MQA is Vaporware

[Siltech817]

2 hours ago, Lee Scoggins said:

This is a mischaracterization.  The good business arguments I have made are based on stakeholder buy-in leading to more music availability.

 

 

Translation: closed proprietary format requiring $$$ new licensing at every stage, a loss of consumer choice and control, and DRM.

So great motivators on the business side you describe, but horrible turn-offs for consumers considering the zero value proposition the above entails.

With no redeeming sonic value, no technical merits, MQA very much a solution in search of a problem, you have a very curious take on all of this, it can be summed up as anti-consumer and pro record label/business. 

Oh, right... you are still researching the technical aspects.

[Siltech817]

Speaking of music, saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh has an upcoming release I sampled on Soundcloud.

In a recent interview I noted the following quote from the artist:

 

Q: MQA has been a controversial topic among audiophiles recently. It has been criticized for being lossy, a closed proprietary system, and a fee generating scheme. However, some have subjectively claimed it “improves” the sound of digital masters. What is your take?

 

A: I honestly don’t know what MQA sounds like, as I’ve never even heard an MQA file. I have a problem with the fact that proponents of it seem to want to apply it retroactively to recordings. I don’t think that’s wise, given that approval for the master was given years before. Whatever MQA does, good or bad, it does something and thus I think it runs the risk of changing the sound of a recording in a way that the artist and/or producer didn’t sign off on. I also don’t like the fact that, according to what I’ve read, MQA encoded files are supposed to gradually take the place of high resolution recordings. I am happy to pay for high resolution recordings, I want to keep the option of buying them as a consumer.

 

An Interview With Jazz Musician Jerome Sabbagh

 

Quite interesting, I for one am in full agreement with this artist, and I will buy his forthcoming album on hi-rez download when released. 

[Siltech817]

11 hours ago, Paul R said:

I was thinking of digital files, not a physical CD. 

 

You mean not a physical MQA-CD, which is not the same thing as a CD.

[Siltech817]

3 minutes ago, Paul R said:

Yes, but a MQA-CD is the same thing as a regular CD in terms of format.

 

I see, so it's the same as Redbook specification, and can playback at 16-bit resolution on a Compact Disc player?

[Siltech817]

4 hours ago, Paul R said:

 

How the hell did your nasty self get off my ignore list?  Go away please, and amuse yourself. 

 

 

The only nasty thing that I can see there was your response. Maybe try to grow a thicker skin. You should practice what you've preached, and engage in a bit of self-reflection too.

Separately I do not wish to spend even one euro on MQA, beer money or otherwise.

You can amuse yourself on my ignore list.

[Siltech817]

2 hours ago, Jud said:

Or do you mean decreasing the amount of their investment?

 

Last year's investment took the form of a loan, could be a sign of investment banker impatience.

[Siltech817]

42 minutes ago, Paul R said:

I meant Pono. 

Nice try, no you didn't.

Do you forget some pages back in this thread your insistence that MQA could be done right, and when challenged by mans or others you simply retreated to a "there is more to MQA than you think" stance?

I remember that, and no, I won't detail it for you, as for all I know you subsequently deleted or revised those posts. People wondered aloud about your brand of crystal ball, you research it.

 

 

[Siltech817]

3 hours ago, Paul R said:

 

So you think that the range of MQA opinions looks something like this? 

 

 

In your very own words to me (verbatim), but far more apropos here... "like, wow man... did you take a class on stupid?".

[Siltech817]

3 minutes ago, Paul R said:

More deflection.

 

By you, and everyone sees this is your M.O.

 

5 minutes ago, Paul R said:

Do you have any facts or even just information to share on the topic?  

 

The same has been asked of you, and then you just make shit up, while accusing others of exactly what you are practicing. An easy to follow pattern.

[Siltech817]

1 hour ago, Paul R said:

Or maybe you should try *thinking* about MQA, it's market acceptance, and what that actually means to the wider world

 

There is no market acceptance, and MQA means nothing to the wider world, nothing at all.

 

1 hour ago, Paul R said:

People like it, also unquestionable.

Super questionable, unless you are referring to JA, RH, MF, AD, JVS et al. but they have an obvious conflict of interest.

[Siltech817]

12 hours ago, rando said:

Swabbing < Bobbing !??

 

Tut tut, miscalculations on this order exact a cost that grows harder to justify as they steadily accrew.

 

Cryptic nonsensical shtick is notable only for it's infamy... "accrew" is not a thing.

 

 

 

[Siltech817]

7 hours ago, Em2016 said:

New video by Darko with Bob:

 

More gibberish.

 

1 hour ago, Em2016 said:

It's probably become a joke to MQA Ltd

 

I doubt it is a laughing matter to them.

 

2 hours ago, Paul R said:

Well, that's one man's opinion.

 

Hmmm... I think not.