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RE: Hey JimiAustin: MQA Enabled ADCs

Posted by Jim Austin on October 31, 2016 at 18:00:31:
from my review of the Mytek Brooklyn DAC:

Footnote 4: Over time, I've grown skeptical of the notion that a component can reproduce precisely what's on the recording—how can we know what that is? Jurewicz has an excellent answer: codesign a pair of companion converters, a DAC and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Now he can send a file through the DAC and on to the ADC. "The DAC and ADC are then fine tuned until the result is as close as possible to [the] original. This approach, unique to Mytek R&D, guarantees the highest transparency and fidelity to the original recorded content." The Mytek Brooklyn ADC will ship sometime this fall, and will include an MQA kernel so that you can set up your own MQA recording studio at home, though you'll need an audio workstation and an MQA plug-in. The ADC will cost the same as the Brooklyn DAC: $1995. No word yet—I've asked—on whether you'll need to pay royalties to MQA Ltd.
Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-hifi-brooklyn-da-processor%C2%96headphone-amplifier#EZ5kI48m9dfM6IKy.99

But the way you asked the question did not, in fact, make sense. It was unrecognizable.

I can't quite tell if you're having the time of your life attracting all this attention or perched on the edge of some high rooftop or windowsill trying to get up the courage. Perhaps both. Either way, you've made your impression here. Good day.