Testing MQA: Is it worse than FLAC?

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Thanks for taking the time to write up your theory and the tests undertaken. Interesting, insightful read. I recall the first time I heard about MQA and I spent hours reading their literature and other people analysis, what a farce yet genius way the extract money from the punters. 

 

I look forward to future updates when your time permits. Thanks for sharing this. Best wishes, Dan

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5 hours ago, lucretius said:

Sometimes CD quality tracks sound better than the 24bit/96KHz (or 24/192) track from HDtracks -- different masters. <snip>

 

I've always found the dynamic range database enlightening in this regard. Amazing how many times you note the 'HDtracks et al' variants seems to be massively compressed. Yet another stab in the guts for music lovers.