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Yup, tho I usually have to pay $5 or more for them.

 

I'd be glad to download good HiRes of things I really like (say Coltrane) and that would benefit from that tmt.  But, some of my interests aren't available on CD or HiRes or any digital AFAIK* and others may not need HiRes (Bessie Smith).

 

* e.g. Willis Alan Ramsey  

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12 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

 

 

I use computer audio - not clear what you mean by a "stand"

 

Okay let me clarify it for you.

 

Stand - to have a particular opinion about something. To say that “it’s CD or nothing” is a clear stand in my book.

 

CD is a digital optical disc data storage format that was developed by Philips and Sony. So you play only compact discs and from a computer and then send it to your Blu ray player?

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2 hours ago, Summit said:

 

CD, SACD and Blu-ray players are not computer audio. I believe that then you buy a CD, SACD or Blu-ray and rip them to a computer that’s computer audio, but it’s not digital optical disc or nothing anymore, if you play from a hard drive in a computer or computer based server.  

 

https://www.dagogo.com/an-interview-with-chris-connaker-of-computeraudiophile-com/

 

I thought that is what they said they were doing - buying discs and ripping them.  Anyway isn't audio in general OK to discuss here?

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16 hours ago, Summit said:

 

CD, SACD and Blu-ray players are not computer audio. I believe that then you buy a CD, SACD or Blu-ray and rip them to a computer that’s computer audio, but it’s not digital optical disc or nothing anymore, if you play from a hard drive in a computer or computer based server.  

 

https://www.dagogo.com/an-interview-with-chris-connaker-of-computeraudiophile-com/

 

It's all computer audio unless your spinning vinyl. CD's use a DAC to extract the sound from the digital stream and a DAC is a mini computer.

Don't know about all this talk of "It's XXXX or nothing", why?  I'll take my music any way I can get it from AM radio to 24/192 24 channel surround in ATMOS or Auro 3D. Gave up my vinyl for the convenience rips but miss spinning a 78 now and then.

"The gullibility of audiophiles is what astonishes me the most, even after all these years. How is it possible, how did it ever happen, that they trust fairy-tale purveyors and mystic gurus more than reliable sources of scientific information?"

Peter Aczel - The Audio Critic

nomqa.webp.aa713f2bb9e304522011cdb2d2ca907d.webp  R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press.

 

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6 hours ago, Sal1950 said:

It's all computer audio unless your spinning vinyl. CD's use a DAC to extract the sound from the digital stream and a DAC is a mini computer.

 

Yes, obviously, but that misses the whole point.

 

The point is that when we were all playing spinning metal/plastic discs there was no site devoted to "computer audio" and the concept wasn't even a term. The idea of "computer audio" came about when people started to give up disc playing and use computing devices for playback of digital files, not discs. 

In terms of use and setup there is certainly a difference between the two. For most people, using a CD player was exactly like using any other analog audio component: plug it into the analog RCA inputs on your amp/receiver and press play. No knowledge involved. 

 

Computer audio changed that parameter and required some setup knowledge (even something as trivial as how to rip a disc and tag it, which was/is beyond what many people know). Only recently has CA gotten to the point where it is near plug and play for most users, and that exists only if you spend a little money on HW that isn't the most basic. 

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14 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

yes, and of course

 

stumpit is just being difficult for some reason - and hasn't read the posts above his either

 

I have read your posts and they contradict each other. If you can’t see that I can’t help you.

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5 hours ago, Teresa said:

 

I agree with you.

 

Just to clarify, I listen to both physical discs and music files from my computer's hard drive. It's just after losing lots of money purchasing and deleting high resolution downloads I either didn't like or quite liking at a 100% loss, I quit buying downloads and only purchase physical formats, mostly SACD. With SACD I can sell it or trade it in if I no longer want it, plus in most cases SACDs are less expensive than high resolution downloads.

 

Also just because I quit buying high-resolution downloads does not mean I quit playing the ones I love. I see no problem with playing SACD and Blu-ray discs and listening to music from my computer, I have many inputs on my preamp. While Ralf11 does play the rips of his CDs, I currently play my actual SACDs.

 

So when I said "In my case it's SACD and Blu-ray or nothing" I mean current and future purchases. According to my database I currently have 38 hours 4 minutes of DSD and 24-bit PCM downloads, and 200 hours 38 minutes of audio-only physical formats, mostly SACD. IMHO it's OK to like both. Hope this clarify things.

 

No problem Theresa I got it. Like you I just wanted to clarify what I meant, but maybe not in a way that make sense to others ?, it seems. I also buy most of my records on discs because they often cost less and for backup. To buy used or stream is the best and is something I think we all should do more. Hopefully theories from Circular economy get in to practice soon.

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if you ask an engineer which products have computers in them, you will get a list that includes cars, CD players, clocks and fridges

 

"If you can't see that I can't help you"

 

and BTW, I use a computer to play back and store ripped CD's - SACDs are not yet on there

 

but back to MQA...

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On 6/30/2018 at 3:33 PM, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

Now back to MQA. 

Come on Chris,

Must we?

"The gullibility of audiophiles is what astonishes me the most, even after all these years. How is it possible, how did it ever happen, that they trust fairy-tale purveyors and mystic gurus more than reliable sources of scientific information?"

Peter Aczel - The Audio Critic

nomqa.webp.aa713f2bb9e304522011cdb2d2ca907d.webp  R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press.

 

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On 6/26/2018 at 2:30 AM, Rt66indierock said:

You will see efforts toward getting young people involved when MQA Ltd is liquidated. They are in the planning stages and have been for about a year. 

 

When you say 'young people' I assume you mean working young adults - because school kids will never pay for music or they'll be part of a family plan like Apple, Spotify etc have offered for a while now.

 

So, are people here not aware that young people have been well and truely involved already? Is the growth of 10's of millions these last years just old people?

 

What 'planning stages' is anyone waiting for exactly? The streaming numbers continue to climb up... young people aren't waiting for planning stages to kick in. They are well and truely in it.

 

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Some (older?) people here seem to think streaming is the future. It looks like they've missed what's been happening these last few years.

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22 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

What you didn’t see this?

 

 

 


He claims MQA files are prepped to remove time smearing, and even without a decoder you will benefit from the correction:

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Does he has actual evidence that this is the case?

He also claims DAC specific tuning, but so far @mansrhas proven this is not the case.

 

 

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23 hours ago, HalSF said:

The problem is, there’s no MQA news to talk about, protest, extoll, get exercised about, or vilify. 

I'm not so sure about that. But in any case the topic can't be allowed to go silent, the googling public must have a place to read that all is not roses with MQA. It is a reinvented DRM plan to eventually lock down the distribution of all lossless music files, whether redbook or high rez, and replace it with some facsimile of a lossy system. The system will make money for everyone and thrill the labels by taking back full control of lossless music access.

Only the consumer is the one getting screwed.  ?

"The gullibility of audiophiles is what astonishes me the most, even after all these years. How is it possible, how did it ever happen, that they trust fairy-tale purveyors and mystic gurus more than reliable sources of scientific information?"

Peter Aczel - The Audio Critic

nomqa.webp.aa713f2bb9e304522011cdb2d2ca907d.webp  R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press.

 

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8 minutes ago, Sal1950 said:

The system will make money for everyone

 

If it makes money for everyone like it has been, we won't have anything to worry about.

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It is all  BS.  From what have been discussed so far, there is nothing technically proves MQA will improve the sound.  If one still believes the magic in it, I suggest to propose to BS to licensed MQA stickers to the MQA believers to stick it to their equipment and their equipment will unfold what is not in the files, CD and the more you pay, the stronger magic it has in the sticker.?

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