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15 minutes ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

 

Sometimes metaphors do not work.  IMHO, "barbarians" is not a good moniker for MQA shills.

 

I had to think about that. To me they resemble the Vandals and Goths, so I would still go with barbarians, or at least, barbaric behavior. 

-Paul 

 

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat DAC.

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19 minutes ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

 

Sounds like we have a volunteer 😄

 

 

 You need a group of USA members, of which there are far more than from other countries.

 

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1 hour ago, mansr said:

It's always valid to examine someone's motivations.

 

"Examine," eh? Seemed more like rampant speculation or mere insult to me, but opinions differ I suppose.

 

1 hour ago, mansr said:

This is why author affiliations are disclosed in scientific publications.

 

Yes, I often see authors of scientific papers described as "stooges," with pictures of gorillas.🙄

 

I mean this is Lee Scoggins.  Who cares what he thinks?  He's managed to destroy his own credibility about any number of issues, including MQA, in no time here.

 

Pete Townshend knew what he was talking about when he wrote that line in Tommy: "Let's forget you, better still."

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9 minutes ago, Jud said:

 

"Examine," eh? Seemed more like rampant speculation or mere insult to me, but opinions differ I suppose.

 

 

Yes, I often see authors of scientific papers described as "stooges," with pictures of gorillas.🙄

 

I mean this is Lee Scoggins.  Who cares what he thinks?  He's managed to destroy his own credibility about any number of issues, including MQA, in no time here.

 

Pete Townshend knew what he was talking about when he wrote that line in Tommy: "Let's forget you, better still."

 

Yep, they differ.

 

Also, just so you know this is a stooge:

 

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and these are guerilla...marketers...in love:

 

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

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Just now, mansr said:

I think it's closer to 98%, possibly as much 104%.

 

At some point in the now distant past, I found myself parsing yet another review full of nearly uniform praise for some sign of what the reviewer's real opinion was, and thought, "Why go to the trouble?"

One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein

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3 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

Yep, they differ.

 

Also, just so you know this is a stooge:

 

image.jpeg.341be76913fd9a21edf683b9346afd05.jpeg

 

and these are guerilla...marketers...in love:

 

image.jpeg.b9ed76fe1d01b9e4c32d886db920c0d9.jpeg

 

 

 

 

 

Any post with Curly, I like.

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"You actions certainly suggest you and a few others here definitely have an agenda.  I wish you well, but doing bad things like you are doing will inevitably lead to unpleasant consequences.  That isn't a threat by the way, just a prediction. 

 

Have a nice life. "

 

That is a quote from someone that is telling MQA critics to be civil.

 

What the MQA shills mean is that those people that are closely examining MQA should shut up,  bend over, and accept MQA.

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1 hour ago, mansr said:

I don't bother locking my door any more. The last burglar couldn't get in, so the lock seems unnecessary.

 

LOL!  I just live in a place where one has no real need to lock one's door. Besides, I do not think there are any locks that can keep a burglar out

:)

 

-Paul 

 

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat DAC.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Is there a race between @Ralf11 and @Paul R for the most prolific poster award?

 

I always do a year-end MVP award thread for AS contributors, but hey ... we could open up a new category. 🙄

 

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4 hours ago, Paul R said:

 

Howdy?  Where were you in 2010 or so? :)

 

Unlike Paul, I didn't go away and I post daily - and I'm still not close to his number of posts😁!

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Hi,

Bad news - MQA claims on their website are allowed - complaint not upheld :

 

https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/mqa-ltd-a18-470395.html

 

An excerpt :

 

"MQA provided a peer-reviewed publication which they said explained the approach taken by MQA, as well as an article by the Recording Industry Association of America, whose technical committee investigated the technology and approved it for the release of recordings described as high resolution. They said that the technology had been adopted into guidelines from Recording Academy for high resolution music production and provided a link to the guidelines on the Grammy website. They said major music labels had adopted the technology and provided statements from eight people they said were respected, such as music producers, engineers and recording artists."

 

What was the peer reviewed publications (AES ??).

 

Major record labels adopting the techniology - do the ASA know that they are shareholders ??, so a conflict of interest.

 

Who are the respected people ?? - did they contact Brian Lucey ??

 

Utter farce.

 

Regards,

Shadders.

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9 minutes ago, Shadders said:

Hi,

Bad news - MQA claims on their website are allowed - complaint not upheld :

 

https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/mqa-ltd-a18-470395.html

 

An excerpt :

 

"MQA provided a peer-reviewed publication which they said explained the approach taken by MQA, as well as an article by the Recording Industry Association of America, whose technical committee investigated the technology and approved it for the release of recordings described as high resolution. They said that the technology had been adopted into guidelines from Recording Academy for high resolution music production and provided a link to the guidelines on the Grammy website. They said major music labels had adopted the technology and provided statements from eight people they said were respected, such as music producers, engineers and recording artists."

 

What was the peer reviewed publications (AES ??).

 

Major record labels adopting the techniology - do the ASA know that they are shareholders ??, so a conflict of interest.

 

Who are the respected people ?? - did they contact Brian Lucey ??

 

Utter farce.

 

Regards,

Shadders.

Told you it wouldn't work. Far too technical for the ASA. Their statement basically boils down to "we have no idea what we're looking at, but the guys selling it say it's good, so we're going to go with that."

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1 minute ago, mansr said:

Told you it wouldn't work. Far too technical for the ASA. Their statement basically boils down to "we have no idea what we're looking at, but the guys selling it say it's good, so we're going to go with that."

Hi,

Not sure who made the complaint - but i would expect them to present evidence to the contrary, or the conflict of interest.

 

Regards,

Shadders.

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