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In Reply to: RE: Comparing vinyl sound to hi-res digital remaster posted by Picklesnapper on May 07, 2017 at 17:16:37
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It is that. But it's also technology that works. I'd rather not believe it either, especially since MQA material is so scarce it makes the whole thing moot.
Have you heard it?
Technology that works only for limited bandwidth systems.
Here's an analysis that proves it is indeed another lossy scheme.
"MQA alters the bit-depth as well as the frequency response (magnitude & phase) and therefore the time domain appearance of the original high resolution audio file.
It is debatable whether those alterations are audible, but as we learned from the past, any compression scheme that works with assumptions about our auditory system (e.g. MP3 & AAC) have been proven wrong with new research at the horizon.
As we all know, in a couple of years the bandwidth provided, even in mobile networks, will be large enough to distribute the real native high resolution content, satisfying the audiophiles demands."
Have I heard it? I have no interest in investing in *new* lossy schemes. Nor does HighResAudio and quite a few DAC manufacturers who have not been able to get analysis tools or encoders.
I think there's more to it than this.
I think if you heard it, you'd understand.
It sounds more like good reel-to-reel to me that all but ultra-high-dollar digital setups I've heard (mainly dcs).
It's a fact that most, if not all, ADC weave time & phase errors into their data. If there is a truly a way to undo them, as they claim, there is no way that is not an improvement of some sort.
I find it confusing and unfortunate that they weave the compression into the same bag. These two things are quite distinct.
Doesn't mean I want to use it. 78rpms work too. At least there's a compelling reason for listening to those. If you like the sound of MQA, then that's fine.
MQA's business model is highly suspect - and decreases in relevance as internet distribution bandwidth continues to rise.
Let's not even start on the technical arguments re fidelity and interpolation, which have been/are being debated ad nauseam. Look, if publishing companies wanted to give me a hi-res master, they would give me a hi-res master. They don't, but they want to appear as if they do.
Big J
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