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In Reply to: RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? posted by Doug Schneider on October 26, 2016 at 14:26:16
Hi Doug:What you detail above, the over top, (to the point of absurdity), raving about MQA by the press, in show demos carefully controlled by Meridian, is what set off many in the online world on a negative trip. Now, we are hearing the same "wait a second, let's look behind the curtain" process from a member of the press, which is refreshing.
And, the constantly changing stories..for downloads and streaming, then just for streaming, for the remastering process, now no remastering needed, then we hear about thousands of albums from the Warner catalog batch converted on the fly.
The whole thing seems rather odd. And their a myriad of other concerns as well.
Take a look at the DSD hype from back in 2013..now that we know there will never be downloadable content, users are told they can upsample their PCM files with software to make that DSD light up on their DACs..the one they were told they HAD to upgrade to, or be left behind.
My bet is that there will be an MQA on the fly processor sooner than later to make the MQA light up..on that new DAC...
Edits: 10/26/16Follow Ups:
> > What you detail above, the over top, (to the point of absurdity), raving about MQA by the press, in show demos carefully controlled by Meridian, is what set off many in the online world on a negative trip. Now, we are hearing the same "wait a second, let's look behind the curtain" process from a member of the press, which is refreshing. < <
FWIW, Stereophile has been peaking behind the curtain for months. What a lot of people don't seem to like is that what they see seems to make sense.
> > And, the constantly changing stories..for downloads and streaming, then just for streaming, for the remastering process, now no remastering needed, then we hear about thousands of albums from the Warner catalog batch converted on the fly. < <
Most of the "changing stories" I've seen--and I've watched this unfold since the beginning--are misinformation on forums like this one. To a lesser extent, the problem has been with the audiophile press, some parts of which may have gotten a few things wrong. Some of that misinformation is on display here. For example: MQA has always been intended for downloads and streaming. You can put it on silver discs if you want to. For another, this "batch" and "on the fly" business just doesn't match up with my understanding of how the process works. Hopefully more information, clarifying this murky picture, will be available on the Stereophile website soon.
Jim Austin
I will agree with you, that with all things audiophile, there is some misinformation on the forums. But also thank you for acknowledging that some of the misinformation comes from the press, and Meridian/MAQ's garbled message is partly to blame. Even the editor of Stereophile got a massive fact wrong, that MAQ must be applied at mastering.At one point they may have to come to terms with the fact that nobody wants, cares, or is willing to invest in MQA. If the market DOES react positively, than the naysayers will have to eat their hats.
Edits: 10/27/16
Yes, if you are willing to pay $25-30 for classical DSD downloads, it is hog heaven. Since classical music is less than 1% of all music sales...well you know the rest. If you happen to listen to rock and pop, you have approximately 300 albums to choose from.
Edits: 10/26/16
OTOH, there is a reasonably satisfying stream of classical DSD releases and, as yet, nothing significant from MQA.
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