JVS Cheerleads an MQA CD..Sis Boom Bah!

[The Computer Audiophile]

@Brinkman Ship You're causing me to receive emails about potential copyright violations. Please stop copy / pasting entire articles form other sites. Just use the snippets that matter to make your point.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Brinkman Ship said:

this WAS a snippet, check link.

Please copy less next time. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 minutes ago, Brinkman Ship said:

Not only a swipe, but a misinformed one. "I am told"...." , this is  how a "journalist" posts? This is unheard of. He fabricates an MQA market in Japan. Streaming is a disaster in the Japanese music market, aside from YouTube.

 

Spotify, Deezer, etc have spent millions trying to break the market with very little success.

 

No Tidal customers in Japan, no MQA in Japan.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cheriehu/2017/12/14/what-will-it-take-for-streaming-to-grow-in-japan-dispatches-from-tokyo-dance-music-event/#2639af1a5279

The good ole weasel words "I'm told." That's as good as the classic, "Some would say..." Both give you license to say anything you want without repercussions. That is if the audience isn't very astute. 

 

I'd cut a check for five figures if anyone could show me a more educated audience, with respect to MQA, than here on CA. It's especially not true of Japan, where the physical disc reigns supreme and they are buying thousand dollar glass CDs. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

There seems to be quite a bit of MQA for download in Japan, but I'd say that has nothing to do with the original statement about people being more educated in MQA. Interested, perhaps. 

 

 

http://www.e-onkyo.com/search/search.aspx?q=mqa

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

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.

 

Your characterization of most people here is ill-informed. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

22 minutes ago, mansr said:

There are all sorts of people here, some fitting the description he gave.

Yes, the word "some" is good, but not his word "most."

[The Computer Audiophile]

32 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

...

Here mostly it's people not being  ignorant  of science, but being actively against science when they know  zero about what they are posting.

 

12 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

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

 

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

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Spacehound said:

This is what I posted. And meant

 

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

 

So yes.

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.

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

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

Your native language could have been used better explaining. 

 

P.S. America has several native languages, but they've disappeared when the people were wiped out.

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

I was wondering how long it would take for this to come up. Seems to have no bearing on the topic. Ad hominem. Another episode of Mean Girls here at CA?

I just removed the posts. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

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

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Spacehound said:

Whats 'ad hominem' about anything?

Give it up.

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

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

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. 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, Spacehound said:

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.

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

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

Wait a minute, is that what was removed  - that video of JVS (apparently, a number of years ago) trying his hand at...I don't know what, some kind of campy one-man-show theatre?  Was it more than that (I only watched maybe 20 seconds)?  Why was it removed?

Removed because it was like a high school clique talking about a guy they don't like. 

 

Sure JVS posted it on the internet for all to see, but I'm not into hosting a party for guys to ridicule other people about things totally unrelated to audio. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

Hum...I don't know, the subject of this thread is this guys audio review and these various writers for these Audiophile trade publications are, in a word, eccentric.  Truly, they are eccentric with a capital E.  Perhaps that is just one small part of the larger problem?  Then again, perhaps not...nah, it is related and any warm blooded "normal" person intuits this.

 

I have thought about posting a link here at CA in the past to a piece published by a UK web zine that is mostly about Michael Lavgorgna's "art", but also a little bit about his audio beliefs.  Would that be off limits as well in a thread about a review of his?  

 

In any case, no sweat as it's not worth that much discussion of course.  Then again, the fact that these guys play a Confidence Game means that there "reputation" and their public persona is a very large part of the whole "review" process...

 

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."

 

 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

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. 

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

[The Computer Audiophile]

8 minutes ago, crenca said:

Snitch is the technical descriptor...

 

Give it up.

[The Computer Audiophile]

3 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

I don't think I will.  Ban me if you wish.  I have not seen Christopher3393 contribute anything since the majority of regulars disagreed with his ideas in the "civility thread" (can't recall - did he not start that thread as well?).  I have only seen him pop up here and there to complain about "tone" that he does not agree with.

 

Since I don't send PM's bitching and complaining take this as my first:

 

Just who died and made Christopher3393 boss?  Why is his "snowflake" understanding holding sway?  Why does his snitching get a response more often than not?  Who is this guy (or gal)??

Rules are rules. Way more people use the "report post" function than him. What's wrong with someone reporting violations?

[The Computer Audiophile]

41 minutes ago, jtwrace said:

JVS is one of the biggest wankers out there.  I take nothing he says as gospel and after listening to MQA myself I'll pass.  

Comments like that aren’t allowed here. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

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

[The Computer Audiophile]

10 minutes ago, realhifi said:

I was merely covering my name and address

Completely understandable given some past experiences around here. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, Spacehound said:

Point out where anyone wrote that you are a liar. You insinuated you were, but  that's it.

 

Keep digging your hole it you want, personally I shall just watch from now on, being bored with your nonsense. Brinkman Ship seems to have taken over. It's not 'all about you'  anyway.

Calm down Mark. 

 

I've received more PMs about your posts on the site than anyone in recent memory. You call it stating the facts, but many here call it abrasive and unneeded. It seems like you really need to find a forum for the debate club and one on which you don't share the same enjoyable hobby. Everyone here is trying to get the most out of our wonderful hobby. You? Not so much. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, Spacehound said:

It's one company, not a  'conglomerate in which they can hide things.  And  our tax people are not notably stupid.

 

From Wikipedia:

 

In 2007 just under 50% of the company's shareholding was sold to the Muse Group, a consortium of the Swiss-based luxury goods group Richemont and U.S. film company New Regency. Muse is now a majority shareholder and is 100 percent owned by Reinet Investments, a sister company of Richemont.^[4][5] Robert Haefling departed soon after and was replaced by Tim Ireland, the previous COO of Mission Loudspeakers. Following the acquisition, and perhaps under the influence of Muse and Richemont, Meridian began to reposition itself as more of a luxury goods manufacturer and opened a series of flagship stores. Performance suffered and almost 20% of the company's workforce was laid off in late 2008. The decade since has seen many changes in the board of directors and business profitability has remained modest compared with the ambitions of the company when it was acquired by Muse. Ironically, the majority of the company's revenue now comes not from hi-fi products but from the contract to supply Jaguar Land Rover with audio systems for its vehicles (these systems are actually manufactured in China by a contract partner rather than by Meridian in the UK) and MQA - Bob Stuart's audio file compression technology.