lamode Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I thought MQA was rightly revealed as a scam back in 2014. I can't believe equipment manufacturers are still supporting this hoax in 2021! LarryMagoo 1 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Stereo said: Start contacting the manufacturers and ask for them to stop supporting it as there is no need for it and it is doing nothing but costing them and us consumers more money neither of us need nor want to spend especially to MQA! You're right – I will quit complaining and start campaigning. Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2021 It's time to fight back instead of grumbling to ourselves! To save everyone a lot of time, I have tried to compile a list of hardware/software companies which are building products with MQA support (according to the MQA website). Please join me in contacting them all. Be respectful but point out that MQA is a based on false claims, it is not in their interest to support a fraud (it also raises the price of their product), and it is also not in the interest of the consumer. The only winner here is MQA itself. Where possible, I have included the email address for all companies, otherwise I have tried to include a contact form. Social media can be a better (more public) option so I have included Twitter accounts (where available) or, failing that, I have tried to include a Facebook page. Meridian has been omitted for obvious reasons. (Note that this is NOT doxxing as these are companies, not individuals, and all contact details have been made publicly available). Good luck! ALO Audio https://www.aloaudio.com/ [email protected] Arcam https://www.arcam.co.uk/ https://www.arcam.co.uk/advice/uk-support.htm https://twitter.com/ArcamUK Astell&Kern https://www.astellnkern.com [email protected] https://twitter.com/astellnkern Audiolab https://www.audiolab.co.uk https://www.audiolab.co.uk/contact-us/ https://twitter.com/audiolabhifi Audioquest https://www.audioquest.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/audioquest Bel Canto http://belcantodesign.com/home/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/belcantodesign Berkeley Audio Design http://www.berkeleyaudiodesign.com/ [email protected] Bluesound https://www.bluesound.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/BluesoundHiFi Brinkmann http://www.brinkmann-audio.com/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/BrinkmannAudio/ Cambridge Audio https://www.cambridgeaudio.com [email protected] https://twitter.com/CambridgeAudio Canever http://www.canever.eu/ [email protected] Cary Audio https://www.caryaudio.com [email protected] https://twitter.com/caryaudio Cayin https://en.cayin.cn/ [email protected] Clarus https://www.claruscable.com/ [email protected] Cocktail Audio https://www.cocktailaudio.com/home/ [email protected] Control4 https://www.control4.com/ https://www.control4.com/company/contact-us https://twitter.com/control4 dCS https://www.dcsltd.co.uk/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/dCSonlythemusic Earmen https://earmen-shop.com/ https://earmen-shop.com/pages/contact-us https://twitter.com/ear_men EMM Labs https://www.emmlabs.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/emmlabs Esoteric https://www.esoteric-highend.eu https://www.facebook.com/esoteric.company/ Exasound https://exasound.com [email protected] https://twitter.com/exaSound FiiO https://www.fiio.com/ [email protected] JBL Synthesis https://www.jblsynthesis.com/ https://www.jblsynthesis.com/support/contact.html https://www.facebook.com/JBLsynthesis/ Gustard http://www.gustard.cn/ [email protected] Hegel https://www.hegel.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/hegel_music Helm Audio https://helmaudio.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/helmaudio Hiby https://store.hiby.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/hiby_music Hidizs https://www.hidizs.net/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/hidizs_hifi Highscreen https://highscreen.ru/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/Highscreen_rus Hilidac (Audirect) https://www.hilidac.com/ [email protected] iBasso http://ibasso.com/ [email protected] iFi https://ifi-audio.com/ https://support.ifi-audio.com/open.php https://twitter.com/ifiaudio Jineung http://www.jineung.co.kr [email protected] KEF https://uk.kef.com/ https://uk.kef.com/pages/contact-us https://twitter.com/kefaudio Khadas https://www.khadas.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/khadas_official Kontinum http://kontinumlimited.com/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/Kontinum-Limited-102708831509691/ Krell https://www.krellhifi.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/KrellAV Loxjie http://www.loxjie-audio.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/loxjie Lumin https://www.luminmusic.com/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/luminmusic Luxman http://www.luxman.com/ https://www.facebook.com/luxman.global/ Lyngdorf https://lyngdorf.steinwaylyngdorf.com/ https://lyngdorf.steinwaylyngdorf.com/contact-us/ https://twitter.com/SteinLyng M2Tech https://www.m2tech.biz [email protected] https://twitter.com/M2TECHsrl Mark Levinson https://www.marklevinson.com/ https://www.marklevinson.com/contact.html https://www.facebook.com/MarkLevinsonAudio Matrix https://www.matrix-digi.com/en/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/matrix.digi/ Metrum Acoustics https://metrumacoustics.com/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/MetrumAcoustics Moon by SIM Audio https://simaudio.com/en/ https://simaudio.com/en/contact-us/ https://twitter.com/Simaudio MSB https://www.msbtechnology.com/ https://www.msbtechnology.com/about-msb/contact-msb/ Mytek https://mytek.audio/ http://mytekdigital.com/ost/open.php NAD https://nadelectronics.com/ https://support.nadelectronics.com/hc/en-us/requests/new NuPrime Audio https://nuprimeaudio.com [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/nuprimeaudio/ Onkyo https://eu.onkyo.com/en-GB https://onkyosupport.aqipa.com/en/new-ticket https://twitter.com/ONKYO_EU Palab http://www.palabaudio.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/PalabAudio Pioneer https://eu.pioneer-av.com/en-GLOBAL https://pioneersupport.aqipa.com/en/new-ticket https://twitter.com/pioneer_uk/ Pro-Ject https://www.project-audio.com/en/ https://tools.project-audio.com/contact.aspx?lang=en&site=project https://twitter.com/ProJectAudioSys PS Audio https://www.psaudio.com/ https://www.psaudio.com/contact/ https://twitter.com/psaudio Pure Audio http://www.pureaudiolab.com/ [email protected] Republic of Gamers (ROG) https://rog.asus.com https://rog.asus.com/support/Product/ContactUs/Services/questionform/?lang=en&isblack=1 https://twitter.com/ASUS_ROG Rotel https://www.rotel.com [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/rotelhifiusa/ Shanling https://en.shanling.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/ShanlingAudio SMSL https://www.smsl-audio.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/SMSL_Official Sonnet https://www.sonnet-audio.com/index.html [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/sonnet.digital.audio/ Sony https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/audio https://services.sony.co.uk/supportmvc/en/Contact/Email?cat=digital-music-hp https://twitter.com/sonyuk TEAC https://teac.jp/int/ https://twitter.com/TEAC_jp Technics https://www.technics.com/uk/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/technics THX https://www.thx.com/ https://www.thx.com/contact/ https://twitter.com/thx TOPPING https://www.tpdz.net/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/topping2008/ WADAX http://www.wadax.eu/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/WadaxOfficial xDuoo https://www.xduoo.net/ https://www.xduoo.net/contact-us/ Zidoo https://www.zidoo.tv/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/zidootv Zorloo https://www.zorloo.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/zorlooaudio If you are still keen to do more, there are other forums where the message can be spread :) troubleahead, MikeyFresh, The Computer Audiophile and 2 others 2 3 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 There are laws in the UK against false and misleading advertising. ( see https://www.gov.uk/marketing-advertising-law/regulations-that-affect-advertising ) Maybe someone in the UK could start the process of reporting MQA to their local Trading Standards office? MikeyFresh and Stereo 2 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 11 hours ago, Confused said: It has been done. It did not get the desired result though: https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/mqa-ltd-a18-470395.html Interesting but I doubt that the ASA is the best forum for challenging MQA. MQA's response on that link was plain ridiculous: Quote MQA said the claim that their technology "reveals every detail of the original recording" was a statement of how listeners would perceive listening to a file created using their system, it was not a technical description of the file itself. They said their technology did not change the essential nature of any sound and that no part of the established human audio range was omitted or concealed. Being a new technology, they included lots of information on their website about how it worked. That could just as easily describe MP3. What a joke. And no, they provided no useful information on their website about how it worked. Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2021 I couldn't resist... UkPhil, JSeymour, ChrisG and 7 others 10 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, ARQuint said: the MQA attendees say nothing at all for the first 10 minutes of the seminar until it is awfully clear that Chris's presentation will not be an attempt at even-handedness Not sure what you mean about "even-handedness". If there is nothing good to say about MQA, and clearly there isn't, then any factual and reasonable presentation about MQA will be highly critical. askat1988, MikeyFresh, KeenObserver and 8 others 11 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2021 4 hours ago, firedog said: Doubtful. Lot's of us still read his reviews and measurements. He has lots of good things to say. I just don't buy into anything he says about MQA....Bu at least (unlike RH), he didn't compare it to an achievement rivaling Copernicus. Now that he has demonstrated that he is willing to act as a shill for a complete fraud like MQA nothing he says can ever be taken seriously. LarryMagoo and MikeyFresh 1 1 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2021 I see that BS labelled your video as "a libellous manifesto". What a joke. I wouldn't be surprised if he threatens legal action to shut you up but rest assured that this is would be an act of desperation and a bullying tactic. If anyone needs a good lawyer, it is BS himself, after committing acts of fraud on any customers, partners and investors from which MQA may have received payment based on his false claims. MikeyFresh and oPossum 2 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted May 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2021 When I told Amir that MQA had NOT provided reasonable explanations, this was his response: Quote I had no problem following their answers. I then explained them more simply here. For you to keep saying you don't know what they are saying only reflects on you.... ...make sure your next post is informative and not complaining in nature or you will get a reply ban. Wow, he is really embarrassing himself and insulting his forum users in the process. "Meltdown" is an apt description. botrytis, March Audio, Josh Mound and 2 others 4 1 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 18 hours ago, botrytis said: It is the patents that should be flogged in reality. It gives them a license to be the only ones that can do this process, Why? MQA is garbage whether it is patented or not. There's no reason for anyone else to want to use it. Far too many people here are being sucked into arguments against the MQA scammers who present no facts, are not acting in good faith and have a clear conflict of interest. Complete waste of time if you ask me. Let's collectively make it known to every streaming platform, record label and equipment manufacturer that we take a very dim view of them hopping onto this fraudulent bandwagon. MQA can't die soon enough. lucretius and MikeyFresh 2 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, botrytis said: Effects of very high-frequency sound and ultrasound on humans. Part I: Adverse symptoms after exposure to audible very-high frequency sound: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America: Vol 144, No 4 (scitation.org) Did you read the papers? I selected this one copied above for a closer look. It doesn't test for audibility at all – it was testing for physiological symptoms such as nausea, pain or tinnitus. Furthermore, the test tones started at 12kHz. Hardly ultrasonic and not relevant to the discussion here. It really pays to read studies before citing them ;) lucretius 1 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jim Austin said: Jim Austin, Editor Stereophile That 'piece' was an absolute embarassment to you and to Stereophile. If you sleep with dogs you will wake up with fleas, and MQA definitely likes to chase cats and urinate on car wheels. Stereo, MikeyFresh, lucretius and 2 others 5 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I only subscribe to this thread in anticipation of the happy day when MQA's bankruptcy is announced. Wouldn't want to miss that 😛 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 The annual report is quick to blame difficulties on COVID yet somehow the rest of the music streaming industry boomed over the same period. Hmm, it's almost as if there is another reason. I like to think that this thread played a small part 😂 botrytis 1 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted April 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 Fingers crossed that this scam implodes ASAP maxijazz, MikeyFresh, Iving and 2 others 5 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Skirmash said: Would Tidal themselves consider purchasing it? They have sunk significant effort into making MQA a point of difference! Tidal keeps losing money too and has less than 1% of the streaming market. They will probably be next to go. MikeyFresh 1 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
lamode Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 23 hours ago, Fx Studio said: evidence in the huge disparity* between recent post 2019-2021 recordings and old recordings made up to MQA level 1-2 would support that. * on a Hi end PA system 🤣 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
Popular Post lamode Posted September 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2023 20 hours ago, Fx Studio said: I have debunked the so called "debunkers" - by showing that MQA is the better format Just go away, troll! John Dyson, maxijazz and MikeyFresh 3 Volumio (with PEQ) on RPi4, Khadas Tone Board DAC, Luxman L-230 amp, Rega RS5 speakers Link to comment
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