manufacturers opposed it and some of those now are quite accepting of MQA and implementing it into their hardware. There still remains quite a few who have dug their heels in, but I feel they will eventually soften their stance. We saw this before with DSD. Those that refused to implement DSD, even DoP, suffered sales losses. I predict we will see this play out again with MQA, but it has the potential to have even a greater impact.
I had my friend Jerry over to the store tonight. 3 hours later we were still listening. Jerry, who has a great ear, was blown away by hearing full blown, fully unfolded MQA via the Berkeley Alpha Reference DAC 2 MQA and Lumin U1.
Much like vinyl, even old, less than stellar recordings are actually quite listenable.
Unlike DSD, MQA is coming out with new material every single day and does not distinguish between new albums, old albums, jazz albums, rock albums, classical albums or anything!
I personally do not experience any digital fatigue when I'm listening to an MQA album. The same cannot be said for redbook or even high res PCM. The filters applied to the music fixing time and spatial cues, significantly enhances digital.
If I am reading things correctly, I'd need a microrendu type device.
