botrytis Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 The old saying is, once it is on the internet, it can never be erased. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted June 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, lucretius said: Right. They are hobby/trade magazines/e-zines/blogs and they employ/engage content writers. I actually think they are a trade magazine that sells products for the manufacturers, they are not a hobby magazine. The audio consumer is the product they sell. As far as MQA listening tests, they use expectation bias, to sell MQA. It is a classic trick that flim flam men use to sell products. Tell them what to expect and the brain fills in the rest. It helps when the person doing that selling, is a known 'expert' in the field. John Dyson, Teresa, JoeWhip and 1 other 2 2 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 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 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 GS videos explain it very simply and elegantly. Archimago and Mansr were technical. All should be shared about the debacle that is MQA. Confused, March Audio, The Computer Audiophile and 2 others 5 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 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. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 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. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Have FUN!!! Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 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. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted June 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2021 The latest big thing in LA is a 13K sq ft cannabis store. The largest in NA. Maybe that is what Chris is visiting while in LA. Why would he come out here to do anything with mQa. I mean, I think he had enough of them already. lucretius, The Computer Audiophile, Confused and 2 others 5 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 10 hours ago, Confused said: Does this help with deblurring and time domain distortion? It might explain a lot about mQa.... lucretius 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 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. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 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.... Currawong 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 @Confusedare these more like it? 😁 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 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. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted June 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: The birth of a new reviewing world Fixed it for ya Confused and The Computer Audiophile 2 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Hence why I am keeping my Teac UD-501 until it drops dead. Teresa 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 2 hours ago, ssh said: Bricasti has not drunk the Fool-Aid. I have heard theirs but can't afford that one. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 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? MikeyFresh 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Well, people here are used to 'ringers' coming in and hawking mQa. You might have got caught in that hunting... Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted August 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Kal Rubinson said: I was told a couple of years back that DSP could be accomplished exactly that way: first unfold with storage of rendering data, DSP, restoration of data, rendering. That seems to be a lot of steps to render a file format I find inferior. Hugo9000 and OldHardwareTech 1 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, Kal Rubinson said: What if you use Roon to play an MQA-encrusted file from your own library? Excellent question.... Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted August 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, KeenObserver said: That is why I bought my Benchmark DAC. It is not infected with MQA. Why I haven't moved from my TEAC UD-501..... Teresa and MikeyFresh 2 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 hour ago, lucretius said: Perhaps that is what mQa's last breath looks like? One can only hope. lucretius and OldHardwareTech 2 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted August 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 hours ago, ARQuint said: As luck would have it, TAS put Paul Seydor's review of the Luxman player up on the website yesterday so that all those who wouldn't touch a physical copy of the magazine if double-gloved can see for themselves that our coverage of MQA is not exclusively over-the-top cheerleading (link below.) Paul devotes more than 2400 words of his comprehensive review to detailing his experience with MQA-CD (which involved direct contact with Bob Stuart, Morten Lindberg, and Peter McGrath) and I don't think that anyone can read it as a ringing endorsement of the technology. What's significant, I think, is that the assessment focuses almost entirely on sound quality, a metric that many of the most doctrinaire anti-MQAers don't want to consider because it's largely subjective. If MQA can't be sold to audiophiles of the "sounds better" sort when technical objections have been as powerfully presented as they have been here and elsewhere, the road to anything like universal adoption becomes that much more difficult for it's creators. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/luxman-d-10x-cd-sacd-player-and-dac WOW - 17K for a CD player - talk about a useless review for me. My 2 audio systems didn't cost that put together. How many people can actually afford that piece? This is the issue. These magazines are for whales not the lowly people like me. That said, mQa is about total control of the music we play. It is a way to get DRM into the music chain, by saying it is a better sounding system. It is crap, let's face it. Sony tried it, with the root kit fiasco, and now this. I remember following one of the big name audio reviewers, at last AXPONA. He brought out a 45 rpm single of Peter, Paul, and Mary to play as his 'tour du force' recording. All I could hear was static. If these are the gents that are recommending mQa, well, that says volumes. MikeyFresh, lucretius and Iving 2 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 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. MikeyFresh 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
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