Gus141 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Rt66indierock said: Thanks one of the problems is how many audiophiles have amps quiet enough to hear 17-18 bits at low volumes? Amazon has 50 million tracks at CD quality that should rival Tidal's. And those two points I think work together: most of us here (not your typical Spotify user) want no lower than CD quality; and, if it happens that there is a higher-res version, then stream that instead please. So, a huge CD-quality catalog with a “pretty good” high-res (or “Ultra HD” in this case) catalog, makes for a compelling choice over an MQA-based service (TIDAL) or a limited catalog service (US-beta Qobuz). MikeyFresh 1 Link to comment
Gus141 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Hi, I didn’t want to pollute the “Qobuz Issues” thread so I thought this was a good place to post this: While manually copying some of my favorites over to Qobuz from TIDAL I’m noticing that a lot of recent pop albums that are listed as MQA in TIDAL and are 24/44.1 before decoded/unfolded can be found as Hi-Res in Qobuz but at the same 24/44.1 bit/sr values. Is this like the thing we saw with 2L: the studios are sending Qobuz the same MQA version of these albums they send to TIDAL, and Qobuz is listing them as Hi-Res? If so, the MQA crap is encoded in these tracks, so would the Redbook versions be better? Link to comment
Popular Post Gus141 Posted April 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 30 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: She could claim that if the sun rises from the East tomorrow. In other words, anyone can claim whatever they want. Doesn’t make it right. Ha! A hypothetical PR campaign! Coming from Lucifer Ltd / MQA Ltd? There is nuance in the world. You probably think kids who bring keychain guns to school should be expelled. Not me. Let’s consider the facts. People who purposely release information want that information seen by the public. If you work for MQA and Roon and you list your name as Stuart, it’s only logical that people are going to ask. Using your logic, the fact you have an image for your user account lets me know that you don’t look like that. It narrows down your true identity to anyone other than that image. Hello doxxing. Preposterous I know. Just like me asking for public information. I think a possible relation between the Stuarts is interesting given where she works. Roon supports MQA more than any HiFi company I know. This support certainly isn’t on the scientific side. perhaps there’s more to it. This may be something. Bravo Chris. I don’t log in much anymore and post anything, but I still read AS daily. Thank you for not being afraid, even as a founder of the site, to express your well-informed opinion. Whether it’s MQA, Bluesound, Amazon Music HD, or about the summit-fi manufacturers, you say it like it is, or at least how you see it. Thanks for keeping it real. And your comment on Roon and MQA and possible relations with BS is something I’ve always wondered and quietly wished would be addressed here. To be honest, I’ve always wondered why @keenObserver didn’t include “Boycott Roon” in his “Boycott Warner, Boycott TIDAL” signature. I boycott Roon, and maybe if more people did, that would have a bigger impact on MQA/TIDAL’s success. JSeymour, vmartell22, The Computer Audiophile and 2 others 1 2 2 Link to comment
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