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

Posted by John Atkinson on October 28, 2016 at 07:45:40:
>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?

I discussed this possibility with Bob Stuart at the recent RMAF. Whether
any additional resolution could be packed into the LSBs of the 16-bit CD
container would depend on the level of the recording's analog noisefloor.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile