MQA is Vaporware

[KeenObserver]

Cui Bono

 

Chris set up a seminar that would examine MQA in a neutral, honest fashion.  That would benefit everyone.  Everyone, except perhaps MQA.  Chris was beset by MQA advocates in a less than neutral manner.

Mike Jbara is the CEO of MQA.  As such he can be expected to be less than neutral.  His company stands to make significant financial gain from the adoption of MQA.  Jbara's previous employment with Warner MAY lead one to speculate on who else would benefit.  Jbara's previous employment with Andersen Consulting MAY lead one to speculate how MQA would promote itself.

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2 hours ago, Lee Scoggins said:

 

Anderson was far back in Mike's resume (before 1996).  I really doubt it has anything at all to do with the MQA business model.

 

Andersen, not Anderson.  I would think that you know this,  seeing as how you know every single minute detail about MQA, going back to its inception.

Whatever happened to Andersen?

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The thought of a MQA "ecosystem" is truly disturbing.  Having MQA control the entire music chain would be a nightmare!

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What all this comes down to is this: Do you TRUST the people that are advocating for MQA?

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Seems like this has been an 424 page extensive discussion of the matter.  One has to separate the wheat from the chaff. A matter of who do you TRUST.

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What is truth, and what is propaganda?

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We should not be sidetracked from the fact that widespread adoption of MQA would have profound effect on the music industry.  MQA's control of the music chain would give them enormous influence and wealth.  The majors would get their DRM and the chance to sell their catalogue again.  All this would be borne on the backs of the music buying public.

MQA and the majors are of course going to try to push this through by any means possible.  The music buying public needs to reject this to protect themselves.  They need to reject any aspect of MQA.

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4 minutes ago, rickca said:

OK @KeenObserver are you @Brinkman Ship?

 You know that is not so.  What is your purpose in asking?

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26 minutes ago, Paul R said:

Well, I think I would trust Bob Stuart with pretty much any audio subject, as the man is brilliant technically, and has shown that in the audio world time and time again since the 1970's. That's a long track record of achievement, and MQA did not fail in a technical sense, but rather in implementation and marketing. Technically, it has the potential to provide better sound. It also has the potential to lock people into an unpleasant situation with non-MQA music files. 

 

Honestly? I don't know who you are, or what possible motivation you could have to be attacking Bob Stuart with what appears to be such anger. Stuart is, and pretty much always has been, one of the good guys. Sounds like some kind of personal agenda just from what you wrote above.  I haven't been very active on the system for the past year or so, so I might have missed when you introduced yourself. 

 

-Paul

 

 

 

 

Bob Stuart put himself in the position to be questioned.

 

First off there is a picture of him giving a talk in front of one of the most absurd charts I have ever seen in my life.

 

Bob Stuart has given talks that go on and on and say NOTHING!  They are like a Professor Irwin Corey act!

 

If MQA is going to make all kinds of claims and Bob Stuart is the figure head,  then he is going to be subject to examination.

 

Something that is going to have a profound effect on the future of music should be thoroughly vetted.  MQA has been found wanting time and time again.

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If MQA could put "master quality music" in the hands of audiophiles, why is it that absolutely no one would consider archiving their music on MQA?

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The fact that there are cycle after cycle of of MQA apologists makes it pretty obvious that there is something profoundly wrong with MQA.

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The single most profound development to come out of MQA is the incredible ability to light the blue light!  This is the paradigm shift of which Harley spoke.  We have entered the brave new world of the blue light!  Families will gather around in wonder of the blue light!

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Note to self.  Send Chris a Christmas card this year.

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And the cycle starts all over again.

 

If you say the world is flat a million times you may convince a number of people.  There are gullible people and people that are intellectually lazy who will believe.  You will even have bloggers that will repeat it in order to look like they are in the know.

However, repeating it a million times does not make the world flat!

There are people who have sailed all the way around the world and will testify that the world is not flat.  One then has to look at the people that are saying the world  is flat and question their motives.  Cui Bono.

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TAS and Stereophile have gone all in on MQA.  They have staked their professional reputations on it.  They have no choice but to play the hand.

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1 hour ago, ARQuint said:

 

OMG.

I hear it too!

 

Read the last 4 or 5 of his posts. If its not him, it's  as pitch-perfect an imitation as I could have imagined possible—and I'm full of admiration

 

That is incredibly lame!

 

But then, look who you write for!

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MQA was conceived and spent its early life in murky darkness while its shills touted it as paradigm change.  It was all rainbows and unicorns.

Then, people dragged it out into the bright sunlight and closely examined it.

This upset all the MQA shills.  How dare these people show the truth!

 

If you cannot show the truth about a product, how terrible is that product?

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6 hours ago, Tintinabulum said:

My impression is that people come out of the woodwork with a desire to do it down. They do a fantastic job! I suppose it depends on your point of view.

 

It's when the detractors start threatening those with different opinions its gets a bit murky..don't you think crenca?

 

Have you watched the video from Chris' seminar?

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4 hours ago, loop7 said:

If MQA ultimately fades away, will anyone be surprised if another company invents yet another technology with similar goals?

 

There will always be people coming up with schemes to suck money out of the pockets of consumers.  Whether they are successful is another matter.

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6 minutes ago, wdw said:

 

Brinkmanship?

 

Intellectual deficiency?

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Betamax was indeed a better system.  Sony got aced.

 

The Sony root kit fiasco was Sony's big misstep.  It cost them.  MQA has the smell of the root kit fiasco.

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Is MQA dead yet?

Or are they still pushing it?

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1 hour ago, mansr said:

This is what you said:

 

If that's not implying that Pro Tools can't do high-res, I don't know what would, nor what you could possibly be intending to say. Perhaps you should just put that shovel down before the hole you're in gets any deeper.

 

What?  You don't TRUST Lee?

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53 minutes ago, rickca said:

I thought this thread was about MQA.

 

I suspect that there are some people that would like to see it diverted to another subject.

Exposing the truth about MQA upsets them.

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Don't read them.