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In Reply to: RE: HighResAudio dumps MQA. posted by creativepart on April 06, 2017 at 19:08:34
Actually you do have the ability to source the original master file...they are being sold on HDTracks, Qobuz, ProStudiomasters, Hiresaudio.com, Superhirez, and soon again, PonoWhy have not seen or heard ANY comparisons of those files to the ones run through the MQA sausage machine? What are they afraid of.
If you believe that MORE processing an reduction in resolution are better than the original source, then so be it.
To clarify, I did not want to imply you are knowingly posting false information. What I MEANT to say is you are restating the same false premise, one that many others have excitedly posted before being confronted with the fact that comparing MQA Tidal to non MQA Tidal is a false comparison.
Edits: 04/06/17Follow Ups:
I didn't realize that those Hi Rez file outlets you mentioned were now offering those files for free, or even as subscription of $20 a month. I was already a TIDAL HiFi subscriber and I already had a Meridian Exp2 DAC. So, to me the addition of their MQA Master files streaming is, well, FREE. Sure I could pay $19.95 or more for one album file from a HiRez Download company and listen to it. OR I can stream 30,000 MQA tracks for no additional cost over what I was already paying for.
Thing is I'm not trying to prove the concept of MQA. I'm not defending it or making any claims about it. I'm simply enjoying it.
I have to assume that your MQA DAC is very very good and you're making your claims of how false MQA is based upon your review of the service and it's resultant sound. You must feel it just doesn't sound good. Correct?
No, those files for download are not free. You have to buy them just like you would an CD, LP, SACD, or Blu Ray. I will take that over a streaming service that lost a combined 35 million between 2015 and late 2016.
And yes, I have heard MQA, extensively, not on a dinky $200 DAC, but on their flagship $24,000 DAC.
Good. That's what I was hoping to hear. My Benchmark USB DAC was just not doing it for me any more, so I decided to take a flyer and get the little $299 Exp2. I thought at a chump change price how could I go wrong.
I'm guessing you didn't get a chance to compare the MQA to a known HiRez file?
I listen 99% of the time to vinyl. And, don't personally care for CDs. At first I subscribed to Spotify. It's was convenient but not great sounding. So, I switched to TIDAL HiFi. I heard about MQA coming to TIDAL and thought, I've been meaning to try the Meridian or the Audioquest USB DACs just for fun and chose the Meridian just in case MQA really did start to take off.
First I downloaded a HiRez Sampler from HDTracks and then I got some of the same files from 2L in MQA. I did like the HiRez files, but I felt they compared well to the MQA files of the same music.
In fact I found one classical piece in 44.1, 96, 192, and 384 with the 96 and 192 versions being MQA encoded files. They all sounded pretty good for digital files and the 192 MQA and the 384 HD File sounding very close but obviously putting more air in the music.
OK, I'll stop going on now. It will be fun to see how this unfolds. I guess the "market" will decide. Maybe.
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