Popular Post kumakuma Posted April 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 58 minutes ago, saturdayboy said: I never said MQA was an honest company, or that their (and the record labels’) intention weren’t evil. What they seemingly tried to accomplish has been such a dismal failure that it’s basically something to laugh at, not warn the world against. For now, streaming options are expanding, and prices are dropping for the majority of the world. I challenge you or anyone to prove me wrong on that. A tiny group of people who must have MQA might be paying more for it than they should be. Are you trying to save them from themselves? In spite of the lack of empirical proof that it's actually improving anything, for whatever reason some people claim to like how MQA sounds. Does it distort the actual true signal? There seem to be some pretty objective evidence that you and others have presented that that is exactly what is going on. And yet, some people say they prefer it. Here is one of the many discussions that I’ve read where opinions about how MQA SOUNDS differ (not the psuedo science or evil intentions behind it). https://community.roonlabs.com/t/what-sounds-better-tidal-mqa-or-qobuz-hires/60190/287 I like the sound of tube amps. People say it’s because how the distort and which harmonics they produce. Alright, I still prefer them. What’s so wrong about that? The great irony of this thread is that all the anti-MQA fervor & scholarship is exactly what the MQA skeptics claim MQA to be: a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Your underlying position appears to be that folks should be free to do what they want. By this logic, shouldn't folks be free to actively oppose MQA even if this crusade is, in your belief, misguided? botrytis and Teresa 2 Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley Through the middle of my skull Link to comment
Popular Post kumakuma Posted April 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, saturdayboy said: My underlying position is that MQA, and people preferring it, is an entirely insignificant and harmless phenomenon. Everyone is free to oppose MQA, what it stands for and how it sounds, but they aren’t actually accomplishing anything or preventing an negative trend in streaming. MQA is a failure by itself. I disagree. MQA is failing in part because folks here and and in other places took the time to look under the hood and expose the lies. botrytis, Teresa and Anonamemouse 2 1 Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley Through the middle of my skull Link to comment
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