Article: MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautions

[pkane2001]

6 minutes ago, John_Atkinson said:

 

The 2014 article in which I used that phrase can be found at https://www.stereophile.com/content/ive-heard-future-streaming-meridians-mqa

 

I request that CA posters read the full text of what I wrote, in order to comprehend the context.

 

John Atkinson

Editor, Stereophile

 

 

Just read the article. The context doesn’t seem to change much of the meaning of that quote.

 

I do see that you were going to test MQA process with your own recordings. How did that come out? Was the result ever published? Apologies if that’s an answered question, I’ve not been following most of the MQA debate in detail.

[pkane2001]

14 minutes ago, John_Atkinson said:

 

Yes, In an article I linked to earlier.

 

John Atkinson

Editor, Stereophile

 

 

Thank you! The conclusion in your listening tests article seems to be that MQA ‘doesn’t damage the sound’. That’s a bit different than ‘MQA is as important to the quality of sound recording and playback as digital was 40 years ago’. 

 

Do you still think it’s the greatest development since digital? Again, I apologize if this is a rehash of a previous discussion; it’s hard to follow all the different threads.