MQA is Vaporware

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I remember this post from a few months ago.

 

At the time I thought it was funny but nothing more. However we've now had a series of MQA advocates, one after another, pushing the narrative. I think I need a tin foil hat,  I'm thinking this is a conspiracy. Actually I'll get me a King's Lead Hat..

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Hoffman's zapping means he will be back..

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20 hours ago, Indydan said:

 

 

Or maybe, he was pissed off to be on my chart! 

 

 

MQA "enthusiast"                        Reason for no longer posting on CA

Peter Veth                                                          BANNED

WitchDoctor                                                      BANNED

Lee Scoggins                            DISTRACTED by jumping between forums

Michael Lavorgna                    BANNED for telling someone to go fuck his mother

 

 

 

Time for another two columns - for "MQA Critics"

 

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https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02710631  - Meridian

 

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09123512 - MQA Ltd

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9 minutes ago, Brinkman Ship said:

Thank you for the summary.

 

So if take at face value all of the information above is correct, why have I not read about any of this in Stereophile or The Absolute Sound, or DAR, or Audiostream?

 

And why have they all consistently said it sounded *better* than the master file?

 

Probably for the same reasons in the 1970s and 1980s that the hifi press constantly told us that the Linn LP12 was in a different league to any other deck. Source first and the flat earth etc.

 

Because they see it as the next big thing to stimulate a moribund market. More sales, more people buying magazines (and these days, more clicks).

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I suggest a change of title to "Lee Scoggins is vaporware". 

 

Where is he? I'm anxiously waiting for him to post details of his MQA "research". He promised he'd do that.

 

To tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kind of lost track myself...

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55 minutes ago, beetlemania said:

 

I don't think that's fair. MQA doesn't advertise directly in Stereophile (and even if they did, this line of criticism seems dubious). And with few exceptions (Mytek?) most manufacturers are lukewarm on MQA, if not outright hostile. My guess is that JA has outsized admiration for BS (pun intended) and MQA's claims appealed to him.

 

I suspect Stereophile (and Meridian) were viewing the development of MQA as a "paradigm shift" in how we listen to recorded music. JA's comments about " the birth of a new world" are particularly relevant.

 

My guess is they recalled the massive change and the enormous business opportunities that the development and release of Redbook CD brought to the industry and were hoping for a new wave of consumer spending. Everyone going out to buy an MQA DAC or an MQA CD player, with models being produced at all levels in the hifi chain, from budget to the ultra high end.

 

This would create plenty of new advertising for the magazines, a rise in sales as people bought copies for advice and licensing fees for MQA. To achieve this would mean there would need to be a gradual phasing out of Redbook, making MQA the de facto standard. They've done this before. Vinyl was effectively unavailable for decades to the average consumer.

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12 minutes ago, beetlemania said:

 If there is a "biggest MQA shill", surely it is RH.

 

That's true.

 

Re: JA - The harder he tries, the worse he makes it for himself. Especially the "anonymity" argument.  But I have to admit, he's a fighter.

 

 

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On 3/12/2018 at 3:51 AM, Indydan said:

 

And Dale Thorn just got banned from the "What's best forum". At this rate, poor ole Dale won't be able to spread his "tremendous knowledge" anywhere.

 

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/member.php?3447-dalethorn

 

Here's the man himself..