JA says none of y’all showed up to talk about MQA

[daverich4]

https://www.stereophile.com/content/mqa-master-class

[Shadders]

[crenca]

MQA ends with a whimper:

 

https://www.stereophile.com/comment/583061#comment-583061

[james45974]

40 minutes ago, crenca said:

MQA ends with a whimper:

 

https://www.stereophile.com/comment/583061#comment-583061

Or was it more of a thud? 

[esldude]

Maybe to the de-blurred applause of one hand clapping?

[christopher3393]

 

 

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"...many internet denizens had declared that they would be attending his presentation to oppose what he would be saying. But all was quiet..."  -JA

 

IDK, maybe they were busy or got distracted...

 

 

...or maybe social media zealotry is easier than real-world confrontation? Too bad Izzy Slapowitz couldn't make it. I mean he's a retired professional wrestler!  🙄

[crenca]

5 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

 

...or maybe social media zealotry is easier than real-world confrontation? Too bad Izzy Slapowitz couldn't make it. I mean he's a retired professional wrestler!  🙄

 

To bad christopher4321 could not make it, he's a retired active finger wagging church lady!  

 

[FredericV]

4 hours ago, daverich4 said:

https://www.stereophile.com/content/mqa-master-class

Mocking
Questions
Allowed

[christopher3393]

3 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

To bad christopher4321 could not make it, he's a retired active finger wagging church lady!  

 

 

Come on crenca, just give me one "Kill The Wabbit", pleez?   🐇

 

[crenca]

3 minutes ago, FredericV said:

Mocking
Questions
Allowed

 

Seriously, that's really all that is left to do so why show up at these $sells$ events?  The hard questions will be ignored, bypassed, etc.  With MQA, it lacks substance, so how do questions to sells men further our knowledge?  They don't.  Questions don't help sell MQA, so why would they address them in a substantive way if any are asked?  How could they and be honest and still $sell$ MQA?

 

Audio demos and shows are about sells and marketing, not the truth.  Of course JA and the promotional machine are going to spin all this to MQA's advantage, since everything (from CC presentation to this one) is an opportunity for putting MQA in the best possible light...

[Paul R]

What's the old saying?  Put up or shut up.

 

All the people so hot to oppose MQA, and nobody shows up to even ask a "hard" question? 

 

Please. 

 

[Shadders]

1 minute ago, Paul R said:

What's the old saying?  Put up or shut up.

 

All the people so hot to oppose MQA, and nobody shows up to even ask a "hard" question? 

 

Please. 

 

Hi,

Not sure if people would be willing or be able (costs etc) to travel to the US just to ask a difficult question.

Regards,

Shadders.

[Ralf11]

I like the way asskisson deprecates engineers as "internet denizens" then Bodio fan-boy chimes in

 

it is really pathetic

[Paul R]

11 minutes ago, Shadders said:

Hi,

Not sure if people would be willing or be able (costs etc) to travel to the US just to ask a difficult question.

Regards,

Shadders.

 

A great number of the loudest and most insistent voices are in the U.S.  At least a couple said they were going. 

 

Now the stupid and senseless attacks on John A. will start. At least he showed up and went. Probably would have chimed in some support too, if any of those loud voices had showed up.  Probably get a report on how security had their names and would not let them in.

[Tintinabulum]

4 hours ago, crenca said:

MQA ends with a whimper:

I thought you ended with a whimper, called out and no response, just the usual blather...

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

5 minutes ago, Paul R said:

 

A great number of the loudest and most insistent voices are in the U.S.  At least a couple said they were going. 

 

Now the stupid and senseless attacks on John A. will start. At least he showed up and went. Probably would have chimed in some support too, if any of those loud voices had showed up.  Probably get a report on how security had their names and would not let them in.

You sir, are a true believer, and a Drama King. I see them everyday. 😑

[Shadders]

1 minute ago, Paul R said:

 

A great number of the loudest and most insistent voices are in the U.S.  At least a couple said they were going. 

 

Now the stupid and senseless attacks on John A. will start. At least he showed up and went. Probably would have chimed in some support too, if any of those loud voices had showed up.  Probably get a report on how security had their names and would not let them in.

Hi,

Given the behaviour of the people at RMAF, then i probably would not engage the MQA people. What would be gained by it ?

 

The MQA supporters, or promoters, who do not answers questions, where the answers will show MQA to be a scam, are the ones who frustrate people by only stating the false facts provided by MQA.

 

There is a plethora of these type questions in this thread never answered. So, what is your assessment that these MQA supporters never answer the relevant questions ?

 

Challenging such people is not an attack. This isn't politics, it is science and engineering, and MQA is a scam.

 

Regards,

Shadders.

[christopher3393]

3 minutes ago, Ishmael Slapowitz said:

You sir, are a true believer, and a Drama King. I see them everyday. 😑

 

professional wrestlers?

 

You're a shill for Brownie Brittle!

 

 

[Ralf11]

Given the behaviour of the people at RMAF, I probably would engage the MQA people with fire hoses or tear gas

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

30 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

I like the way asskisson deprecates engineers as "internet denizens" then Bodio fan-boy chimes in

 

it is really pathetic

If there were ever any doubts about Atkinson's position on MQA and how the utter disdain he has for the peasants I think it is pretty clear. If you are not a manufacturer, even one headed up by a charlatan, you are a pee-on. 😎

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

..let's add you also don't get anything but passive aggressive from him unless you are one of the inner circle of true believers who can't hear out of a paper bag. 

[Ralf11]

well, now we are into the paper vs. plastic debate...

[Thuaveta]

1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

 ...or maybe social media zealotry is easier than real-world confrontation? Too bad Izzy Slapowitz couldn't make it. I mean he's a retired professional wrestler!  🙄

 

Maybe the critics are both smart, and grown-up enough, to not behave like the RMAF crowd, or be baited into a similar shouting match, something that the man who fancies himself a journalist seems to regret.

[crenca]

5 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

well, now we are into the paper vs. plastic debate...

 

LLLOOOLLLL!

[crenca]

16 minutes ago, Thuaveta said:

 

Maybe the critics are both smart, and grown-up enough, to not behave like the RMAF crowd, or be baited into a similar shouting match, something that the man who fancies himself a journalist seems to regret.

 

Yes, now that we are post technical with MQA and understand that it is almost as pure of an audiophile voodoo lump as can be, what's the point in engaging in a pseudo technical debate or Q&A with them and their supporters?   It's better in a diverse and sometimes subtle (sometimes not) way keep them talking about the wider things such as how they see themselves in the voodoo market, what they really think about consumers, etc.