In Reply to: Ok posted by E-Stat on February 16, 2017 at 07:05:02:
In my view, the main performamce goal, by far, of MQA is to establish a transient optimized standard from recording through playback. This is all predicated on their conclusion that transient blurring is the greatest remaining hurdle to realizing non-fatiguing digital sound. While such transient optimization is certainly technically possibly via other high sample rate formats, there is no set requirement and specification for that. MQA sets such a requirement and specification.I'm not familiar with the details of the music industry's cost structure, however, I do know that the cost of managing distribution isn't simply that of inventory storage cost, but also includes inventory managment and sales management cost. With MQA, the number of catalog items could be cut in half, or even by two-thirds in some cases, versus having CD resolution and 96kHz resolution and even a 192kHz resolution version. Not to mention the 88.2kHz and the 176.4kHz resolution versions sometimes carried. Resolution meaning; transient resolution.
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Ken Newton
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- RE: Ok - knewton 09:52:34 02/16/17 (18)
- Ok, part 2 - E-Stat 11:34:41 02/16/17 (17)
- RE: Ok, part 2 - knewton 14:23:01 02/16/17 (16)
- So, lets now have three flavors! - E-Stat 14:34:35 02/16/17 (15)
- RE: So, lets now have three flavors! - ahendler 15:32:19 02/16/17 (14)
- Because the BS answers don't make sense - E-Stat 15:43:03 02/16/17 (13)
- RE: Because the BS answers don't make sense - knewton 17:00:16 02/16/17 (12)
- "Baselessly?" - E-Stat 18:09:44 02/16/17 (11)
- RE: "Baselessly?" - knewton 19:21:28 02/16/17 (10)
- Folded again - E-Stat 06:06:43 02/17/17 (9)
- RE: Folded again - ahendler 14:44:29 02/17/17 (2)
- Kinda sorta if - E-Stat 15:22:59 02/17/17 (1)
- RE: Kinda sorta if - ahendler 17:23:09 02/17/17 (0)
- RE: Folded again - knewton 07:45:24 02/17/17 (5)
- And yet - E-Stat 07:54:18 02/17/17 (4)
- RE: And yet - knewton 08:07:46 02/17/17 (3)
- RE: And yet - E-Stat 08:39:41 02/17/17 (2)
- RE: And yet - knewton 08:43:09 02/17/17 (1)
- Studio quality sound... - E-Stat 14:58:19 02/17/17 (0)