Rt66indierock Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 7:06 PM, Brinkman Ship said: MQA Ltd: next financial reports? Released yet? The 2017 MQA Ltd have been delivered to Companies House. They should be available to me next week. Link to comment
Brinkman Ship Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said: The 2017 MQA Ltd have been delivered to Companies House. They should be available to me next week. The savage is waiting patiently... Nordkapp 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 will the SWAT Team body cam videos be available on this site? Link to comment
Nordkapp Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Remind me never to tick off @Brinkman Ship Link to comment
Rt66indierock Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Ralf11 said: will the SWAT Team body cam videos be available on this site? Not necessary I will download the PDF when it is processed into the system over in the UK. Link to comment
Brinkman Ship Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Nordkapp said: Remind me never to tick off @Brinkman Ship Don't try to bring to market a fake new digital format that is lossy, closed, fee based, and in general, total rubbish..and we will be fine! In other words don't give me a pile of dog shit and tell me it is chocolate mousse. ? Link to comment
Rt66indierock Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 21 hours ago, Brinkman Ship said: The savage is waiting patiently... The savage’s patience will be rewarded. I got them today. MikeyFresh 1 Link to comment
Brinkman Ship Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 10 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said: The savage’s patience will be rewarded. I got them today. I calmly await your analysis...the savage took his Zoloft.? Link to comment
NOMBEDES Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I hope the hotel has extra security on hand, this could develop into our first audio riot! In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake ~ Sayre's Law Link to comment
Rt66indierock Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 2 hours ago, NOMBEDES said: I hope the hotel has extra security on hand, this could develop into our first audio riot! Sorry the people are too old. NOMBEDES 1 Link to comment
rando Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Rt66indierock said: Sorry the people are too old. Chris is hardly in his 40's. Plenty of gumption and get-up-to-it'ness left in him. I know "The Savage" has been straining at the straitjacket to get in the squared circle. I'd put those two up against Lavorgna and his bearded hipster internecine replacement. ?♂️ wdw 1 Link to comment
Rt66indierock Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 minute ago, rando said: Chris is hardly in his 40's. Plenty of gumption and get-up-to-it'ness left in him. I know "The Savage" has been straining at the straitjacket to get in the squared circle. I'd put those two up against Lavorgna and his bearded hipster internecine replacement. Who knows, JA might even pull a Don King and end the bout in the opposite corner than he started it in. ?♂️ Those of us against MQA won’t be the ones rioting. Imagine the end of Blazing Saddles except I’ll be riding off in a town car back to the airport. Only I’ll be heading back to someplace special. tmtomh 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 someplace special where they kept the Irish out? Link to comment
rando Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I do concur with the sentiment no brawl is likely to break out in the open. Age and treachery... The JA quip was erased because I felt nobody in this audience, excepting you Mr. Brinkman Ship, would recognize a wrestling manager of note that fit this imaginative diorama. Don King is miles off from the correct characterization. Link to comment
Rt66indierock Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: someplace special where they kept the Irish out? 25 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: someplace special where they kept the Irish out? When Gene Wilder asks Cleavon Little where you headed? Cleavon answered nowhere special. In my case somewhere special is The Vslley of the Sun. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 yes, I made a double reference - besides the nowhere special comment, there is the famous sequence about multi-culturalism in the Old West, and the big Irish guy agreeing to let in many various ethnicities, but "We don't want the Irish" delivered in the broadest brogue ever.. Link to comment
Popular Post Archimago Posted October 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2018 Hey @The Computer Audiophile, hope there will be a Live Stream of your talk/discussion on YouTube like last year's Danny Kaey talk. I'm sure this will draw a good amount of interest online... I'll certainly try to watch live if I can. Considering the fact that this is the last presentation of RMAF 2018 and IMO perhaps even the last we might actually have an event dedicated to MQA discussions (I know, the fat lady hasn't quite sung yet), it really could be quite special and worth recording live - "raw" for posterity. The MQA episode and its response marks an interesting opportunity for audiophiles to think about the hobby. Perhaps even more importantly, the role that audiophiles themselves play in shaping this pursuit in the 21st Century and the position of some traditional (and non-traditional) audiophile magazines in portraying and "selling" the "format". Where is truth to be found when so much of what is written is subjective with no evidence or even common sense much of the time? What roles are these magazines/sites supposed to play in advocating for consumers? And what of "objective-looking" graphs and figures presented by MQA in their press material that is then regurgitated to the public without apparent critical consideration by said press (they IMO should have known better if they are to be seen as journalists)? Obviously you might not wander into these big and controversial topics that might get some folks in the Industry a little warm under the collar. But I believe these questions are important to consider if we desire honest discussion and a healthy hobby. Anyhow, I hope you have a great session and have lots of fun with any debate that might erupt. I'm sure you'll keep it together nicely. Not expecting any news of the riot squad being called in Denver this weekend to break up a middle-age+ male geek squabble... But ya never know ?. Cheers... And a happy Canadian Thanksgiving. adamdea, mcgillroy, HalSF and 2 others 4 1 Archimago's Musings: A "more objective" take for the Rational Audiophile. Beyond mere fidelity, into immersion and realism. R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 8:50 PM, Sonicularity said: The title of this thread is annoying. It suggests that much of the research to garner any actual knowledge about this lossy format was somehow only one side of a complete story. That is absolute crap. There is no middle ground. There are lies and marking BS and a reality this is continually ignored or side-stepped in an effort to promote a proprietary format that could potentially and critically have a negative impact on consumer interests. There is a middle ground in everything where there are two sides. Extremists on the ends and somewhere between them is the middle ground. Middle ground shouldn't be confused with the dead center or as our President has said, "I'm sure there are good people on both sides." The truth is not 100% of what has been said By MQA Ltd and the truth is not 100% of what has been said by those who hate MQA. Please don't think this title means I will try to persuade haters to like MQA and MQA to like the haters and have a big happy hug in the middle where we all decide MQA is benign and consumers can buy it if they wish. That's not my intention. Sonicularity 1 Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 10:27 AM, mansr said: More importantly, MQA does not save any bandwidth. That claim is a complete fabrication. This is a topic I will address in the seminar. Compared to Redbook MQA uses equal or more bandwidth. However, with higher resolutions MQA, just like MP3, can save bandwidth by throwing out data. Whether one accepts that as a tradeoff is a different issue, but it's a fact that MQA can save bandwidth. So can MP3. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Archimago Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: There is a middle ground in everything where there are two sides. Extremists on the ends and somewhere between them is the middle ground. Middle ground shouldn't be confused with the dead center or as our President has said, "I'm sure there are good people on both sides." The truth is not 100% of what has been said By MQA Ltd and the truth is not 100% of what has been said by those who hate MQA. Please don't think this title means I will try to persuade haters to like MQA and MQA to like the haters and have a big happy hug in the middle where we all decide MQA is benign and consumers can buy it if they wish. That's not my intention. Agree Chris, I'm totally fine with the title and I expect nothing less than balance from you. The fun stuff is what happens in the session! Clearly, as in many things in life, balance does not mean 50:50. And some things are more true than others... The Computer Audiophile 1 Archimago's Musings: A "more objective" take for the Rational Audiophile. Beyond mere fidelity, into immersion and realism. R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press. Link to comment
Popular Post mansr Posted October 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2018 6 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said: This is a topic I will address in the seminar. Compared to Redbook MQA uses equal or more bandwidth. Strictly more, actually. Redbook is 16-bit, while MQA presents as 24-bit at the same sample rate. Those additional 8 bits must take up some bandwidth. Moreover, since they are already compressed, the FLAC container won't be able to compress them again. MQA thus uses more bandwidth not only than 44/16 redbook, but also more than 44/24, which is the actual master format of many recordings. 6 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said: However, with higher resolutions MQA, just like MP3, can save bandwidth by throwing out data. Whether one accepts that as a tradeoff is a different issue, but it's a fact that MQA can save bandwidth. So can MP3. Yes, MQA uses less bandwidth than 192/24. However, and this is the important bit, it uses more bandwidth than standard 96 kHz PCM reduced to 18 bits (which Stuart himself has said is all MQA can provide) and compressed with FLAC. No matter how you look at it, MQA is less efficient than existing non-proprietary compression methods. The Computer Audiophile, mcgillroy, adamdea and 3 others 3 1 2 Link to comment
Popular Post mansr Posted October 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2018 7 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said: There is a middle ground in everything where there are two sides. Extremists on the ends and somewhere between them is the middle ground. Middle ground shouldn't be confused with the dead center or as our President has said, "I'm sure there are good people on both sides." The truth is not 100% of what has been said By MQA Ltd and the truth is not 100% of what has been said by those who hate MQA. Please don't think this title means I will try to persuade haters to like MQA and MQA to like the haters and have a big happy hug in the middle where we all decide MQA is benign and consumers can buy it if they wish. That's not my intention. I disagree. In some matters, there is no place for "balance." This includes those where an objective truth can be established. For example, men did land on the moon. That some lunatics insist otherwise does not make the notion of a "balanced" view or "middle ground" the least bit meaningful. Would you call those who believe the moon landings really took place extremists? What would a non-extreme position look like? With MQA, every conceivable technical assessment finds it lacking compared to alternatives. The only thing it does uniquely is produce an "end to end" flow of cash into Stuart's pockets. All the alleged benefits to others are either false ("time domain" nonsense, etc.) or can be achieved more efficiently using royalty-free methods. Again, seeing the truth for what it is cannot be considered extremist. If MQA actually delivered on even one of its claims, things would be different. Then it would be possible to consider a trade-off. As it stands, there is no trade in adopting MQA, only off. 4est, MikeyFresh, maxijazz and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment
Shadders Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 minute ago, mansr said: I disagree. In some matters, there is no place for "balance." This includes those where an objective truth can be established. For example, men did land on the moon. That some lunatics insist otherwise does not make the notion of a "balanced" view or "middle ground" the least bit meaningful. Would you call those who believe the moon landings really took place extremists? What would a non-extreme position look like? With MQA, every conceivable technical assessment finds it lacking compared to alternatives. The only thing it does uniquely is produce an "end to end" flow of cash into Stuart's pockets. All the alleged benefits to others are either false ("time domain" nonsense, etc.) or can be achieved more efficiently using royalty-free methods. Again, seeing the truth for what it is cannot be considered extremist. If MQA actually delivered on even one of its claims, things would be different. Then it would be possible to consider a trade-off. As it stands, there is no trade in adopting MQA, only off. Yes, but don't forget, it is not just sh!t, it is quality sh!t. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Shadders said: Yes, but don't forget, it is not just sh!t, it is quality sh!t. Authenticated as well ? Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Popular Post christopher3393 Posted October 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2018 30 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Authenticated as well ? ...inauthentically authenticated ? Don Blas De Lezo, Brinkman Ship and mcgillroy 2 1 Link to comment
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