MQA is Vaporware

[sphinxsix]

I must admit - I have sinned.

 

@RichardSF I kindly suggest using AdBlock instead of paying for Youtube and spending the saved money on AS subscription..

 

:-)

[sphinxsix]

4 hours ago, Rt66indierock said:

Please carry on.

 

I've heard Bob Stuart is about to sell reproductions of Mona Lisa which are better than the original. In addition they are folded so don't take much space on the wall.

 

[sphinxsix]

8 hours ago, MikeyFresh said:

MQA's public financial statements. Turnover in particular is nothing shy of pathetic, in relation to debt incurred and coming due.

Where can one get these (without usually quite expensive subscription..)?

 

[sphinxsix]

6 hours ago, Confused said:

I bought myself a copy to try.

 

The trouble is, I tried to fold and unfold it to save on storage space, and the bloody thing broke.

 

Did you unsmear the time domain of the LP before you began to fold and unfold..?!

 

[sphinxsix]

17 minutes ago, botrytis said:

I think the m-Qanon vinyl would be better with....

 

What a waste of a maple syrup!

Think I gotta better idea..

 

 

[sphinxsix]

6 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

In another one he says a DAC does, "16x MQA unfolding." we've all heard of the first, second,  and (dubious) third unfolds, but what about the 16th unfold! It never ends. 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marksparrow/2022/11/08/rde-updates-the-classic-nt-usb-condenser-mice-with-new-features/?sh=1eb1c5f94e93

 

To get the 16x folding process done it probably unfolds 2 times, than folds 4 times what it just unfolded only to unfold it once again etc.. 😎

 

But what I really like about this DAP (!) is its compatibility with DSD1024 and PCM1536 formats, I have missed decent resolution while listening to the music outdoors.. 😎

 

@The Computer Audiophile You're mocking this article, I'm really surprised that even this clearly doesn't make you excited 😎: 

 

"MQair can also handle multichannel audio, leaving the door open to spatial and 360˚ encoded audio."

 

😉😉😉

 

[sphinxsix]

30 minutes ago, botrytis said:

 

That seems to be the standard lately.

 

I would willingly agree with you, just tell me what I'd agree about.. 😎

 

[sphinxsix]

12 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

I'm sending 12 channels of uncompressed WAV at 24/352.8 over my network without a glitch. I'll skip the Bluetooth lossy version :~)

 

Ok, it is impressive, yet I have to ask - do you have a blue MQA led and also - did anyone authenticate the masters your music collection derives from..?  😉😉😉

12 channels of not authenticated audio, what might possibly be worse than that.? 😉😉😉

 

EDIT:

Just read it. This is more or less what I wanted to say.

 

4 hours ago, GregWormald said:

No, no, no! Where have you been?

MQA is better than lossless quality, it's Master Quality Authenticated!

Jeez, get on board.

 

 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

2 hours ago, DuckToller said:

@Archimago

Morality could be the fuel for a common future, but we live in a world where most of us have often heard:
"Morality doesn't help effectively in that case" or "you can't fill your stomach with morality" or "Morality is for the weak",
and where the reception of Morality in this century for JoeSixPack balances between limited "Moralists" and successful "Rulebenders" .
In Germany people who sell their soul or lie without shame are nowadays often toutet "Ehrenmann" (Gentleman), which became a (youth speech) synonym for the exactly the opposite.
Seems like incredible difficult to prove morality as a valid & fundamental force for our society.

 

Morally Questionable Audio.?

MQA - format of the sinners.?

Does MQA logo:

symbolize not a sound wave but devil's horns.?

And finally - is Bob Stuart the Antichrist.?!

We need answers!!!

 

😎

[sphinxsix]

40 minutes ago, botrytis said:

 

Not the anti-Christ but just someone who trying to make money off of the backs of others, with a shoddy product. If only audiophiles were as conscious as PC gamers. The reason I say this is a class action lawsuit has been filed against NVidia about the melting power plugs with the new 4090 video cards that were just released. It looks like poor engineering, period.

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-hit-with-class-action-suit-over-melting-rtx-4090-gpu-adapters/

 

The gaming press has a much better record calling out BS in the industry. The audiophile press does not.

 

I have no issues with people liking or disliking this tech, but be honest about it and stop repeating the marketing BS.

 

1. I repeated here more than twice that MQA clan should be sued (I won't do it, I don't stream, never bought anything MQA related) twice. I bet that if 10% of energy used by people on threads like this one had been redirected towards such a con/destructive action there would already be no MQA. BTW if someone wanted to do that I'd recommend suing them in the Netherlands for many reasons.. 

 

2. Are you sure that Bob Stuart isn't the Antichrist, cause I am not.. Can we trust you.?

 

 

[sphinxsix]

5 minutes ago, botrytis said:

 

NAH - he thinks he is smarter than everyone, but we had some pretty smart sleuths here, that proved what he said was BS.

 

Anti-Christ is BOSE 🤣(sarcasm off)

 

Bob Stewart - BS, Bose - BoSe 🤨

I don't believe in accidents in case of evil forces.. Maybe both of them.?

 

 

[sphinxsix]

1 minute ago, botrytis said:

The problem is so many audiophiles believe the BS posted in the magazines. The testing is great but the rest? When they start with the flowery prose, describing something, my eyes glaze over.

 

As I said before, the magazines are selling us consumers to the audiophile manufacturers, not the other way around.

 

You don't have to convince me that this is how things work, I used to be a dealer..

 

[sphinxsix]

13 minutes ago, botrytis said:

 

AHH so you were part of the problem 😉🤣

 

Are you joking.? I'm a problem child but in this case I was a part of the solution 😎

Unfortunately not every confrontation is fair..

 

[sphinxsix]

On 1/2/2017 at 5:59 PM, Rt66indierock said:

MQA is Vaporware, classic vaporware.

 

My new term for describing MQA, which wants to suck life out of music and money out of our pockets.:

 

                                           MQA is vampirware!  ©

 

 

                      

[sphinxsix]

9 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

I would like to keep my small vampire problem seperate from MQA.

Doesn't look like particularly small problem..

(unless these are matches..)

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

Bigger vampire problems need flame throwers and silver bullets.

 

I'm not sure you're educated well enough.

I kindly suggest checking out this..

 

 

One more thing.. I'm with you ;-)

 

[sphinxsix]

Anyway, I have an impression these new servers serve the forum well, we're finally talking some interesting stuff like vampires, Antichrist not some goddamn lossy formats not even worth a fart.. 😉😇

[sphinxsix]

17 hours ago, GregWormald said:

it's possible that I'm not an "audiophile" but a "musicphile".

 

I'm not sure you should post here..

Let me paraphrase the old saying about beer:

We are here only for gear!

😉

[sphinxsix]

On 11/23/2022 at 3:28 AM, JoeWhip said:

Too often when people are shown the truth that contradicts their beliefs, they double down rather then admit that they were wrong. Look at the end of the world cults. We are are still here but they still believe.

 

I'm afraid this time they unfortunately may be right..

(this is The Independent so it's serious)

 

A mysterious and incredibly intense blast of visible light that came towards Earth came from a black hole that is pointing straight at us, astronomers have said.

 

 

Is your gear insured, guys.?

😉

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, DuckToller said:

MQA= Minimice Quantifieable Advancements

Questionable maybe.?

 

1 hour ago, DuckToller said:

or Minimoys Quarrel Arturo ?

No-one here quarrels, Tom, we're just audio vocabulary artists.. 

;-)

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Wonder if the name is true, or like MQA, it's just a name.

He's got a number of patents.

 

https://patents.justia.com/inventor/malcolm-law

 

 

[sphinxsix]

8 minutes ago, KeenObserver said:

And if we buy into it we get a mesmerizing blue light.

 

May I (not so kindly!) ask what do you have against blue leds.?

They are the best, I think every sane person will agree..

 

😉

[sphinxsix]

11 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Most of them are great. But for some of them, every time they are illuminated, your wallet gets a little thinner. 

If there were leds making one's wallet thicker, I'd probably expect them to be green 😉

[sphinxsix]

6 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

On second thought, perhaps the one in mQa headquarters is blinking red.

Why red.?

Because they realize that the title of this thread is correct.? 😂

[sphinxsix]

24 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Traditionally the color of negative balances on the P&L sheet.

Let's not be cruel and let's hope these lights will not be replaced one day by blinking ambulances lights.. 😎