|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
75.171.243.53
In Reply to: RE: The MQA demo I heard on Sunday posted by Peter Breuninger on June 10, 2017 at 05:58:35
To the degree that MQA changes the sound of an existing digital file only depends on two things - the digital filters used and the dither algorithm used. Both of these have direct audible consequences on digital replay.
Assuming that the same D/A converter was used to replay both files (anything else would make for a completely invalid comparison), the only valid conclusion reached is that you preferred the sound of the MQA digital filter to the "standard" digital filter in the D/A converter used.
This does not surprise me, as MQA's digital filter hews very closely to the principles used in Ayre's digital filters since 2009 (see link below). And there is more than one way to skin a cat. JA was extremely impressed with the sound of the digital filter in his recent review of the Chord DAVE, which takes a diametrically opposite approach to that used by MQA and Ayre.
The bottom line is that it does not require a closed, proprietary solution with mandatory royalty fees to employ better sounding digital filters, either in the D/A converter (or the A/D converter, which MQA does *not* address). Designers have been creating custom digital filters with improved sonic performance since the late 1980s, starting with Wadia and Theta.
As always, strictly my own opinion and not necessarily those of my employer or clone.
Follow Ups:
Where the magic? ... as as for boring me to death ...
The bottom line is that it does not require a closed, proprietary solution with mandatory royalty fees to employ better sounding digital filters, either in the D/A converter (or the A/D converter, which MQA does *not* address). Designers have been creating custom digital filters with improved sonic performance since the late 1980s, starting with Wadia and Theta.
Yeah!, we talked about these filters extensively, right here, back in 2009 ...Yawn
--
Look man, MQA reaches into the past, sniffs out the brick wall ills, adjusts for the over medicated knob twirlers, fixes time smear by going back and doing it right!
It's a passing *gift* to millennials from the top minds, the pick of the crop, of your generation!
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
nt
very nice- bjh.
NT
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: