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In Reply to: RE: How many threads... posted by Michael Lavorgna on November 02, 2016 at 17:40:38
I've read all your write ups on MQA, and the numerous show posts by othes at Sphile.My quick summary, as to what MQA appears to me and many others..a solution in search of a problem.
-bandwidth saving...a non problem
-for improved lossless streaming....when lossless streaming has an incredibly unstable future
-post processing of master files...not remastering
-proprietary format, a specific fact which is only good for one entity...MQA/Meridian
Not to mention the need to invest in new hardware etc.
And, what has raised eye brows, is the over the top hyperbole by the hifi press. When John Atkinson says MQA is the most significant development in digital audio in 40 years, what would you except.
Edits: 11/02/16Follow Ups:
Would you call this over-the-top hyperbole:
"[MQA] appears to be able to deliver an astonishing level of time-domain performance never before seen in conventional digital systems"
Somewhat.
"SOS is for pros who have a job. Get an artist's vision on tape, hard drive, etc, then getting it to the mastering engineer. They are not interested in concepts and theory, but proven working solutions."
My quick MQA summary is it makes music sound better and can be implemented by streaming services.
And no one *has* to buy anything.
You are confusing John Atkinson with Robert Harley. I know, all us audio reviewers look alike ;-)
> [Isaak J. Harvey is] confusing John Atkinson with Robert Harley.
Again :-(
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
"In almost 40 years of attending audio press events, only rarely have I come away feeling that I was present at the birth of a new world.
And in early December, at Meridian's New York offices, I heard Bob Stuart describe the UK company's MQA technology, followed by a demonstration that blew my socks off."
All that was missing were the tears (Peter McGrath supplied those) and the speaking in tongues, etc.
This may come as a surprise Isaak, but some people who write for a living actually care about not only what they've written, but what is attributed to them. If you think that:"When John Atkinson says MQA is the most significant development in digital audio in 40 years"
And
"In almost 40 years of attending audio press events, only rarely have I come away feeling that I was present at the birth of a new world"
Mean the same thing, I'd suggest you need to brush up on your basic English.
But I get it. Your mind goes all fuzzy when it comes to subjects you are passionate about. Like when you say I said that all of Sony's catalog would be available in DSD (I never said that).
The risk you run with your run-on nonsense is the "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" only not as important.
Edits: 11/02/16
Side note. You many find it amusing that Wikipedia used the same quote, and also dissected at head-fi.
No, I don't find this piddly nonsense amusing.
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