JVS Cheerleads an MQA CD..Sis Boom Bah!

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The  MQA version is "about17"/48 not 24/48 so he lied. 

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28 minutes ago, Brinkman Ship said:

this WAS a snippet, check link.

Just do what Chris says.

 

And we don't really need every example in the known universe..

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15 minutes ago, miguelito said:

How can a CD, MQA or otherwise, be ANYTHING ELSE than 16/44? 

It can't  so as I said, he lied, deliberately or otherwise. Mistaken = lying in my book. 

 

A wise UK judge-  "The jury is not here to listen   to your excuses, they  are here  to  decide whether you did it or not")

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20 minutes ago, Brinkman Ship said:

YOU are asking me to play nice, now THAT takes the cake.

He wasn't talking about nice,  but copyright. I play hard when someone is being deliberately obtuse or having asked a question refuses  the answer he gets.

 

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2 hours ago, Brinkman Ship said:

The copyright claim with partial cut and paste, quotes, attribution, and link back is BS.  Fair Use. Look it up.

Fine by me (and  I gave you an 'uptick' for what I am now replying to).  But I'm not the Captain.

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2 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

 

did you mean play hardball?

 

play hardball: to act or work aggressively, competitively, or ruthlessly, as in business or politics.

 

seems you post like this habitually. Why? It's a hobby forum.

If playing hardball is saying or posting precisely what you think, yes.

(Except on forums where by joining we have agreed some limits.)

 

Go nothing to do with aggression.

Here mostly it's people not being  ignorant  of science, but being actively against science when they know  zero about what they are posting. I let them stick to their knitting , they should not question mine. And I'm not trying to sell them anything. EG -  "USB reclocker" - it's utter nonsense, all the clocking is done in the DAC.  What's  in front of it is irrelevant.

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14 minutes ago, mav52 said:

Its appears the writer went overboard with his statement without any proof of whom these educated people are. . It could be for for all we know , a group of people at RME Premium Recordings which are supposed to release MQA music,. 

JVS mean 'trained' not 'educated'  You train a dog. That's what they would like us  to be. We aren't. Tough.

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15 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

Your characterization of most people here is ill-informed. 

I didn't say most of them were ignorant. Do  the  minority  that are argue with their heart surgeon or the guy who's flying the airplane?

I've been doing computers for 30 years plus and am still doing it.

 

Our  latest bits can be zero, one, or both at the same time,  whether some architect or surgeon  agrees or not

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5 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

 

You used the word "mostly" and I understand that to mean most of the people. Did I misunderstand?

This is what I posted. And meant

 

"Here mostly it's people not being  ignorant  of science"

 

So yes. you did misunderstand.

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1 minute ago, mansr said:

My mqascan tool will tell you.

 

That would depend on the data split.

"It reduces everything to about 17.4 bits" - Stuart

 

Hmm.

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1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Don't you see how this can be interpreted as most people?

 

For example, in Poland, mostly it's people of Polish ancestry. 

 

I take that to mean most people in Poland are of Polish ancestry.

MIS interpreted in my context. And MOST Americans, probably including you,   don't have a native language  

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14 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Come on guys. We don't need to go there. 

Whats 'ad hominem' about anything?

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1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

 

Just wondering if English is a second language for you? No problem. But sometimes your grammar and usage are problematic. This makes communication more difficult. People often make errors here because of hurrying. Perhaps if you would consider slowing down just a little it could improve the quality of your communication. Perhaps your breakneck pace is undermining your coherence at times?

My head is too far in front of my fingers  

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7 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Give it up.

When you give up pointless criticism.  I'm fine with that.

 

No that I saw the posts you are presumably talking about having made no   'ad hominems',.

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Just now, The Computer Audiophile said:

Here's the deal. You were banned from CA years ago. I gave you another shot, but you're really proving that you can't handle the freedom to act like a reasonable adult. 

 

 

I have made  no recent 'ad hominems', having taken full notice of your much earlier  comment.

 

And I had the honesty  to PM you immediately after my very first post to  tell you  I was  banned previously.

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24 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

True, but you're doing your best to be difficult. 

I just say what I believe to be the truth. And on computer' stuff it  almost always  is -  they think I am  good enough to get called back part - time  after 8 years of retirement (at 57). .

 

However, Mrs Mark Powell   would  agree with you, though she says everything,   she's a 'stream of consciousness' talker. 

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Just now, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

I wish it was black and white simple, but it isn't. One end of the continuum is white, the other is black. All of this stuff falls in the middle. It's probably possible to talk one's way into making a connection between whistling and audio reviewing and MQA, but it's a bit too much for me in this thread. 

 

Plus, a few of the following posts seemed like guys making fun of someone or laughing at someone and it really felt like a cool guys club type of thing. 

 

I'm with you when you say, "no sweat as it's not worth that much discussion."

 

 

 

 

I think this MQA stuff should be 'backed off' a little. We have said our piece and proven it. Archimago will add to it  with a 'formal' article.  

 

This site probably has the highest computer audio  credibility on the internet and is good on everything  else too. It would be a shame to lose that and become just a crowd of 'MQA whingers'.  Take myself, I may have been  somewhat 'heated' on Stereophile but the contents of my posts were almost all factual, including my comments that Stereophile was not telling the truth..

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9 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I don't understand a word of what you wrote, but that's neither here nor there.

It's simple enough -  30 years, 8 years retirement, called back to help test IBM 'Q', the most significant computer they  have ever made. I must have some degree of competence and it leaks into computer audio.

 

(Everything such 'stream' people think, they say. Always)

 

I was just 'defending' myself, nothing else. However, it's not "all about me" 

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21 minutes ago, Norton said:

"when inserted in a player capable of decoding MQA, it can deliver high-resolution MQA"

 

I'm not clear, does such a player exist ( Oppo 205 maybe)?  Presumably a playable MQA disc would be more akin to DVD A rather than RBCD?

It uses FLAC so it should work on most things.

Tidal (the only one  at present) does the 'first unfold' if you want.

You won't get the rest unless you have an MQA enabled box,  which can be a DAC or a network player. If you have you turn  the Tidal 'first unfold'  off and the MQA enabled   box does it

Some DACs/network players you are  permanently stuck with the MQA  filter, some you have to turn it off manually. Others turn it on/off automatically.

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19 minutes ago, Norton said:

I'm reasonably familiar with the basics of MQA replay, what I can't quite get my head around is  i. MQA replay from a CD and ii. being able to do so via an integrated disc player currently on the market.  The only possibility I can think of is an Oppo.

Other than perhaps changing my three month Tidal free trial into a paid one (not for MQA reasons)  when it runs out (March) I  don't  see myself  getting  involved in MQA.

 

My DAC is now MQA enabled  (it wasn't when I started the Tidal free trial) but it was just a free  firmware download. I'm not impressed, nor do I think it is  'bad'. I'm not much concerned about the 'world takover' stuff.

 

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17 minutes ago, Tintinabulum said:

Meridian 808.6?

 

 

18 minutes ago, Tintinabulum said:

Meridian 808.6?

 

They have never been observed in their  native land, not even in a hifi store.  Maybe they all emigrated and failed  to start a revolution.

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2 hours ago, Indydan said:

 

Congratulations on posting a small enough amount of Stereophile text, that you are not accused of copyright infringement! ;-)

"Please pass the salt. And while I'm at it....."   -  Einstein

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48 minutes ago, realhifi said:

e I just received this months copies of both Absolute Sound and Stereophile and try as I might I couldn’t see one mention of MQA on either their covers or their contents pages. 

 

I replied to a Serinius article thus. The first part is a 100% accurate  parody of what Serinius wrote  Under UK  law  I own the copyright and therefore can display it worldwide The context is self-explanatory. Online Feb 19. 

 

"There are two hi-res ones. I will review only the MQA one and say the MQA one is 24/96 when it is actually lossy "about 17" (Stuart)/96 rather than the lossless 24/96 of the other one.

 

And It wasn't MQA 'authenticated' in the manner MQA Ltd claim. There was no artist/mixer/producer 'sign off' at all. MQA was just added on later by some other guy and 'approved' (not 'authenticated') by some suits."

 

There's a Jim Austin MQA  article in your right-side online edition. I've never seen a 'paper'  Stereophile in the UK. Not that I would look for it.

 

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17 minutes ago, mav52 said:

Did you intentionally covered up the right corner.  Front cover bottom right  MQA and an article page 51 by Austin

Got him!

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1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I hope we all missed @realhifi attempt at humor by covering up the MQA stuff. 

If you think that is what it was. But from his earlier posts.......