MQA is Vaporware

[JoeWhip]

HDR and the wider color gamut are what really shines not the increased resolution when it comes to 4K. Of course, YMMV.

[JoeWhip]

I am no fan of MQA and try not to chim in on this thread, but after the latest analysis, why would anyone be in favor of MQA?  Any sound manipulation can be accomplished  either with selectable filters in a DAC or via playback software. There is NO need for the MQA format unless the whole thing really is for DRM. Manipulate your music to sound like whatever you like, but don’t force those choices on consumers who may actually prefer fidelity to the source. 

[JoeWhip]

Chris, you have all the fun😎

[JoeWhip]

Why not get BS or RH or JA to address the issues brought forward by Archimago or any others? We have a point, how about a MQA counterpoint? It can be published on the Stereophile or TAS websites depending on who the author is. Should be fairly easy to do. 

[JoeWhip]

I am sorry, but RH really went off the rails with this one. I don’t see how he thinks this will turn out well for his mag or his reputation. Seems like the Ed and the ad were coordinated. Bizarre.

[JoeWhip]

Maybe you should host a live panel discussion on AS with live chat on MQA!

[JoeWhip]

You have bandwidth to stream 4 k and 8k video but need MQA for audio? Really? Give me a break.

[JoeWhip]

I will be at The Capital Audio Fest Friday. There is a presentation scheduled for that afternoon my Mytek digital that includes MQA. Interestingly, it is right after Mark Waldrep’s presentation. I will keep an ear out for any MQA discussions as I visit the various rooms,

[JoeWhip]

For what it is worth, other than a presentation by Mytek on Friday, I heard no mention of MQA at all at the Capital Audio Fest yesterday.

[JoeWhip]

Gee, why would anyone want to vacation where it is warm?😊

[JoeWhip]

Gee, let’s not derail this thread with Gwenyth Paltrow.

[JoeWhip]

Oops!

[JoeWhip]

Can’t say that I am.

[JoeWhip]

Hope no more storms pass through. I was there for Ciara. Dennis seems to have been even worse.

[JoeWhip]

I don’t know about you, but I just have to have that Engelbert! Not! 😎 looks like a lot of the same rehashed titles. Yeah, let’s keep buying the same stuff, over and over and over.

[JoeWhip]

I have friends in whose hearing I trust. Reviewers and mags, not so much.

[JoeWhip]

Time to get rid of these regional restrictions. They are easily avoided with a VPN anyway.

[JoeWhip]

At least they have given up the ghost that it is actually lossless. Kind of like a flat earther saying that yeah, while the earth is flat, space is actually real. One step at a time grasshopper.

[JoeWhip]

Having had the opportunity to hear what is on some masters from the major labels vs. what is released to the masses, it is a shame we are getting bamboozled with MQA. Just give us the masters please.

[JoeWhip]

21 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Yep. 
 

MQA Ltd sold it to the labels that way (single deliverable) and now likes to wring its hands and say, well it’s up to the labels what they provide the streaming services. 
 

In other words, we invented the means to ruin music but we accept no responsibility when it’s actually used to ruin music. 

Just another reason why I don’t stream. Frankly, I have more than enough music that I enjoy without ever having to buy another thing. So, no MQA. I guess I will finally have to hand in my audiophile card.

[JoeWhip]

With all due respect, Peter Veth sounds like a flat earther. Only trust your senses. I can hear the flat earther now, When I look out my window all I see is flat, so the earth must be flat. The math behind the globe earth calculator is wrong, it is pseudoscience based on the faulty assumption that the earth is a sphere, trust your senses, the world is flat. All those pictures, CGI, all the naysayers are shills for NASA and the global elite. It is really hard to read anything he says.

[JoeWhip]

It is time to start hoarding non MQA material like toilet paper or toilet roll for my friends in the UK. 😎

[JoeWhip]

Just another reason for me to not stream and to not use Roon. Call me a Luddite. I am not on social media either.

[JoeWhip]

What they want to do is take the original Mona Lisa off the wall and replace it with an infrared scan that shows all the covered up mistakes and changes underneath in fake color and tell you that, trust us, you will like it better than the original.then, every few years, they will bring the original out, place it in a special room and charge you extra to see it.

[JoeWhip]

Rather than Kaffir, the MQA folks think of us as chaff.