wdw Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 8 hours ago, mcgillroy said: No it's Magico. I always was amazed by their meteoric rise from nowhere to worldwide recognition. The speakers are not bad but way overpriced. Nonetheless somebody understood the market and evidently had the connections to make it happen. I took this to be a reference to J. Valin's summertime romance with Raidho which lasted about a year or so then tossed aside for a new paramour. He truly did take this unknown to front page prominence in a very short time. (He with a home system comprised of multiple six figure bits of gear on long term loan) I am biased (own them) but suggest that Magico made it's mark on their true excellence. Am really enjoying your contributions, Mr. Hanson. Best Warren Link to comment
wdw Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Jud said: To be quite fair (or even just reasonable), thousands of A+ and SoX users benefit every day from mansr’s knowledge and work bringing DSD resampling capabilities to those pieces of software. I sometimes share your wish that he might lean a little more toward the helpful and a little less toward the acerbic. But overall I must say his participation here has been much to my benefit and that of many others. +1 Link to comment
Popular Post wdw Posted September 6, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2017 8 hours ago, Michael Lavorgna said: 10 minutes according to my clock. And here's something you may not know - you don't have to read what I post. Michael, I suspect I speak for a number of posters here in saying we are very glad to see you here and ask that you endure the "blue meanies" and continue to offer comment...your thoughts and opinions are, in my case, welcome although I do agree with the opinions expressed above that the audio press could bring some greater rigour to their reviews of MQA. Suggest a series or articles on your site opening this debate up to the larger public with comments and discussion with mansr (if you're willing), C. Hanson, B. Stuart and others. It is not the issue of whether MQA may be an attractive method for streaming music delivery via Tidal or Deezer but a distinct possibility that most commercially available music could be funnelled through that lens. This is not an alternate but a wholesale rewriting of the musical canon. For this magnitude of a change a thorough and enlightened discussion is imperative. In my view MQA has courted the audio press to the exclusion of the general public and this could suggest some skullduggery. When a Meridian spokesman was asked to AB the MQA song playing with the non-MQA file he flatly refused (Vancouver Audio Show) I have heard of this behaviour from many others at differing shows. He claimed that their main intention was to stop B. Stuart from simply giving the code away...a gift to the musical world .....HA! The Tidal MQA version of Stevie Wonder's Innervisions is a differing master to the 24/96 I have purchased from HDTracks...in many cases we never have been offered the opportunity to make direct comparisons. I have great faith in the ears of JVS and others but the superlatives are concerning. Warren MikeyFresh, lucretius, Confused and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment
wdw Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 hour ago, mansr said: I'd be up for it, but I'm afraid anything actually published would be creatively edited to cast me as a fool in front of Saint Bob. Unless Mr Lavorgna radically changes his attitude, I'll have to politely decline any participation in what can only end up a farce. However, if someone is serious about writing a critical piece on MQA, I'll gladly help out in any way I can. Mansr, You have a lot to offer this discussion and your particaption in an international debate would be welcome...just need to curb the aggression a tad...hey, we're with you! wdw Link to comment
wdw Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, mansr said: I see it's time for the daily Lavorgna assault. Give it up! Pleezzze! 4est 1 Link to comment
wdw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Charles Hansen said: More Questions than Answers (MQA) funny! it appears the MQA folks are now just ignoring you/us as they are now at third base. The strategy is so suspect...no reviews nor direct A/B comparisons for the unwashed but extravagant treatment for the audio glitterati. I have respect for the opinions of JA, of Stereophile, and these on MQA are overwhelmingly positive...perhaps when we have a chance to hear this stuff in a controlled environment we may share his outlook but the marketing strategies of MQA have thwarted my attempts. Link to comment
wdw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said: How does MQA Ltd get to third base without revenue? Even LG selling a million phones and other hardware manufactures selling 100,000 DACs this year isn't enough. Aren't they now embedded with two or three major labels, Tidal, HDTracks and a few others? Link to comment
wdw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Just now, Rt66indierock said: Again where is the revenue stream going to MQA Ltd? At some point you have to stop burning cash. In 2016 MQA Ltd's cash burn rate was about $360,000 a month. That can't go on forever. Dunno...so odd how this is playing out...one one hand, MQA is just wonderful, the other B. Stuart is close to a sociopath. Link to comment
wdw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, kana813 said: "Go to Amazon and buy Rebecca Pigeon's MQA cd. Rip it play it back with something that does not support MQA like iTunes or whatever. Then play it back with Audirvana or something else that supports MQA and the result is 24/176.4 from a 16/44.1 track. Then compare that to maybe the HD Tracks downloads at 24/96, 24/88.2 (I think the closest sounding to the MQA), or Bob Katz version at 24/176.4." Of course you'll need to borrow an MQA DAC Jokin' right? Link to comment
wdw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, kana813 said: No. Are you afraid to listen? Not at all...but you are suggesting I buy a CD from an artist i have little interest in, then an HDTracks download of the same music to compare the bonafides of a commercial product...so, you are joking! Link to comment
wdw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Charles Hansen said: Hi WDW, I think this one was covered earlier in the thread: https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/30381-mqa-is-vaporware/?page=125&tab=comments#comment-691826 Cheers, Charles Hansen Hello Charles, Always look forward to your comments and observations (love your gear) but your willingness to slang Stuart, as an individual, is interesting but also questionable. Is he truly such a duplicitous rascal? best . Link to comment
wdw Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: If Meridian was going out of business and consumers would be effected, then that's helpful information. Trudat...always words of a calm wisdom, I understand why posters are railing that you be more proactive (some rudely so) but the unspoken is that you have provided a forum for all of these ideas to come forward without censure...for you to take a strong public position diminishes your value and this site's to our community at large. The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
wdw Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, crenca said: Going off topic: Charles, I would suggest that even granting its Orwellian aspects, our society/culture (aka modern "western liberal democracy") is better described by Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" +1 Neil Postman ....” amusing ourselves to death “ Tsarnik 1 Link to comment
wdw Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, mansr said: He came to attempt a put-down with appeal to authority and hand-waving. That's not what I call discussion. I do find it interesting that he appears to avoid engaging you in discussion or replying to your counter to his comments. You are the one that can, as far as I can see, easily debate the technical issues with ease and confidence so avoiding a response to you surprising. mav52 1 Link to comment
wdw Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, Brinkman Ship said: INSULAR???? Dear lord. Unlike the 3 70 year old full time employees of Stereophile...LOL. Ok,....three seventy year old guys.....so JA, likely Herb (the guy who wrote he was broke and overdrawn in his Munich report) so that must leave M. Fremer. Sounds kinda freaky/funny when you put it like that. Link to comment
wdw Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 39 minutes ago, Jim Austin said: Sorry, I forgot about your objectivity. Jim, This is a demeaning statement that you haven’t earned the right to make. Who in TF are you other than a guy who is employed by a magazine. You have this sense of hurt and unjust treatment that suggests something narcissistic and is somewhat curious. beetlemania 1 Link to comment
Popular Post wdw Posted May 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Brinkman Ship said: translation: my wife supports me. Brinky, Please give it up....your message is well understood. You are giving this place a slanted reputation, one easily used by the Stereophile group, and others, (the world is watching this site) to imply a slightly deranged and obsessed bunch of nutty guys. Fitzcaraldo215, Bill Brown and 4est 1 1 1 Link to comment
Popular Post wdw Posted May 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2018 Somewhat OT but wanted to bring this to the forum's attention. Dalethorn is using the Austin MQA article comment section to vent his anger at being banned from this site by denigrating Chris and calling him unethical. I, in a moderate tone, challenged his posts (below) and mine was deleted but not his. WTF! Never thought these guys at Stereophile would stoop to this level of behaviour. Dalethorn can call Chris unethical but I cannot challenge his comment. HIs post is simple hubris for being banned from here and the What's Best forum. pedalhead, Indydan and The Computer Audiophile 2 1 Link to comment
Popular Post wdw Posted May 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2018 22 minutes ago, John_Atkinson said: Actually, I deleted some of Dalethorn's as well as your postings. John Atkinson Editor, Stereophile You left the most damaging posts where he is calling Chris unethical and unprofessional in place while my deleted comments are simply factual. His post is simply hubris. I have seen this animus spill into his on-line posting since the banning. You aren't playing this fairly at all. I had more respect for you than this would allow. The Computer Audiophile, pedalhead and Sonicularity 2 1 Link to comment
wdw Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, Indydan said: Dale is a narcissistic person. It always has to be about him. He's right, everyone else is wrong. He has a very inflated sense of self importance. What a joke! Yes, he writes from a solely self assumed position of authority. Link to comment
wdw Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 26 minutes ago, Audiophile Neuroscience said: It's important to feed only the cochlear neurons of the 8th cranial nerve lest one gets a little dizzy. Vertigo sucks! OK, this thread is seriously f&*ked up! Link to comment
wdw Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 2 hours ago, rickca said: I bet if they talked to Uptone Audio about their CA experience they could be convinced. If manufacturers worry that they need to stick to trusted partners like the magazines, they need to understand the degree to which those publications have blown their credibility. A two-way communications channel with your customers is incredibly powerful. Most companies use things like Facebook primarily for outbound messaging only. I sent an email to dCS (using their Contact US webpage) asking about the status of the Network Bridge USB output about a month after it was announced. I never got a reply. I ended up buying an Innuos Zenith SE instead. If dCS had been more responsive, things might have turned out differently. I also emailed dCS asking a straightforward technical question, as an owner of the Bridge, and never received a reply. (one of the ironies of trying to sell dCS into my Northern West Coast North American market is that the slightly slacker/slightly ex-cigarette smoking stereo sales guys in my area seem so far less knowledgeable than many customers should expect so he/she can't have confidence they have a adequate knowledge on these issues...dCS, in its technical wording, is so far beyond these guys...well, in truth me too!) The Bridge is amazing...BTW! Link to comment
wdw Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 13 minutes ago, shtf said: Mr. Atkinson. While we have your attention in this thread, would you please: Confirm or deny your initial MQA performance claims? Explain why Stereophile reviewers seem unwilling to share with us their in-depth thoughts on MQA's performance? Thanks in advance. Think I may have misjudged M. Atkinson. In my case, I countered, on the Stereophile site, the slightly deranged Dale Thorn when he demeaned Chris calling him unethical and unprofessional. I have never met Chris but in the few emails we've exchanged and being witness to his moderation on this site, I have only the greatest praise for him. Unethical is so far from his character as to be ridiculous. So when JA deleted my posts, the first being simply factual, but leaving the clearly slanderous comment from that dull-witted moron D.T., I am forced to change my view on his moral character. The action suggest a meanness I hadn't imagine he was capable of. So this little story goes to possibility there may be something betwixt the major authors in the print magazines, RH, JA and MQA, and the possibility that amounts of money may have been suggested if they were willing to jump on this MQA parade. So JA is 70 and has a lifetime in low revenue print journalism so if it may have been suggested that a small, but reliable, revenue stream could become available if he offered his unblemished support of this new tech and this becomes a wonderful retirement benefit. Imagine MQA takes, say 1 cent from every bit of music extant, the order of magnitude of any reward to be distributed may be enormous. Just saying! MrMoM 1 Link to comment
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