jon2020
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| 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" ... | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? aniwolfe,I don't intend to given ozzy's experience. :) | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! No! I should point out that your title and guidance for answering are in disagreement. The title of the post asks if MQA is a “Foolish Algorithm”, in that case “Yes” would indicate MQA is a bad (foolish) thing. In the body of the post it says v... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! ......MQA has caused a better listening experience for many people who like the convience of easy streaming of high quality music. Nobody is forcing MQA on the audio world. If one likes it, great. If you don’t there are many, many ways to enjoy au... | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? aniwolfe, In any transport/dac combo, beyond a certain threshold of quality, the SM may not improve SQ significantly when inserted between the combo. This can be easily verified with listening comparisons for any given combo. | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? While the Lyngdorf 2170 is good in its category of products, it may not be considered to be a true separate dac in the strictest sense of the word. Given the topology of the 2170, it is to be expected that the SM would significantly improve its SQ... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Bumping this post from another thread before more votes come in. Editor’s notes say a lot :-johndoe21ro38 posts03-04-2018 10:01pmOn CA:MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautionshttps://www.computeraudiophile.com/ca/reviews/mqa-a-review... |