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RE: "MQA is presented as an improvement in sound quality"

>If you have up to 700,000 unique visitors a month you should tell the folks
>in El Segundo. That is a one third increase over the number they use in
>Stereophile's media kit.

There is a strong seasonal variation. The actual number for Stereophile's
4 sites in February 2017 was 836,952 unique visitors. In July, it was 679,390
unique visitors.

>As for the getting 3.5 to 4 million views per month, that is a lot higher
>than the Similar Web number of 1.28 million last month.

Similar Web is incorrect. The actual numbers were 3,710,762 page views in
February 2017 and 3,048,664 for July 2017.

>As for level-matching in your evaluations you seem to be digging your
>heels in about it...

No, I am simply telling you the truth. And you can look at the spectra on
MQA and PCM files that I published on our website.

>I would like copies of your hi-res and MQA files of the Portland State
>Chamber Choir.

That will not be possible. But HDTracks has the 24/88.2k files available
for the new album from the choir that I co-engineered and mastered for
Naxos.

>I looked at one of your recordings of the Portland State Chamber Choir on
>Amazon last night. The reviews where mostly from MP3 purchasers and were
>very positive.

The Naxos album is No.1 on the BillBoard Traditional Classical chart for
September 2.

>You seem to make excellent MP3 recordings keep up the good work.

Thank you. But I didn't master the MP3 files, just the CD and hi-rez files.
The MP3 and AAC versions were prepared from my 24/44.1k files that had then
been "mastered for iTunes" by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Studio in Brooklyn.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile

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