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In Reply to: RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? posted by Michael Lavorgna on October 27, 2016 at 20:09:09
"While I'm still attached to the original LP, for any number of reasons, this MQA version is among the most extraordinary sounding digital I've heard. There was a uncanny soft naturalness to Jim Morrison's voice that belied both the digitalness of the format and the relatively modest system in use. Every other musical aspect of "Riders On The Storm" was given the same natural, or perhaps better stated as you-are-there, sound. Stunning."
So Mike, CES report..where is the direct comparison?
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Nice, Isaak.
So...you hold no value in listening to a recording for decades in every format. For more than 30 years.
Wow. you got me. I did not directly compare The Doors' "Riders On The Storm" in MQA with the LP, cassette, CD, CD-rip, or high res download that I've been listening to since the '70s.
You drive a hard bargain, Isaak. A silly, nonsensical bargain, but it sure is hard ;-)
If it makes you feel better, you ain't the only sinner..a number of your colleagues were just as "enthusiastic" prior to any direct comparisons.
I bet I can leave us in agreement about one thing..if I understood you correctly, the MQA version was, in your opinion, the best digital version you have heard, but you can't tell me that a pristine, mint vinyl copy, or the recent AP AAA remaster is bettered by MQA or any thing else, aside from the master tape.
A few minutes after The Doors, I went a few doors down and heard direct comparisons. But I can see why you'd want to bypass this fact -- it doesn't fit your story.
I can tell you this -- you and I speak very different languages when it comes to the enjoyment of music.
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