jon2020
Responses from jon2020
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Thanks, keithtexas, for letting us know that the dac was an Ayre. As the Ayre is a non-MQA dac, it is unlikely that they could demo mqa with it. It is probably some other MQA-capable dac on demo. No worries. At an audio show, many of us including ... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Uberwaltz,Not the least bit angry. More like people are just not listening to what I have said many, many times - please continue to enjoy whatever format you enjoy. No-one can deny anyone that prerogative(using this word for the umpteenth time).H... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Summary so far (after listening to everything with my own ears) :-1. Foolish new algorithm? - I vote Yes2. MQA for better sound? - I vote No3. MQA for music industry to milk more money? - I vote Yes4. MQA enjoyable? - Many vote Yes as indeed it is... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! "Only heard MQA/non MQA a/b demoed one time. Constellation electronics driving Magico speakers. To my ears, there was a slight preference for the MQA. JMO"No public demo has been done comparing an MQA track played through an MQA dac with a non-MQ... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! +1, ptss. Once deception is detected, why bother anymore?Conversely, if one is true in the heart, why bother to deceive? 2 big deceptions exposed :-1. At Stereophile by JA2.https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/38608-truncating-mqa-files... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! If I understand it correctly, MQA is higher bit rate than 16/44. | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Summary so far (after listening to everything with my own ears) :-1. Foolish new algorithm? - I vote Yes2. MQA for better sound? - I vote No3. MQA for music industry to milk more money? - I vote Yes4. MQA enjoyable? - Many vote Yes as indeed it is... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! MQA is a blessing to those of us that are heavy Tidal users and value best possible sound quality. This is widely accepted now where streaming is concerned. :) | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! So far I have found MQA played via Tidal through my Vault 2 "sounds" more refined and solid than non mqa version. It doesn't really matter when you have an MQA dac as you can't really compare unless you have another non-MQA dac side by side. An... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! "I can clearly discern the audible differences between MQA coded file at 96kHz and it’s 44.1kHz counterpart file by enabling and disabling MQA Core decoder. "@lalitk,So you are comparing MQA 96 to non-MQA 44.1? A more valid comparison would be bet... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! MQA recommends "Upsample Always" for non-MQA files.....Wow!https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/30381-mqa-is-vaporware/?page=279&tab=comments#co... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! "I can clearly discern the audible differences between MQA coded file at 96kHz and it’s 44.1kHz counterpart file by enabling and disabling MQA Core decoder. "@lalitk,So you are comparing MQA 96 to non-MQA 44.1? A more valid comparison would be bet... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! "In the $5.5K Aurender A10, MQA did switched off, but part of the MQA’s filtering remained active in the Stereophile tests when measuring/playing non MQA files, and no different firmwares fixed the problem. The filters that remained hobbled the no... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! @lalitk Aurender owners have an option to enable/disabled MQA Core Decoder within the Conductor app. From what I heard so far, the decoder is staying enabled.Does this mean it cannot be disabled? | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Before anyone downloads the Aurender MQA software, you may like to consider whether you can switch in and out of the decoder at will to allow for comparison. At the moment, I don’t yet see that option. I can’tell be sure if "Enable MQA unfolding" ... |