MQA is Vaporware

[asdf1000]

6 minutes ago, Currawong said:

I'll consider this a reply to my question to Jim Austin and John Atkinson. 

 

https://www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-brooklyn-bridge-streaming-dacnetwork-server

 

"I have a bridge I'd like to sell you." -- Ha!

 

No measurements... yet.  Not going to ruin things by saying anything more than to say the tone of the review was unexpected.

 

Any measurements planned @John_Atkinson ?

 

This is similar to Brooklyn DAC Plus... So would be nice to see how the DAC+ measures in comparison to your original Brooklyn DAC measurements.

[rickca]

Onkyo Music is shutting down effective October 6.

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/57159-onkyo-stops-streaming-service/?tab=comments#comment-987663

 

Wasn't Onkyo Music one of the few streaming sources of MQA other than TIDAL?

 

[MikeyFresh]

16 minutes ago, rickca said:

Wasn't Onkyo Music one of the few streaming sources of MQA other than TIDAL?

 

In their case it was downloads, I don't believe they ever launched an actual streaming service.

 

Still quite interesting, they are powered by 7digital, could this be a bit of foreshadowing?

[Daccord]

7digital's Canadian site is still online, but they haven't updated their "featured album" (or any of the albums listed on the main page, as far as I can recall) for perhaps a couple of months.

[labjr]

I think the entire hi-res industry is not very large. Combined with all the value that's been removed by going to downloaded and streamed music, I wouldn't be surprised if other sites fold up.

[Rt66indierock]

29 minutes ago, labjr said:

I think the entire hi-res industry is not very large. Combined with all the value that's been removed by going to downloaded and streamed music, I wouldn't be surprised if other sites fold up.

 

7digital is the back shop for several hi-res storefronts. The need funding or they will go into receivership. 

 

To your point hi-res is a pretty small. I was surprised when started looking into MQA.

[Rt66indierock]

13 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

Portland had a "golden age" of HiFi???

 

It did see Lynn Olson's "A Tiny History of High Fidelity, part 2." 

[rickca]

The music industry is doing great.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/music-industrys-revenue-surges-in-first-half-of-2019-thanks-to-streaming-boom-2019-09-05?mod=newsviewer_click

 

Personally, I never listen to Drake or Arianna Grande.  A chacun son gout.

[Rt66indierock]

22 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

Portland had a "golden age" of HiFi???

 

It did see Lynn Olson's "A Tiny History of High Fidelity, part 2." 

[Rt66indierock]

Looks like more fun stuff at RMAF about MQA. Can't wait to wade in.

[Ralf11]

25 minutes ago, rickca said:

The music industry is doing great.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/music-industrys-revenue-surges-in-first-half-of-2019-thanks-to-streaming-boom-2019-09-05?mod=newsviewer_click

 

Personally, I never listen to Drake or Arianna Grande.  A chacun son gout.

 

Hey - that's supposed to be:

 

chacun à son goût

[mcgillroy]

9 hours ago, Rt66indierock said:

Looks like more fun stuff at RMAF about MQA. Can't wait to wade in.

 

What a tease! More info pls!

[Rt66indierock]

1 hour ago, mcgillroy said:

 

What a tease! More info pls!

 

The MQA press release on TAS.

[christopher3393]

1 hour ago, mcgillroy said:

 

What a tease! More info pls!

 

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mqa-showcases-new-partners-product-expansion-and-music-releases-at-rmaf-cedia-2019/

[FredericV]

42 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

 

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mqa-showcases-new-partners-product-expansion-and-music-releases-at-rmaf-cedia-2019/

Will MQA behave this year?
 

 

[Rt66indierock]

45 minutes ago, FredericV said:

Will MQA behave this year?
 

 

 

I certainly hope they just do crazy this year. 

[Rt66indierock]

1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

 

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mqa-showcases-new-partners-product-expansion-and-music-releases-at-rmaf-cedia-2019/

 

Just think in a few hours I will wade into a zone of incivility, RMAF. 

 

My my personal favorite is always I’m an analog man.

[botrytis]

42 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

Just think in a few hours I will wade into a zone of incivility, RMAF. 

 

My my personal favorite is always I’m an analog man.

 

If you listen to speakers or headphones - that is analog

 

I get what you are saying, though.

[firedog]

So is the critical factor these hardware outfits paying royalties to MQA even if people don't listen to it? Until I hear about some massive upsurge in Tidal Hifi/Masters subscriptions, it still seems like next to no one (in world market terms) is listening to MQA. 
And how is it being streamed/sold in China? As a premium product in a "Masters" tier?
 

[lucretius]

13 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

 

Hey - that's supposed to be:

 

chacun à son goût

 

It's an alternative form. Both are correct.

[lucretius]

3 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

 

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mqa-showcases-new-partners-product-expansion-and-music-releases-at-rmaf-cedia-2019/

 

Given that MQA "continues to expand rapidly within China", perhaps it's time for MQA Ltd. to kick in that DRM?  😉

[firedog]

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/hi-res-democratization/

 

Robert Harley continues his fanatic (and yes, the word fits) promotion of MQA. Note how he makes this corporate centric format somehow democratic, continues the lie that it has all those smaller file sizes needed for streaming, and calls it "true" hi-res. 

[MikeyFresh]

12 minutes ago, firedog said:

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/hi-res-democratization/

 

Robert Harley continues his fanatic (and yes, the word fits) promotion of MQA. Note how he makes this corporate centric format somehow democratic, continues the lie that it has all those smaller file sizes needed for streaming, and calls it "true" hi-res. 

 

That piece might just be the biggest accumulated pile of crap the hifi press has published on MQA to date.

 

It does nothing but mislead TAS readers, a very thinly veiled advertisement for MQA.

[KeenObserver]

In a news release today, MQA Ltd announced that they have signed on Xtxml productions, the largest producer of alpaca mounted sound systems in all of Argentina. " The alpacas preferred the sound of MQA over redbook by a wide margin".

[botrytis]

34 minutes ago, firedog said:

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/hi-res-democratization/

 

Robert Harley continues his fanatic (and yes, the word fits) promotion of MQA. Note how he makes this corporate centric format somehow democratic, continues the lie that it has all those smaller file sizes needed for streaming, and calls it "true" hi-res. 

 

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