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In Reply to: Just a guess posted by josh358 on August 3, 2017 at 17:32:54:
Preserving it as close to the signal generator (in this case the DAC) as possible perhaps means more fidelity gets through the rest of the amplification chain? Once this fidelity is lost or filtered out by lesser stages it can't be regained, I presume.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - Isaak J. Garvey 18:14:13 07/25/17 (128)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - nvinyl66 05:07:41 08/04/17 (2)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - ahendler 11:51:29 08/04/17 (1)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - nvinyl66 18:54:40 08/04/17 (0)
- I don't think you understand - josh358 14:36:16 07/28/17 (10)
- I don't think you understand - bjh 12:37:32 07/30/17 (9)
- I thought he just called it as he saw it - josh358 17:28:19 08/01/17 (8)
- Euphony? - jusbe 15:19:45 08/03/17 (7)
- Just a guess - josh358 17:32:54 08/03/17 (6)
- I see you're a "music industry professional". What do you do? nt - Rick W 08:54:42 08/04/17 (3)
- RE: Just a guess - josh358 10:31:08 08/04/17 (2)
- Thanks for the info, I was just curious. nt - Rick W 11:17:49 08/04/17 (1)
- No problem. nt - josh358 11:40:59 08/04/17 (0)
- Perhaps the hunt for 'tone' begins early in the gain structure. - jusbe 00:44:47 08/04/17 (1)
- RE: Just a guess - josh358 08:44:34 08/04/17 (0)
- Isaak, you need a vacation.... - Rod M 17:18:19 07/26/17 (87)
- Rod, Off-topic, I can no longer edit my posts before anyone has responded. - volunteer 12:33:56 07/27/17 (4)
- RE: Rod, Off-topic, I can no longer edit my posts before anyone has responded. - Rod M 12:55:48 07/27/17 (3)
- Hmmm.....I don't get the edit or delete options that I used to see. - volunteer 13:21:21 07/27/17 (2)
- RE: Hmmm.....I don't get the edit or delete options that I used to see. - Rod M 13:40:00 07/27/17 (1)
- That was it! - volunteer 13:49:38 07/27/17 (0)
- A request - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 12:09:25 07/27/17 (1)
- "Hollywood" could stand to be spelled correctly as well. Nt - viridian 13:02:23 07/27/17 (0)
- i don't know if you have read the reveiw but - fmak 11:03:46 07/27/17 (14)
- RE:"Fremer should really stick to analog . . ." -- - goldenthal 20:17:21 07/29/17 (0)
- RE: i don't know if you have read the reveiw but - Rod M 12:25:44 07/27/17 (10)
- Finally - tomcy6 19:22:40 07/31/17 (0)
- RE: i don't know if you have read the reveiw but - BubbaMike 17:10:09 07/27/17 (3)
- RE: i don't know if you have read the reveiw but - Rod M 18:01:10 07/27/17 (0)
- fmak has been 'vacationed' in the past... - Ivan303 17:27:22 07/27/17 (1)
- RE: fmak has been 'vacationed' in the past - not long enough - AbeCollins 07:22:15 07/31/17 (0)
- Exactly... - Ivan303 13:45:53 07/27/17 (0)
- Agreed Rod, and I am one of those inmates. It is not the content of the OP.... - viridian 12:56:30 07/27/17 (3)
- +1 (nt) - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 12:25:14 07/28/17 (0)
- I think MF may have been the one doing the baiting this time - Dave_K 16:11:59 07/27/17 (0)
- Agree----NT - lancelot 13:44:47 07/27/17 (0)
- ... however, frequently expressed? - DAP 11:12:54 07/27/17 (1)
- RE: ... however, frequently expressed? However - fmak 11:23:52 07/27/17 (0)
- No, thank you...(nt) - mkuller 20:51:14 07/26/17 (64)
- So, are you thanking Rod... - Ivan303 19:53:07 07/27/17 (59)
- Note the well placed comma...(nt) - mkuller 08:15:34 07/28/17 (15)
- I did, but I still have no idea whether you are thanking Rod for putting the OP on vacation.. - Ivan303 21:10:01 07/28/17 (14)
- Without the comma - not thanking...(nt) - mkuller 17:03:11 07/29/17 (11)
- I need a vacation. This is crazy (nt) - 4everyoung 06:58:47 07/30/17 (10)
- Maybe you and Garvey can vacation together?... - musetap 17:14:51 07/30/17 (7)
- Maybe MQA is the new Intelligent Chip? - 4everyoung 22:48:34 07/30/17 (6)
- Or possibly, a bad idea whose time has come - DAP 09:46:25 07/31/17 (5)
- I believe there's precedent for this type of buyout... - Steve O 15:07:09 07/31/17 (4)
- RE: I believe there's precedent for this type of buyout... - raya 20:12:00 07/31/17 (3)
- But the question remains.... - Steve O 21:27:13 07/31/17 (2)
- How about a music label buyout? - Dave_K 13:05:28 08/03/17 (1)
- When you have so much cash you don't know what to do with it... - Steve O 14:04:04 08/03/17 (0)
- Kryptic Kuller......... - Ivan303 07:05:32 07/30/17 (1)
- Indecisive Ivan...(nt) - mkuller 11:55:57 07/30/17 (0)
- RE: I did, but I still have no idea whether you are thanking Rod for putting the OP on vacation.. - 4everyoung 03:07:45 07/29/17 (1)
- That's what I thought initially... - Ivan303 19:13:25 07/29/17 (0)
- In the context of a reply to Rod's msg it's pretty clearly "No, thank YOU "... - Steve O 20:56:59 07/27/17 (42)
- A lot of people are tired of it - Jeffrey Lee 18:56:38 07/31/17 (8)
- RE: You got that right! - Jeff Starr 12:34:30 08/01/17 (5)
- RE: You need a hug? - Eldragon 07:31:17 08/07/17 (3)
- RE: Not Me! - Jeff Starr 18:10:29 08/12/17 (0)
- So you're reduced to stalking fellow inmates on 'Critic's' now? - Ivan303 08:51:46 08/08/17 (1)
- RE: So you're reduced to stalking fellow inmates on 'Critic's' now? - Eldragon 18:28:41 08/08/17 (0)
- RE: You got that right! - ahendler 20:33:39 08/04/17 (0)
- OTOH, just a few direct complaints to the mods seems sufficient to torpedoed a thread .... - Steve O 21:34:30 07/31/17 (1)
- But personal impugnment will always torpedo a thread - DAP 14:54:28 08/01/17 (0)
- Not much of an MQA fan myself... - Ivan303 21:48:54 07/27/17 (32)
- Whither goes MQA won't depend on its technical merits - DAP 09:40:48 07/28/17 (31)
- Of course it will... - Ivan303 21:47:01 07/28/17 (30)
- And who pays any attention to what the magazine guys say anyway? - DAP 07:23:10 07/30/17 (14)
- Hmmm. Look around. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 15:11:06 07/30/17 (12)
- RE: Hmmm ... - DAP 19:32:24 07/30/17 (0)
- Huh? - Charles Hansen 19:15:40 07/30/17 (9)
- My subject statement was a response to the previous subject statement. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 20:17:31 07/30/17 (8)
- Ah, that subject statement is a quote from the message that preceded it. (NT) - DAP 20:46:19 07/30/17 (7)
- OK but..................... - Kal Rubinson 05:32:11 07/31/17 (5)
- The response was very good - DAP 08:10:51 07/31/17 (4)
- I meant for you to look around on this forum. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 09:14:10 07/31/17 (3)
- Did You Read Daniel's Post... - Charles Hansen 11:00:46 07/31/17 (2)
- RE: Did You Read Daniel's Post... - Ivan303 18:11:57 07/31/17 (1)
- Yup. - Kal Rubinson 05:42:01 08/01/17 (0)
- Exactly! /n - Ivan303 21:05:27 07/30/17 (0)
- Exactly! /n - Ivan303 18:04:09 07/30/17 (0)
- NAD vs. SCHITT... - Ivan303 07:49:55 07/30/17 (0)
- RE: Of course it will... - 4everyoung 04:24:08 07/29/17 (0)
- Do you really think that marketing hype doesn't sell products? - Charles Hansen 23:13:55 07/28/17 (13)
- So based on that, the worst thing that's likely to happen is... - Ivan303 19:37:37 07/29/17 (1)
- Not if MQA gets applied too early on in the process. - jusbe 11:07:20 08/01/17 (0)
- Or let's put it another way... - Charles Hansen 00:03:12 07/29/17 (10)
- RE: Or let's put it another way... - Ivan303 19:26:34 07/29/17 (0)
- Ok, so what's the explanation for all the coverage? - Rick W 17:13:54 07/29/17 (6)
- Ding, Ding, Ding! We have a winner! - Charles Hansen 21:45:48 07/29/17 (5)
- That puts some "members" of the reviewing community in a fairly negative place... - Steve O 20:42:34 07/30/17 (1)
- RE: That puts some "members" of the reviewing community in a fairly negative place... - Charles Hansen 11:05:29 07/31/17 (0)
- No Proper Comparisons ... ? - Doug Schneider 17:38:12 07/30/17 (0)
- "A veil was lifted." :-) nt - Rick W 22:28:46 07/29/17 (1)
- Where's Vanna White when we need her? - Charles Hansen 18:57:42 07/30/17 (0)
- Your posts on this subject have been illuminating - DAP 03:52:02 07/29/17 (1)
- RE: Your posts on this subject have been illuminating - Charles Hansen 21:56:23 07/29/17 (0)
- +1 (nt) - Charles Hansen 21:22:45 07/26/17 (3)
- +2 (nt) - kootenay 21:26:52 07/26/17 (2)
- What they said. /n - Ivan303 07:06:53 07/27/17 (1)
- The Inmate - E-Stat 10:46:21 07/27/17 (0)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - John Atkinson 15:26:44 07/26/17 (14)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - josh358 14:26:28 07/28/17 (3)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - ahendler 18:06:52 07/28/17 (2)
- "comparing before- and after-MQA encoded tracks." - DAP 19:38:40 07/26/17 (0)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - Isaak J. Garvey 15:44:31 07/26/17 (8)
- Dick, Shill, is there really any difference? - Ivan303 17:18:59 07/26/17 (5)
- It's just that [name calling] doesn't do well in forum postings n.t. - DAP 06:10:28 07/27/17 (4)
- Also, complaining about name calling doesn't do well... - Ivan303 07:50:43 07/27/17 (3)
- Can you cite an instance? Didn't think so :-) n.t. - DAP 08:18:27 07/27/17 (2)
- Not referring to 'you' you... - Ivan303 08:56:26 07/27/17 (1)
- Fair enough, no disagreement from 'me' me n.t. - DAP 09:09:13 07/27/17 (0)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - faskenite 16:35:24 07/26/17 (1)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - Isaak J. Garvey 16:36:11 07/26/17 (0)
- So are you saying that you don't care for MQA? You should start a thread about that. nt - viridian 10:33:15 07/26/17 (2)
- It's a comment on a review. - DAP 11:54:49 07/26/17 (1)
- RE: It's a comment on a review. - Isaak J. Garvey 13:37:42 07/26/17 (0)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - pytaniedodcf@gmail.com 07:23:51 07/26/17 (1)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - Isaak J. Garvey 07:36:08 07/26/17 (0)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - faskenite 18:53:03 07/25/17 (3)
- But are the critics worthy of their forum? - DAP 19:43:04 07/25/17 (1)
- RE: But are the critics worthy of their forum? - Isaak J. Garvey 19:46:46 07/25/17 (0)
- RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill - Isaak J. Garvey 18:56:44 07/25/17 (0)
- "MQA has been convincingly demonstrated at Consumer Electronics Shows.." - DAP 18:33:44 07/25/17 (1)
- RE: "MQA has been convincingly demonstrated at Consumer Electronics Shows.." - Isaak J. Garvey 18:55:21 07/25/17 (0)
Follow Ups
- Perhaps the hunt for 'tone' begins early in the gain structure. - jusbe 00:44:47 08/04/17 (1)
- RE: Just a guess - josh358 08:44:34 08/04/17 (0)