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In Reply to: RE: MQA is what Redbook should have been... posted by tketcham on October 27, 2016 at 15:42:29
Actually, poor sounding CDs can , with patience, be remastered by using editing software such as Audition.
With quite a few albums, there is TV monitor breakthrough at around 15kHz which can be killed using an FFT filter. SQ can also be altered thru various automated or manual filters (30 point Graphic adjustment). Resampling to 176.4k 24 or 32 bit also helps.
So, there is really no need in many cases for inmates to buy a new music library or to spend $24000 to 98000 for a top of the range MQA dac.
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Hi, fmak,I'm sure that certain CD releases could be improved with some clever digital editing. But I have so much (enjoyable) CD and vinyl music that it's not worth the time and trouble for me to fix crappy CD releases. Plus, my system is fairly forgiving of mediocre CDs.
That said, if MQA does revitalize the CD market I'd be more than willing to purchase a MQA enabled transport/DAC and re-purchase music that I really love. I do that with cherished vinyl releases so doing something similar with CD releases isn't a concern of mine.
Regards,
Tom
Edits: 10/29/16
I enjoy Nana Mouskouri music a lot on vinyl. However, the CDs all sound terrible. A severe remastering can be done to make them listenable but it would seem that no DSP magic is going to make it sound as good as black plastic.
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