MQA Update - From Soundstage Magazine

James Tanner · « **on:** 27 Sep 2018, 01:18 pm »

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/54247-mqa-only-lost-71-million-pounds-in-2017/

TJ-Sully · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 Sep 2018, 09:15 pm »

Interesting....

JA from Stereophile sure got thrown under the bus in one of the exchanges....."You will be called out on all half truths and distortions you spread" yikes!

TJ

CanadianMaestro · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 Sep 2018, 10:58 pm »

He deserves it.

Next.

TJ-Sully · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 Sep 2018, 01:39 am »

Not so fast. JA has objectively reported on hundreds of pieces of gear - and is an incredibly knowledgable audiophile. Nothing wrong with reporting on observations.
As I recall Maestro, you don't even stream music - seems a bit odd to have such strong negative opinions on the matter. Lighten up man.

CanadianMaestro · « **Reply #4 on:** 28 Sep 2018, 12:16 pm »

LOL, I'm lightened -- nothing in my previous post that's not "lighten".

Yeah, all that good "service" in reasonably well written reviews, then he sells out to Meridian by promoting MQA as a revolutionary medium. As a responsible writer, he should've expressed cautious optimism rather than rabid fanboy enthusiasm. Observations don't justify that kind of journalism.

cheers

CanadianMaestro · « **Reply #5 on:** 28 Sep 2018, 12:17 pm »

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schmidtmike76 · « **Reply #6 on:** 29 Sep 2018, 10:52 pm »

I downloaded a Metallica concert I was recently at in Saskatoon in MQA and love the sound. I only wished all of my music sounded that good

RandyH · « **Reply #7 on:** 30 Sep 2018, 02:19 am »

Quote from: schmidtmike76 on 29 Sep 2018, 10:52 pm

I downloaded a Metallica concert I was recently at in Saskatoon in MQA and love the sound. I only wished all of my music sounded that good

No fair introducing sound quality into the MQA debate

Anonamemouse · « **Reply #8 on:** 30 Sep 2018, 08:33 am »

Quote from: schmidtmike76 on 29 Sep 2018, 10:52 pm

I downloaded a Metallica concert I was recently at in Saskatoon in MQA and love the sound. I only wished all of my music sounded that good

Metallica sounding good? That hasn't happened since MoP.

Did they also have a "regular" high res version? Did you compare the mqa version with that?

schmidtmike76 · « **Reply #9 on:** 30 Sep 2018, 12:40 pm »

Quote from: Anonamemouse on 30 Sep 2018, 08:33 am

Metallica sounding good? That hasn't happened since MoP.
Did they also have a "regular" high res version? Did you compare the mqa version with that?

no only compared to the mp3 version. I have compared other live recordings to this and I’m pretty happy with my first MQA purchase

gbaby · « **Reply #10 on:** 1 Oct 2018, 02:35 am »

Quote from: schmidtmike76 on 30 Sep 2018, 12:40 pm

no only compared to the mp3 version. I have compared other live recordings to this and I’m pretty happy with my first MQA purchase

Please.

gbaby · « **Reply #11 on:** 1 Oct 2018, 02:36 am »

Quote from: CanadianMaestro on 28 Sep 2018, 12:16 pm

LOL, I'm lightened -- nothing in my previous post that's not "lighten".

Yeah, all that good "service" in reasonably well written reviews, then he sells out to Meridian by promoting MQA as a revolutionary medium. As a responsible writer, he should've expressed cautious optimism rather than rabid fanboy enthusiasm. Observations don't justify that kind of journalism.

cheers

I agree.

schmidtmike76 · « **Reply #12 on:** 2 Oct 2018, 08:03 pm »

Quote from: gbaby on 1 Oct 2018, 02:35 am

Please.

please what?

gbaby · « **Reply #13 on:** 3 Oct 2018, 12:30 am »

Quote from: schmidtmike76 on 2 Oct 2018, 08:03 pm

please what?

I could not believe you would even mention mp3 for comparison.

witchdoctor · « **Reply #14 on:** 3 Oct 2018, 02:55 pm »

Quote from: schmidtmike76 on 29 Sep 2018, 10:52 pm

I downloaded a Metallica concert I was recently at in Saskatoon in MQA and love the sound. I only wished all of my music sounded that good

I need to get that concert, thanks for posting. There is a ton of MQA content on Tidal and more new stuff is being released all the time.

James Tanner · « **Reply #15 on:** 8 Oct 2018, 08:00 am »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSv0lcHlawk

bacobits1 · « **Reply #16 on:** 8 Oct 2018, 12:15 pm »

Poor, totally worthless, no sound on the rebuttal comments which were BS plants by MQA anyway. WTF!

kbuzz3 · « **Reply #17 on:** 9 Oct 2018, 06:50 pm »

Quote from: witchdoctor on 3 Oct 2018, 02:55 pm

I need to get that concert, thanks for posting. There is a ton of MQA content on Tidal and more new stuff is being released all the time.

Hey witchdoctor can you pm me re an old post you made regarding the efficacy of using mapleshade footers with your tbi sub. Thanks

skunark · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 Oct 2018, 12:47 am »

Quote from: James Tanner on 8 Oct 2018, 08:00 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSv0lcHlawk

Seems like MQA is in a downward spiral.

Anonamemouse · « **Reply #19 on:** 10 Oct 2018, 07:55 am »

I finally had the time to watch the presentation, or better, the remains of it because of the bullying by the mqa people. They leave no question on how they forced themselves to the point where they are now.
Just watching this should be a massive turn off for anyone even remotely interested in the process.
Well, except for the few that try the same thing here...