I tend to agree re: MQA being solution to a problem that doesn't really exist (any longer). If this new venture is built around MQA I think it may fail, dismally. If MQA is their only USP......well we've been here before; I'm not sure what the logic is, unless they're going to offer something significantly different to the current major streaming marker leaders. Catalogue-wise, all bases are already covered. (I don't listen to much Classical, but I'm aware that there are specialist streaming services already)
MQA....again.
Just received the below article in my Google links:
My
initial gut reaction was something along the lines of "oh for crying out loud, leave it alone, this isn’t needed". They state their mission is to rival Qobuz and Tidal.
I’m not sure there’s enough room in the marketplace, what with Qobuz, Tidal (post-MQA), Spotify, Amazon etc; but who knows. That's without even getting into the whole MQA debacle
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@wolf_garcia 😂 no, definitely don’t want your head to explode. Plus, think of the mess someone would have to clean-up |
@mahler123 it's difficult not to be cynical about all of this, for the reasons you've alluded to. It seemed to me a cynical attempt, as you say, to "headlock" hardware manufacturers by puffing up the need/creating a market for a product that was not really solving a problem they claimed, as it didn't exist. Whether MQA sounded better or not is neither here nor there Another issue I found difficult to swallow the first time around was the claim that MQA files were lifted from original masters, which I found difficult to comprehend/believe (Neil Young certainly wasn't buying it). |
Personally, not a lot. Cassettes probably hold a place of nostalgia for a lot of folks, me included, and bringing them back probably won't involve one company attempting to create an unnecessary, proprietary tech/means of playing them, and licensing that proprietary tech to any manufacturer who wishes to produce cassette players. I used to love my Nakamichi player back in the 90's; would I revisit cassettes now? Probably not. Not because I don't think they're a viable way of listening anymore; id just rather spend any spare money on my existing system. I've gone all in on streaming, and my system continues to evolve, plus I'm late 50's now and lazy. The convenience of streaming suits me down to the ground 😄 |