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In Reply to: With MQA Coming, Should I Buy The PS Audio Converter? posted by Newey on January 6, 2017 at 20:19:28:
MQA is an encoding method designed to pack higher resolution into a smaller, easily streamed format.
I doubt you will ever see noncommercial ADCs with MQA encoding. So the PS Audio will allow you to digitize files in DSD or up to 24/192 PCM.
If you get one, assuming your DAC can decode DSD I would try both formats and chose the one you like best.
I would use PCM because you will have more flexibility with editing. Vinyl Studio allows you to remove pops and ticks without losing fidelity. With DSD you can only remove the lead in and the run off noise, nothing else.
If I had the PS Audio ADC I would compare 24/96 to 24/192 and use 24/96 if I could. It would save some space and there is nothing from an LP anywhere near 48k.
I'm pretty sure PS Audio will give you 30 days to try it, and they take trades.
Whether or not you buy it MQA should not be one of the deciding reasons. Even if by some very unlikely circumstances MQA does become commonplace, all DACs will play non encoded music, as intended. All our CDs and files will play same as ever.
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