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

[Thuaveta]

5 hours 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

 

 

To save others a click, @Archimago's depiction of what you wrote sounded both accurate and fair to me. It's a bit lossily compressed, sure, but a philosophically transparent portrayal.

 

Giving you revenue to unfold the argument reveals that you consider MQA a breakthrough only comparable to the SQ improvement of room-correction by DSP, and also comparable to the birth of CD for some undefined reason.

 

This depiction is closed by "there was palpability to the sound, a transparency to the original event, that I have almost never heard before", then you appeal to another authority for authentication, and everything after that sounds like high-frequency MQA Ltd. boilerplate noise.

[Thuaveta]

On 12/03/2018 at 12:28 AM, John_Atkinson said:

 

With respect, yes, this is a core belief of mine, and has been since I worked in a research lab at the end of the 1960s. You have something relevant o say, hang it on the peg of your actual name. Just as I have done all my life - and even Doug Schneider has done! Until then, while I have read your article, and certainly have opinions on what you have written, I shall keep my thoughts to myself.

 

John Atkinson

Editor, Stereophile

 

 

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