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It’s interesting to observe the emotion associated with this topic. It reminds me of the cables topic.
I’ve never tried upgraded cables or MQA, but I intend to try both. I won’t allow emotion to be part of the experience when I do. |
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I just read the blog at the OP’s link. Does the blogger have an axe to grind much?
Last edited by Karl Maga; 10-08-2017 at 08:31 PM. |
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well then you won't be listening to music, for if you were, emotion would be part of the equation !
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Excellent point.
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MQA bails on RMAF
Mark Waldrep wrote the blog post the OP referenced. Mark owns AIX Records, a Hi-Rez label that does some nice sounding work.
What happens to his business model if Hi-Rez streaming really takes hold? ......Crickets....... So I was at RMAF this past weekend. One of my primary goals was to listen to headphones. The cool part of that gig was that everybody was running Tidal, and most of the DAC's being used had MQA capability. I got a chance to listen to MQA and non-MQA versions of the same songs, back to back, on some incredibly resolving headphones. Invariably the MQA versions sounded clearer, more dynamic, and more real. I was impressed. I didn't keep notes on what tracks I listened to, but artists were The Black Keys, Led Zeppelin remasters, Steely Dan, Coltrane, Wilco. DAC's we're Mytec Brooklyn and Manhattan, some others I don't recall. So I think these guys really have something. Most of the MQA detractors are not end users. They are in the audio business and many have something to lose if MQA is broadly adopted.
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Here is an interview from Andreas Koch
Andreas Koch is just an engineer in his white coat who was involved in inventing SACD and DSD, so he must be a complete incompetent person for sound and sound quality. http://positive-feedback.com/audio-d...ew-andreas-koc Is he another uninformed idiot with an axe to grind? |
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Essjay in a way he is - as Paul McGowan has discussed in numerous forums, the DSD DAC architecture (used in PSAudio and Playback) isn’t really designed to implement MQA style filters.
So he really does have some vested interest. That said - I think there isn’t just one way to implement a DAC. While I do prefer how my EMM/Playback/PSAudio DACs sound, I also hear differences with the way my Ayon CD5S R2R Ladder DAC sounds and I can understand if someone prefers the latter. The MQA approach is decidedly in the PCM camp and I think it’s use of the deconstruction filters is a key part of what makes MQA sound the way it does - even if it implements a lossy way to get hires.
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IMHO, vendor lock in and having to re-buy is not something I am or ever will be comfortable with or willing to take the obvious bait off the hook for. Redbook, including all XRCD formats and SACD are enough.
Someone was quoted as saying MQA is better for vendors, reviewers and music labels....I agree. |
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If there is nothing to hide then why wont meridian reveal the technology of the encoding/decoding, something is not right imho
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