I read a recent Alon Wolf (Magico) interview where he says they use Redbook standard digital to test his speakers, so there's that. Great recordings in any format can, and do, sound great...I've hear MQA playback and like I said, it's good if it's good, but well recorded CDs will sound great on a well sorted rig...I can hear every detail in great recordings on Redbook CDs using a great DAC, noise eliminating power supplies, and clean ears.
You didn't hear it here.
Dr.Aix strikes again.
"Additionally, the guru behind MQA — Robert Stuart — wrote in another AES paper, “... there exist audible signals that cannot be encoded transparently by a standard CD; and second, an audio chain used for such experiments must be capable of high-fidelity reproduction.” His position is untenable if the results of my survey are true. If real world audiophiles cannot hear a difference then there is no audible difference."
"Additionally, the guru behind MQA — Robert Stuart — wrote in another AES paper, “... there exist audible signals that cannot be encoded transparently by a standard CD; and second, an audio chain used for such experiments must be capable of high-fidelity reproduction.” His position is untenable if the results of my survey are true. If real world audiophiles cannot hear a difference then there is no audible difference."