Favorite MQA albums?

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9 minutes ago, GUTB said:

What hardware and music did you use to come to this conclusion about MQA?

I went to a dealer in Des Moines, IA two years ago and blindly listened to their Roon Server using B&W 800 D3's Big McIntosh monoblocks and I can't remember the front end. But, it was of the same calibre. I played versions of music I knew both non-MQA and MQA versions. Except for being louder, all the MQA versions sounded like shit. Example on a Melody Gardot piece from " The Absence' - So Long (both were supposedly 96/24 versions) The guitar on the MQA version sounded like a plastic stringed guitar, not full like the others. Her voice also was very thin. That was enough for me.

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43 minutes ago, Blake said:

 

versus this?

 

 

One of the first LP's I bought too around 1974-75.

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2 hours ago, DuckToller said:

More like this ... I'd say . it is the tie that count ... 4 ties win (perhaps?)

 

I love that LP.

 

Hey, I actually saw Kraftwerk in Detroit, when they played the last concerts in the US - they only played Coachella, Detroit, and NYC.

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5 hours ago, Odd Magnus Bjerkvik said:

Just realized. Asking for favourite MQA albums is like asking for favourite flac album, mp3 album, aac album etc. but without the recording the engineers put out. It sounds like shite.

I fixed it for you

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Glad I could help 😁

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1 hour ago, GUTB said:

Wait, I forgot that General is for non-audiophiles. It’s been a while since I was last active and I forgot about that. Audiophiles are in other sections and don’t often post in General.

 

Since when is General for luddites? Your topic is fine here, just there is no MQA favorites as it changes the music.

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Just now, sandyk said:

You can still request Moderator privileges.

MQA may be shite, but so is .mp3 and low bitrate .aac as in YouTube, but many members still listen to them., and are able to tolerate their shortcomings.

 

The difference is MQA does DSP and increases the volume of the recording MP3 does not. MP3 is free use and MQA is not and you cannot make an MQA version of a CD you own. MQA needs different equipment MP3 does not. HUGE DIFFERENCE.

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1 minute ago, sandyk said:

That still does NOT alter what I said. If some members like what they hear with some MQA albums then they should also be able to post their impressions here.

 Nobody is twisting people's' arms to purchase MQA equipped devices or purchase MQA CDs, or even listen to it.

Despite the clear failings of MQA it should still sound better than typical .mp3 

You may even be breaching Copyright by making MQA versions of your CDs ?

If they like it great but please don't force it on the rest of us. 

 

Actually besides being louder, from the listening I have done, give me MP3 (closer to the original) over MQA any day.