Jason Victor Serenius: The MQA Shilling Mind Reader!
L.A. Audio Show Report:
"How to conduct a successful MQA demo when the person requesting same already has made up their mind? That question, or some variation thereof, must have run through the mind of Meridian's SW regional sales manager, Courtney Careccia, when the sole attendee (besides me) in her room on a slow Sunday asked for a non-MQA/MQA comparison on her all-Meridian system. After no more than 45 seconds-it could have been less, but certainly not more-the man asked to switch to the MQA version, listened for a much shorter time, stood up, declared the whole thing was a sham, and marched out the door. It was almost as if the comparison had never happened.
Just the day before, when John Atkinson and I shared breakfast with Bob Stuart of MQA, Bob had told us, "No A/B demo can be done effectively in 45 seconds, or against prejudice, or on the basis of one trial. Frankly, it makes it a non-event."
The power to read minds! Wow! I wonder if he wiped Bob Stuarts mouth for him at breakfast too.
Short comparisons are EXACTLY what all manufacturers do when they conduct A/B demos for power cords, tweaks, room treatments, and other products, and Stereophile GLADLY reports those results!!!!!
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Topic - Jason Victor Serenius: The MQA Shilling Mind Reader! - Isaak J. Garvey 18:35:46 06/09/17 (38)
- What's MQA? - howard 17:21:43 06/13/17 (7)
- The Back-n-Forth Sniping... - howard 15:45:14 06/19/17 (0)
- Latest "format' - bare 10:40:27 06/15/17 (2)
- At which time - E-Stat 15:54:39 06/15/17 (1)
- RE: At which time - Isaak J. Garvey 18:09:03 06/15/17 (0)
- MQAis... - Ivan303 19:31:24 06/13/17 (1)
- No good deed goes unpunished. (nt) - Charles Hansen 19:33:37 06/13/17 (0)
- RE: What's MQA? - howard 17:24:00 06/13/17 (0)
- RE: Jason Victor Serenius: The MQA Shilling Mind Reader! - fantja 23:56:38 06/11/17 (0)
- RE: Jason Victor Serenius: The MQA Shilling Mind Reader! - Charles Hansen 12:14:12 06/10/17 (1)
- RE: Jason Victor Serenius: The MQA Shilling Mind Reader! - Isaak J. Garvey 14:47:15 06/10/17 (0)
- The MQA demo I heard on Sunday - Peter Breuninger 05:58:35 06/10/17 (20)
- In other words: "that reverb tank sounded real good" -t - Sordidman 10:30:37 06/13/17 (0)
- RE: The MQA demo I heard on Sunday - Todd Krieger 03:20:42 06/13/17 (1)
- And........ - Todd Krieger 03:40:20 06/13/17 (0)
- To the degree that MQA changes the sound... - Charles Hansen 11:56:19 06/10/17 (5)
- You're boring me to death ... - bjh 13:08:24 06/11/17 (3)
- Sounds like someone literally fell into the jar. nt - jusbe 14:00:40 06/15/17 (0)
- Heard MQA? nt - Rick W 11:06:56 06/14/17 (0)
- RE: You're boring me to death ... - fantja 23:53:38 06/11/17 (0)
- Last paragraph says it all NT - lancelot 12:56:21 06/10/17 (0)
- 45 seconds and you were "astounded" and "in awe" ? C'mon, Peter. nt - Rick W 11:31:11 06/10/17 (4)
- I don't know- 45 seconds into Good Bait ( Soul Trane ) - oldmkvi 12:12:39 06/13/17 (3)
- RE: I don't know- 45 seconds into Good Bait ( Soul Trane ) - Isaak J. Garvey 19:38:59 06/13/17 (0)
- Hmm, point taken. nt - Rick W 17:38:45 06/13/17 (1)
- RE: Hmm, point taken. nt - Isaak J. Garvey 19:32:35 06/13/17 (0)
- "Result: I had no expectation bias."..... - Steve O 08:42:34 06/10/17 (4)
- Most audio reviewers have other expectation bias as well - AbeCollins 06:54:33 06/13/17 (1)
- Yes, they most probably do have other biases...not that there's anything wrong with that.... - Steve O 10:27:10 06/14/17 (0)
- RE: "Result: I had no expectation bias."..... - Peter Breuninger 09:45:38 06/10/17 (1)
- "Next he announced"..... - Steve O 10:32:22 06/10/17 (0)
- RE: The MQA demo I heard on Sunday - Isaak J. Garvey 06:26:40 06/10/17 (0)
- Thanks, I feel safer already. - oldmkvi 19:13:01 06/09/17 (5)
- RE: Thanks, I feel safer already. - Todd Krieger 03:15:08 06/13/17 (0)
- What I've learned today from Isaak - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 14:03:18 06/12/17 (0)
- LOL! - JoshT 22:17:08 06/09/17 (1)
- ! - oldmkvi 06:33:20 06/10/17 (0)
- RE: Thanks, I feel safer already. - Isaak J. Garvey 19:31:52 06/09/17 (0)