MQA is Vaporware

[Rt66indierock]

31 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

You’re the one who thought of it, so what does that say about you?

 

don’t read between the lines of my writing. I’m not afraid to say what I mean, unlike the old guard. 

 

You might want to mention if it measures bad and sounds good your hearing isn’t as good as you think.

 

from Yreka California on the road to the northern Oregon where I will probably be very cold. Cheers ya’ll

[Dr Tone]

3 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

People still saying “Thank you sir, may I have another.”

 

You learn to ignore the roon big 3 that repeatedly rebut every single post mentioning technical and consumer  MQA issues with “Bob says”, “I like it” and “you have a choice”.

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

33 minutes ago, Dr Tone said:

 

You learn to ignore the roon big 3 that repeatedly rebut every single post mentioning technical and consumer  MQA issues with “Bob says”, “I like it” and “you have a choice”.

Programmed, armed with talking points shill bots? Or deaf fools?

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

2 hours ago, Tintinabulum said:

Is that a shout out to the “gang” to go over and keep up the tirade? Others to rain on the parade?

...does it still burn you that Stuart has been exposed a 2nd rate audio engineer and that Meridian is a failed enterprise, being run as a vanity business, with cash pumped in from his ultra rich inlays? Or have you gotten past that?

 

If MQA was developed by Chord, Naim, or Linn, would you give a damn about defending the honor?

[MetalNuts]

1 hour ago, Ishmael Slapowitz said:

If MQA was developed by Chord, Naim, or Linn, would you give a damn about defending the honor?

 

Rubbish is rubbish, why should I care whether it is BS' rubbish or Naim or Linn or Chord. 

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

2 minutes ago, MetalNuts said:

 

Rubbish is rubbish, why should I care whether it is BS' rubbish or Naim or Linn or Chord. 

The question was directed at a Meridian devotee. 😎

[MetalNuts]

38 minutes ago, Ishmael Slapowitz said:

The question was directed at a Meridian devotee. 😎

I was making a fair comment.  I am not biased towards any particular brand name.  Good is good and bad is bad, a renowned brand name cannot amend its bad product.🤣  BS's good past record in the industry (if any) cannot make good the lies of MQA.

[Sonicularity]

19 minutes ago, MetalNuts said:

I am not biased towards any particular brand name.  

 

That may not be your choice.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041499/

[MetalNuts]

45 minutes ago, Sonicularity said:

 

That may not be your choice.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041499/

 

I am sure and I am confident with myself  and the place I live allows me to do so, but I cannot say that of  you cos' I do not know whether you are living in a place where you are free to think and what is your mentality and how much you believe in yourself.🤔

[Fast and Bulbous]

5 hours ago, Sonicularity said:

 

That may not be your choice.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041499/

I fully agree, it may not be your choice. Conditioning is very difficult to even know about - it starts very early, in our earliest years. The article lays it out clearly. Self awareness and assessment are very difficult to do. And any assessment by another is a reflection of their conditioning too. Mental models instilled and installed by combinations of education, culture, parents, media, interactions with other, religion, the list is long. The point for me is that we see our world (whatever that is) through our unique mental model of what reality may be. And then make our judgements through and with that model. Often without being aware that it is just a model. And all models are incomplete, out of date and inaccurate. The map is not the territory...  Oh yes it is, we do not have the territory, only a map of it, and we are often only dimly aware of that.

 

Goes back to my point about HyperNormalisation - the manipulation of our reality is now everywhere. "Perception is reality" we are wont to say. Reperception is how reality shifts it seems to me. The word is not in the dictionary. 

[rando]

Going to precede Mr. Slapowitz call to get back on topic.  Which isn't gazing upon your self image in the glowing pool of reflection until someone sees a ripple of body horror.  Or views @MetalNuts from too personal a perspective.

 

So are you selling the dickens out of MQA or rationalizing how others are?

[wgscott]

On 7/12/2019 at 10:50 AM, Ralf11 said:

OTOH, rumors are that the Vanatoo are quite good speakers.

 

I have not heard them, but they are o my short list for an office system.

On 7/12/2019 at 10:57 AM, The Computer Audiophile said:

I Believe @wgscott has some Vanatoo speakers.

 

I have the first generation.  They are accurate to about 40Hz and then don't try to do what they can't do.  In an office setting, low bass probably isn't what you want, but you could pair it with a sub.  Above 40Hz they are near-field flat, thanks to a very modest application of DSP.  The trade-off (if memory serves) is that, in the process, it resamples everything to 48kHz.  If you can live with that, then they are great. (They are, by definition, not capable of bit-perfect playback, as the DSP and resampling is hard-wired.)  The only other minor quibble I have is the first generation has no remote.  I think the newer one does.  

 

To summarize my impression:  Near-field, they sound like goo headphones without having anything clamped on your head

[Rt66indierock]

Back on topic will 7digitals cost cutting allow it survive. More executives jumped ship.

 

7digital is the back room from Onkyo Music.

[The Computer Audiophile]

You can’t make this stuff up. 

 

[firedog]

1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

You can’t make this stuff up. 

 

That guy is a true fanboy. It does matter what get's revealed, he retreats back to MQA speak propaganda. But I think he's sincere.

[Sonicularity]

44 minutes ago, firedog said:

That guy is a true fanboy. It does matter what get's revealed, he retreats back to MQA speak propaganda. But I think he's sincere.

 

He also replies to every comment that mentions MQA, and will never leave the last word being negative about it.  

[Thuaveta]

3 minutes ago, Sonicularity said:

He also replies to every comment that mentions MQA, and will never leave the last word being negative about it.  

 

Everyone should find someone who looks at them the way he looks at BS.

[mansr]

7 minutes ago, Thuaveta said:

Everyone should find someone who looks at them the way he looks at BS.

Will a dog do?

[KeenObserver]

Can anyone tell me what the Confirmation Statement posted on 9 July 2019 means?

 

I am not fully up to date on British accounting standards.

 

Is MQA Limited liquidating?

[Dr Tone]

24 minutes ago, KeenObserver said:

Can anyone tell me what the Confirmation Statement posted on 9 July 2019 means?

 

I am not fully up to date on British accounting standards.

 

Is MQA Limited liquidating?

 

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09123512/filing-history

[Rt66indierock]

27 minutes ago, KeenObserver said:

Can anyone tell me what the Confirmation Statement posted on 9 July 2019 means?

 

I am not fully up to date on British accounting standards.

 

Is MQA Limited liquidating?

 

Just a list of shareholders 

[KeenObserver]

From what I can see, the  2018 financial statement isn't due until 30 September.

 

I wish this blight on the music industry would just go away.

[christopher3393]

46 minutes ago, KeenObserver said:

I wish this blight on the music industry would just go away.

 

Just in case you were wondering, you have made that perfectly clear...again...and again...and again. 🙄

 

[KeenObserver]

34 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

 

Just in case you were wondering, you have made that perfectly clear...again...and again...and again. 🙄

 

 

No, actually, I wasn't wondering.

 

Funny story.  There are threads that have no ultimate effect on my listening choices and I don't agree with.  I simply ignore them!

Amazing concept, is it not?

[botrytis]

Interesting, only 22 shareholders in MQA and 14,414 shares in total. Merlin Assets, Sony Music, Universal Music (not much left after that fire in their vault), Warner Music, Reinet S.A.R.L. and, Muse Holdings S.A.R.L. are the only companies. The rest are individuals....