John Atkinson: Yes, MQA IS Elegant...

[kumakuma]

26 minutes ago, Indydan said:

Oh FFS! Stereophile just can't leave it alone. They are still plugging MQA.

 

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/173/Sunk_Cost_Fallacy

 

http://changingminds.org/principles/consistency.htm

[kumakuma]

19 minutes ago, fas42 said:

 

Ummm, this encapsulates where some people have topsy turvy thinking - no CDs are "badly produced" and "have high distortion in the last octave". What some masterings do is emphasis the weaknesses in the playback chain - the problems all exist on the consumer's side, because the manufacturers of the playback gear haven't done enough to reduce the typical digital artifacts, which cause the people listening to decide that they have a "bad CD".

 

It may take much exposure to a well sorted playback rig, easily presenting these 'difficult' recordings in their full glory, for many to understand what's going on, unfortunately.

 

 

Good god, man. You're like a virus, infecting every thread on this site with your madness.

 

I'm beginning to understand why you've been banned from other forums.

[kumakuma]

24 minutes ago, fas42 said:

 

To me, the madness is that everyone blames the recordings - their own playback rig is blemish free, and they use it to sort the "good" from the "bad" ... as in, my car allows me decide which are good, versus bad roads - if the suspension of the vehicle stops me going around a corner at a certain speed, well, it's the civil engineers who got it wrong, they should be punished for their misdemeanours ...

 

I find this idiocy of thinking annoying, and now and again I comment upon it - to redress the balance.

 

I think you meant to say "again and again, everywhere I possibly can".