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Here's Mark Waldrep's take on this from June 24, 2018 —
"What most writers — especially ones that have no experience engineering a record — get wrong is that the pathway from analog “masters” to “high-resolution” digital file doesn’t improve the fidelity of the original master — if done well, it maintains whatever fidelity (including the narrow dynamic range and limited frequency response) was present in the original master. This is the mantra of MQA supporters and the goal of its inventors — to minimize any sonic degradation due to the transfer from analog to digital. 96 kHz/24-bits can do this without any loss and without the overcharges associated with MQA’s licensing agreement. The 11,000 MQA albums on Tidal didn’t come from high-resolution sources so why all of the praise for a method that makes claims to produce high-resolution streams? It’s crazy. It’s why many of the high-end makers of DACs have decided to pass on MQA. They’re right." Ron
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Mark Waldrip runs a Hi-Rez download service and physical media company, AIX, whose business model is directly and incontrovertibly threatened by MQA.
One thing that's getting lost in the discussion is the ability of MQA to undo the damage done by the brick wall filtering used in the mastering of early Redbook CD's. Since there were very few of these converters used, it should be straightforward to apply the appropriate correction and improve the time domain performance of these CD's. So the debate marches on unabated. I will say that for me there is no debate - hi-rez native files, even 24/96 win out in sound quality over MQA to my ears in my system. But no one is streaming those right now, and if they were, my slooow Century Link Internet service couldn't handle them anyway. Which brings me to my current modus operandi - listen on Tidal MQA. For the very rare album with sound quality and artistry deserving of a hi-rez download, I'll buy the file.
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Maybe so, but at least it was done to achieve a result that the artist approved and recording studio approved. There is no need for further manipulation after the fact. More importantly, I do not approve of a new codec for music requiring me to replace my CDs or equipment.
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My only pick with MQA, technical questions aside, is if they do make it mandatory. But i don't foresee any case where you can't continue to enjoy your CDs for many years to come.
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That's just my opinion. Ron
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re: the early Redbook brick wall filtering and subsequent MQA time-domain correction (so-called deconvolution, used in many optical applications to good effect). Agreed, as you mention, if the details of the original converter are known, than this could work. Seems like an easy thing to demo to doubters. Has this been done?
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Dave, your reason for supporting MQA are valid; limited bandwidth. So, I cannot blame you. I, do, however, feel MQA is bad for the industry in that it will require equipment upgrades, and who knows how MQA will affect difference surround algorithms.
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Well, it should remain as a matter of choice for manufacturers, artists, and consumers.
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My opinion is high-end great sounding DACs don't need to cost more than a car. Ron
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