Hello AA members,
MQA is a hot topic and I am writing this to ask YOUR opinion on it.
Just a touch of background: I knew about it from the outset, but my interest was really piqued following CES 2016 when a number of the members of the press raved about MQA, but, from everything I read about it and what I can find, they did so without properly comparing sources files with the MQA recordings that they were hearing. That compelled me to write the article below, which was probably my most-read editorial this year.
Since then, the MQA world has moved along and audiophiles have formed more opinions. As a result, I'd like to hear YOUR opinions with regards to what you think about it and if it is something that you think will be adopted. Or will it fade away, as many formats have? I know that many manufacturers would like these opinions, too.
So, have a go! ...
Doug Schneider
SoundStage!
www.soundstage.com
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Topic - How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 14:26:16 10/26/16 (70)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Inmate51 10:05:33 01/02/17 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - josh358 06:14:03 10/30/16 (0)
- I don't care....just another way..... - StevieRay 13:46:01 10/28/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 18:41:27 10/27/16 (22)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 19:51:01 10/27/16 (21)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 19:56:13 10/27/16 (20)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 20:01:02 10/27/16 (11)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:05:35 10/27/16 (10)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 20:09:38 10/27/16 (9)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:13:14 10/27/16 (8)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 20:14:41 10/27/16 (7)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:17:55 10/27/16 (6)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 20:21:33 10/27/16 (5)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:25:05 10/27/16 (4)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 20:27:33 10/27/16 (3)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:29:02 10/27/16 (2)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Doug Schneider 20:30:52 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:37:49 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 19:59:07 10/27/16 (7)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:01:00 10/27/16 (6)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 20:04:06 10/27/16 (5)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:09:09 10/27/16 (4)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 20:21:01 10/27/16 (3)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:33:35 10/27/16 (2)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 20:37:45 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Michael Lavorgna 20:41:40 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Peter Breuninger 12:07:25 10/27/16 (7)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 12:53:41 10/27/16 (6)
- Larger files -- a problem? - Doug Schneider 13:04:37 10/27/16 (5)
- MQA is what Redbook should have been... - tketcham 15:42:29 10/27/16 (3)
- RE: MQA is what Redbook should have been...Remaster - fmak 05:47:02 10/29/16 (2)
- RE: MQA is what Redbook should have been...Remaster - tketcham 08:29:32 10/29/16 (1)
- An example - fmak 03:23:00 10/30/16 (0)
- RE: Larger files -- a problem? - Peter Breuninger 13:32:37 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Mercman 11:06:40 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Jim Treanor 10:55:12 10/27/16 (0)
- Whatever happened to HDCD? (nt) - mkuller 10:51:55 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: Whatever happened to HDCD? - whitedragem 02:42:20 01/02/17 (0)
- Just a curiosity - E-Stat 09:30:00 10/27/16 (3)
- And we all know what happened to the qøl Signal Completion Stage... - Steve O 11:17:52 10/27/16 (2)
- Exacatacaly! - E-Stat 13:28:06 10/27/16 (1)
- ... and Stereophile are the new Chumps! nt - bjh 16:39:19 10/27/16 (0)
- It doesn't exist enough for me to have feelings about it - trav 09:20:25 10/27/16 (0)
- I feel that the name itself couldn't be worse. - Dave Pogue 06:14:29 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - fmak 23:55:10 10/26/16 (1)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - ahendler 07:13:05 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - mlsstl 19:29:47 10/26/16 (3)
- Actually - Jim Austin 05:48:29 10/27/16 (2)
- I seriously doubt... - mlsstl 16:32:12 10/27/16 (1)
- AMEN (nt) - StevieRay 13:48:37 10/28/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 14:56:08 10/26/16 (5)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Jim Austin 05:55:31 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 07:19:48 10/27/16 (0)
- FWIW, I download DSD. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 15:06:56 10/26/16 (2)
- RE: FWIW, I download DSD. (NT) - Isaak J. Garvey 15:13:58 10/26/16 (1)
- Yup. Old story. - Kal Rubinson 05:16:12 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - ahendler 14:36:49 10/26/16 (13)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 14:59:43 10/26/16 (12)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Jim Austin 05:56:29 10/27/16 (3)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - ahendler 07:16:44 10/27/16 (2)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Jim Austin 07:25:33 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 07:34:47 10/27/16 (0)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - ahendler 19:04:28 10/26/16 (7)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 07:16:47 10/27/16 (2)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - ahendler 07:19:44 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: How do YOU feel about MQA? - Isaak J. Garvey 07:33:11 10/27/16 (0)
- Hope that's a typo - Jim Austin 05:45:48 10/27/16 (3)
- RE: Hope that's a typo - ahendler 07:18:40 10/27/16 (2)
- RE: Hope that's a typo - Jim Austin 07:24:49 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: Hope that's a typo - ahendler 21:54:35 10/28/16 (0)