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[miguelito]

My take after listening to a lot of MQA at home (full decoding with dCS Rossini):

 

1- The impact of MQA encoding can be good - there are a few recordings where it sounds “better” than other versions including high res. Quotes because it mostly sounds different but I prefer the MQA version. Example: Keith Jarrett’s “Koln Concert” - I have just about every version out there including the 24/96 one. But I think this is the case because MQA puts some EQ or similar in the mix, to be honest. Fine, no problem with that, I do enjoy the MQA version better. Just want to be clear what I think is the source.

 

2- If you really have to be at the sweet spot to hear anything meaningful - and this with really high end equipment - what exactly is the point of MQA in the first place???

 

3- The cases where MQA is better, and there are many (eg Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black”) are mostly cases of remastering the original recordings. No issue with that, but again it is not about MQA but about remastering carefully. BTW, the vast majority of the ~8k albums in MQA out there where processed in bulk, and frankly don’t sound any better for the most part.

[miguelito]

The number of MQA album releases over time has slowed down massively. About 150-200 per month.

[miguelito]

On 4/22/2018 at 10:05 AM, rickca said:

On 4/22/2018 at 9:33 AM, miguelito said:

The number of MQA album releases over time has slowed down massively. About 150-200 per month.

Let me know when it's zero.  We'll throw a party.

To be clear, I am basing this on what I see in the TIDAL MQA titles file refreshed every month on meridianunplugged.com. 

 

We shall see where MQA goes. I think my recount, and certainly Archimago's, have been honest and fair.