MQA is Vaporware

[FredericV]

41 minutes ago, Cebolla said:

 

Not bothered about the automatic late filing penalties, or even risking the company being striken off, then!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/late-filing-penalties/late-filing-penalties

 

The penalties for private companies are a joke ...

 

but not filing is a criminal offence:

 

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5. Consequences of not filing

Failure to file confirmation statements, annual returns or accounts is a criminal offence which can result in directors being fined

personally in the criminal courts.

 

[Rt66indierock]

8 hours ago, mcgillroy said:

 

I'd call the statement ambiguous - it might be that the Japanese market is viable for MQA. Onkyo did adopt MQA both in hardware and content distribution. It's a special market and big enough to generate revenue. Let' see what comes from this.

 

I must point out Onkyo is in a bit of a financial bind. "We don't have an immediate cash flow problem" 

[daverich4]

This is from a review of the dCS Bartok DAC by Lee Scoggins over on the Part-Time Audiophile. Maybe if you hadn’t been so mean to him while he was here he would have shared his special test files so everyone could hear what a wonderful improvement MQA made to the music. 
 

“ When I mentioned I was getting a Bartok in for review to Bob Stuart, a smile came over his face and he said I would be impressed. He was right. MQA files played through Tidal are spectacular on the Bartok. And I have an engineer’s test files where there is music in both unencoded format and MQA-encoded format.”

[The Computer Audiophile]

10 minutes ago, daverich4 said:

This is from a review of the dCS Bartok DAC by Lee Scoggins over on the Part-Time Audiophile. Maybe if you hadn’t been so mean to him while he was here he would have shared his special test files so everyone could hear what a wonderful improvement MQA made to the music. 
 

“ When I mentioned I was getting a Bartok in for review to Bob Stuart, a smile came over his face and he said I would be impressed. He was right. MQA files played through Tidal are spectacular on the Bartok. And I have an engineer’s test files where there is music in both unencoded format and MQA-encoded format.”

If the technology was real, MQA would be handing out those test files at every audio show and giving away free downloads on its website. 

[daverich4]

30 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

If the technology was real, MQA would be handing out those test files at every audio show and giving away free downloads on its website. 

Now see, that’s exactly the kind of nasty that drove Mr. Scoggins away. I’ll bet Robert Harley has some of those special files as he has the hearing to fully appreciate the easily heard improvement brought about by unfolding and unsmearing and stuff. 

[Rt66indierock]

2 hours ago, daverich4 said:

Now see, that’s exactly the kind of nasty that drove Mr. Scoggins away. I’ll bet Robert Harley has some of those special files as he has the hearing to fully appreciate the easily heard improvement brought about by unfolding and unsmearing and stuff. 

 

I know Lee and we talked at RMAF 19 (and at RMAF 18 but you know that story) about his statements here that HDTracks Streaming with MQA was coming. He told me his source for his statements and I told him his source wasn't telling him the whole story. Lee can say here HDTracks Streaming is coming any day now but if they sue  7digital for not providing the service the whole story is different than what he was told. HDTracks sued 7digital for failing to provide an MQA streaming service. You can look it up its public information. 

 

I'm working on a response to Robert Harley be patient.

 

 

 

 

[wdw]

22 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

If the technology was real, MQA would be handing out those test files at every audio show and giving away free downloads on its website. 

 

This is completely true...MQA has made an effort to obscure these easy and direct comparisons.  A set of downloadable files would put this issue to rest but will never, I suppose, happen.

I have the same DAC that Scroggy is reviewing (which is just a wonderful DAC) but his comments concerning MQA and even his supernatural ability to determine the file is MQA before the music has started to play is pure fantasy.  I also see his equipment list continues to grow, now with Wilson Tune Tots for his office system, no doubt on long term loan or at "accommodation" pricing...just shill this stuff and the gear is delivered to your door.  

 

This industry is corrupt..(Oh no...I've become Crenca!...help!!!!)

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, wdw said:

This industry is corrupt..(Oh no...I've become Crenca!...help!!!!)

HA!

[Ralf11]

does MQA use the third unfold to harmonize the high-frequency DC ??

[esldude]

18 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

does MQA use the third unfold to harmonize the high-frequency DC ??

If so, do they fold that information into sub-DC frequencies?

[crenca]

Once you go crenca, you never go back...wait, no I mean 'ye shall know the crenca, and the crenca shall make you free'...wait, that's not it...

[Ralf11]

perfeita name for audiophilia

[mansr]

4 hours ago, esldude said:

If so, do they fold that information into sub-DC frequencies?

Negative frequencies are a thing.

[daverich4]

On 10/14/2019 at 2:41 PM, daverich4 said:

This is from a review of the dCS Bartok DAC by Lee Scoggins over on the Part-Time Audiophile. Maybe if you hadn’t been so mean to him while he was here he would have shared his special test files so everyone could hear what a wonderful improvement MQA made to the music. 
 

“ When I mentioned I was getting a Bartok in for review to Bob Stuart, a smile came over his face and he said I would be impressed. He was right. MQA files played through Tidal are spectacular on the Bartok. And I have an engineer’s test files where there is music in both unencoded format and MQA-encoded format.”

Wow, Lee posted a link to his Bartok review over on ASR and they are just beating him like a drum. Poor guy can’t get no respect. 
 

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/dcs-bartok-review.9391/

[Ralf11]

he's maintaining his cool and being polite - you have to give him that

[mansr]

23 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

he's maintaining his cool and being polite - you have to give him that

With 5 posts in total, it looks more like he ran away.

[Andyman]

Now in the interest of fair play, I’ve been wondering if there’s a way to graphically represent Lee Scoggins’ excellent posts?

 

On 10/15/2019 at 11:59 PM, mansr said:

Negative frequencies are a thing.

 

Aah...

[k-man]

On 10/14/2019 at 7:41 PM, daverich4 said:

And I have an engineer’s test files where there is music in both unencoded format and MQA-encoded format.

That's those Peter McGrath files he kept bleating on about here..to much ridicule.

[crenca]

42 minutes ago, Andyman said:

I’ve been wondering if there’s a way to graphically represent Lee Scoggins’ excellent posts?

 

 

[KeenObserver]

Has MQA gone into discrete mode? Are they quietly pushing to implement MQA behind the scenes " for our own good".

 

The financials are the tell.  If the backers have dumped more money into this scheme then they expect to ram it through.

 

If they are still trying to push it through it is because they expect to make substantial returns.  Paid for out of the pockets of the music consumer.

[KeenObserver]

The fact that the shills and " opinion creators" are still shilling leads me to believe that MQA is still pushing.

 

That is today's market.  It is not moved by the quality of the product, but by the demand created by the marketers.

 

MQA is not a product that will enrich the lives of the consumer.  It is a product that will enrich the lives of MQA and its backers.

[mansr]

1 hour ago, KeenObserver said:

Has MQA gone into discrete mode?

They are in non-compliance mode:

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 hours ago, KeenObserver said:

The fact that the shills and " opinion creators" are still shilling leads me to believe that MQA is still pushing.

 

That is today's market.  It is not moved by the quality of the product, but by the demand created by the marketers.

 

MQA is not a product that will enrich the lives of the consumer.  It is a product that will enrich the lives of MQA and its backers.

Reminds me of the new worst concept in the world -> influencers. 

[KeenObserver]

11 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Reminds me of the new worst concept in the world -> influencers. 

 

Influencers, astroturfers, shills.  It is what the world is coming to now.  There are huge firms out there now who's job it is to "influence" and sell a product.  With AI now they can roam the internet posting "reviews" of products.  One computer can generate millions of "reviews".

Just think of it. A million artificial "Lee Scoggins" out there!

[rickca]

28 minutes ago, KeenObserver said:

With AI now they can roam the internet posting "reviews" of products.

Amazon claims they scrub phony reviews, but I don't think so.  Any product that has hundreds of recent 5-star reviews is suspect.

 

I ordered one such item (an iPad stand), and it was useless.  The vendor gave me back my money and didn't want me to bother returning the product.  In return, they repeatedly sent me notes asking me to revise my 1-star review until I told them I'd report them to Amazon if they asked me again.