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On 12/8/2018 at 4:21 PM, sandyk said:

 Bullshit !

 I am the ONLY C.A. member who has had their observations verified by way of the so called:" Gold Standard " of 6 separate correctly performed DBTs, as well as non sighted listening by Barry Diament and others.

 People like you are so closed minded that you aren't even interested in  checking out any proof when it is offered, as I have done on several recent occasions with BR discs that have been available in the USA for > 6 months now.

 You simply aren't interested in seeing /hearing anything that challenges your belief system,.

Talk about welded shut closed minds !

 

Don't forget the OP moonlighted in the broadcasting  industry for 15 years. I conducted double and other blind tests and participated in them. An of course was paid for it. 

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32 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said:

Barry Diament will come back. I'll ask him when the time is right.

 

 Barry has no present intention of returning to this forum, and doesn't miss the forums in general..

Incidentally, Barry has a new album about to be released in 24/192 (also 16/44.1)

 This time around the .wav files will also be playable in media players such as the Oppo when burned to DVD due to different software being used in the conversion from the original .aiff files to .wav files. (previous software inserted too large a chunk in the Header)

 Among other things, Barry recently markedly improved the clocking in his Metric Halo.

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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On 12/9/2018 at 9:45 PM, lucretius said:

 

I too am not sure that Lee actually understands the technobabble.


You can just ignore him. He's clueless and makes a lot of technical mistakes. He lacks basic understanding of electricity, and just copy pastes ridiculous claims. He probably does the same with spoon fed MQA arguments.
 

 

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Discoverer of the independent open source sox based mqa playback method with optional one cycle postringing.

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2 million volts? Really? <br>     Your technical facts are wrong. <br> <br> Maybe you came too close to the Tesla coil and now you'll need your head examined. Did you forgot to wear protective clothing? As 2 million volts will jump a lot further than ….Rt66indierock

 

  Nikola Tesla didn't seem too concerned . :o

Nikola Tesla-master-of-lightning-produced-by-high-frequency-and-high-voltage-currents.bmp

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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5 hours ago, sandyk said:

  We need to be mindful that we risk losing participation by some very high profile industry figures  successful anti-consumer confidence men if we continue to insult and ridicule those that we don't agree with.

Robust discussion is fine, but personal insults and attacks are not.

 

Barry Diament is one of those that no longer participates for this reason.

 

I fixed it for you...

Hey MQA, if it is not all $voodoo$, show us the math!

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4 hours ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

The studio guys in the United States don't seem upset with what I'm going or what is going on here. Personally, I have the support of a lot high profile industry figures and the Grammy people distributed the original vaporware post. It's pretty easy find me if you have objections or concerns.  The only consistent concern I've gotten is I'm hurting the audio press by doing the investigative work they should have done from the audio press of course. Guess what I don't care. I told Andrew Quint when he said you can't blame us for everything, we're certainly going to try in 2018. Maybe 2019 should be the year to start criticizing reviewers? Archimago has gotten a good start in the wraparound part of the year (PGA Tour term). 

 

Barry Diament will come back. I'll ask him when the time is right.

 

Personal attacks and insults worked like a charm in 2017. And are doing pretty well in 2018.  There is clear path where people and companies can play in without interference. They seem to be moving in that direction.

 

I would think that studio guys would be particularly upset with MQA in that MQA claims that the "Magic Formula" in MQA does a better job in mastering music.

Boycott Warner

Boycott Tidal

Boycott Roon

Boycott Lenbrook

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26 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

most??

 

get real - it's about MQA and their lackey running dogs

 

 You are the one who needs to get real. There are a small Core group of members  who deny the suitability of numerous different manufacturers/ C.A. Advertisers  products, including USB cables, USB Widgets, Linear PSUs, improved System Clocks, OS process reducing tools,  etc. etc. to improve the Signal Integrity and hence the sound quality of Computer Audio.

 

It's NOT just about MQA, which the vast  majority of contributing C.A. members agree is not needed, and is not an improvement over an original well recorded high resolution music file.

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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USB Widgets, Linear PSUs, improved System Clocks, OS process reducing tools,  etc. etc. do not improve Signal Integrity but may improve the sound quality of Computer Audio in other ways (e.g. noise)

 

I have not seen anyone deny that such products could improve SQ in some situations, tho there is rightful derision directed at many of the claims made and money spent

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7 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

USB Widgets, Linear PSUs, improved System Clocks, OS process reducing tools,  etc. etc. do not improve Signal Integrity but may improve the sound quality of Computer Audio in other ways (e.g. noise)

 

I have not seen anyone deny that such products could improve SQ in some situations, tho there is rightful derision directed at many of the claims made and money spent

 

Noise and signal integrity are probably related... a good topic for a different thread though...

 

Bob S is reading this and having a chuckle.

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1 minute ago, Ralf11 said:

USB Widgets, Linear PSUs, improved System Clocks, OS process reducing tools,  etc. etc. do not improve Signal Integrity

 

You of course know better than highly qualified professionals such as John Swenson. 9_9

  I will ignore further barbs from you that are directed at me, as I have far better things to do with my time, such as further refining the capabilities of my system using well established and proven techniques .

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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41 minutes ago, sandyk said:

 

 You are the one who needs to get real. There are a small Core group of members  who deny the suitability of numerous different manufacturers/ C.A. Advertisers  products, including USB cables, USB Widgets, Linear PSUs, improved System Clocks, OS process reducing tools,  etc. etc. to improve the Signal Integrity and hence the sound quality of Computer Audio.

 

 

I'm sure Chris sleeps better at night knowing that you're on the job making sure that these radical objectivists don't scare away his advertisers.

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley
Through the middle of my skull

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11 minutes ago, sullis02 said:

 

As regards matters relating to digital audio, Barry Diament is at best a well-meaning victim of Dunning-Kruger, or at worst a hopeless high-end hack.   

 

I will let others decide for themselves.

 Many members will have quite a few from Barry in their own collections.

 

An incomplete list of Barry Diament credits from a 2008 thread

 

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/essential-barry-diament-masterings.131468/page-19

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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5 hours ago, sandyk said:

 

Please watch this again until you get it:
 

 

No this cable vendor is not zapping the cables with 2.000.000 Volts and no, 7.000.000 volt stun guns do not exist.

So what is the max. voltage across this spark gap?

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Then look again at the cable being zapped. Maybe then you'll understand. Also in high-voltage applications, what is the usage of a spark gap?
 

Designer of the 432 EVO music server and Linux specialist

Discoverer of the independent open source sox based mqa playback method with optional one cycle postringing.

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11 minutes ago, FredericV said:

Please watch this again until you get it:

 

 Please reread my post again until YOU get it !

I wasn't supporting any vendor's claims either.

 

 

How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.

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8 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

you are putting the vapor in vaporware !!

 

While technically you are correct, it would be more appropriate in this context to call it "hot air."

"People hear what they see." - Doris Day

The forum would be a much better place if everyone were less convinced of how right they were.

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