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Which is the reason MQA only works for files and not CD-type discs

It would have been nice were MQA backward-compatible with CD transports, but...

That is not the case.

That said, I have wondered whether one could...

1) Take an early digital recording such as Glenn Gould's early-1980s Goldberg Variations remake

2) Process it with the front end of the MQA system, that is, correct the file's digital timing errors

3) Sample Rate Convert the corrected file and press a CD from that?

Obviously, the question is "Why?"

The answer is, "Perhaps there are a few recordings where there is pent-up demand for the best possible physical medium version that is not an LP or an SACD."

Demand, but not among audiophiles or computer geeks.

On the other hand, I could pick out a Desert Island recordings list that did not have one recording that was originally digital: Court and Spark, Sleeping Gypsy, Aja, Avalon, Famous Blue Raincoat, etc.

ATB,

John


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