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The old saying is, once it is on the internet, it can never be erased.

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6 minutes ago, Fokus said:

 

The only thing worse than being talked about being not being talked about, the company is certainly not going to end this.

 

 

What's the old saying, 'There is no such thing as bad publicity.' - P.T. Barnum

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I am sad that I won't be in LA area for THE Show as I am going out there next week, for work, for 10 days.

 

It will be interesting to see what is actually there and how it is covered.

 

I hope MQA is an also ran there.

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2 hours ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

I was told last month I'll be working for 10 more years. Easy enough fight whatever licensesing schem someone comes up with in that time.

 

You have way more gum shun then I do. Hats off to you.

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Have FUN!!!

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6 minutes ago, Archimago said:

Wow. That's good.

 

Maybe pent-up demand to get out there and do stuff after the year+ of restrictions!

 

Not so good that your SO said "She will never attend another show with me". At least she gave it a try! I don't think I'd ever get my wife into such an event. ;-)

 

I am the tin ear and my wife is the one who is the critical listener. She gets disappointed when she can't go. 

 

I will be looking forward to AXPONA, this year, as we live in the area and don't have to book a hotel.

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10 hours ago, Confused said:

Does this help with deblurring and time domain distortion?

 

It might explain a lot about mQa....

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4 hours ago, Confused said:

Indeed so.  It has the effect of giving the listener a kind of fuzzy relaxed feeling of well being, which in technical terms is known as "blurring".  In addition, the perception of time may become so distorted that an individual may become confused as to what actual domain he currently exists in, as the room seems to fold and unfold around him.  This may all sound a little alarming, and I apologise if it sounds too technical.

 

But this is all you need to know, if you use it to revisit one of your all time favorite rock albums from 1974, it is going to sound genuinely amazing.  So much more detail, clarity, slam, silence and soundstage improvement.

 

Introducing MQA, based on actual research into human neuroscience, Marijuana Quality Authenticated.

 

Marijuana Quality Authenticated guarantees that you hear the music exactly as the artist intended in the studio..  (as long as the artist was Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Willie Nelson, Snoop Dog or one or two others)

 

One top industry reviewer listening with MQA stated, "wow, this sounds amazing, and look at that blue light on the dac, its getting larger and moving, or is that just me?"  (then giggles a bit)

 

Don't throw Cannabis under the buss with mQa - I call it Muddled Quality Authenticated.

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7 hours ago, Confused said:

No bus throwing from me, it is the birth of a new world.

 

Cannabis has been used over 2000 years, medically. mQa - well, I haven't heard a good use for it yet....

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@Confusedare these more like it? 😁

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8 hours ago, Confused said:

These are fine, as long as you do not try to fold and unfold them three times.

 You will end up lighting them more than once. I mean THC at 37%, 4 puffs and you are out. Maybe mQa will ship a case with every mQa DAC. It might be the only way to really enjoy it.

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Hence why I am keeping my Teac UD-501 until it drops dead.

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2 hours ago, ssh said:

Bricasti has not drunk the Fool-Aid.

 

 

I have heard theirs but can't afford that one.

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1 hour ago, MaxBuck said:

I still really don't understand the antipathy toward MQA, aside from the marketing babble its promoters use.

 

Doesn't it provide the opportunity to stream high-quality audio while minimizing data usage?  For that purpose alone it seems like a good idea.  Many people are somewhat data-limited, and the ability to lower their GB costs strikes me as a good thing.  But I'm sure I'm missing something here.  Bottom line: all the anti-MQA talk I've heard and read focuses purely on the "MQA = bad" canon without providing any reasons as to why it's bad.  (And don't cite that it "violates the creative output of the recording engineer."  I really couldn't care less what they might want.)

 

1. Is lossy - they use semantics here

2. Adds ringing - been proven

3. adds Ultrasonic noise

4. DSP to be louder

5. Not from a master (there is no authentication).

6.Adding cost - pay for encoding, decoding, and the algorithm for MQA - doesn't add anything.

 

Want me to go on?

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Well, people here are used to 'ringers' coming in and hawking mQa. You might have got caught in that hunting...

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17 minutes ago, Kal Rubinson said:

What if you use Roon to play an MQA-encrusted file from your own library? 

 Excellent question....

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1 hour ago, John_Atkinson said:

 

With respect, you are disregarding all the other listening tests and comparisons in which I have taken part. Yes, those were almost all sighted - you can find them all on the Stereophile website. However, given that Audiophile Style, like Stereophile, publishes reviews based on sighted listening, are you really saying that sighted listening doesn't produce reliable results?

 

John Atkinson

Technical Editor, Stereophile

Directed listening, no double blind. Sorry, but your assertion means squat. I have done a blind listening at a dealer and I can say mQa sounds worse. Period.

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