16-Jan-2017, 12:10
(This post was last modified: 16-Jan-2017, 12:10 by Hifi_swlon.)
I (and I'm sure many others) agree with you Pim - the thing is, some quite bold claims are being made about this format and - depending on who you believe - may or may not be true. It seems at least there's a lot of confusion/truth stretching perhaps. Already 'Master' authenticated files have been shown to be up-sampled redbook.
I guess its two-prong. One is listening to the fully decoded files (and not many people are in a position to do that) and see if they sound better, but also to ascertain if its delivering what it says it is - after all they are downloads predominantly now but may conceivably start being sold in place of other high-res formats in the future if it takes off. I'm glad there are people looking into it TBH - the music industry isn't exactly that trustworthy.
There are a few people on Roon's forums in the multitude of MQA topics there saying that MQA sounds great. But also a lot of loyal Roon users have an affinity with Meridian from the Sooloos days, so not 100% unbiased I'd say.
I guess its two-prong. One is listening to the fully decoded files (and not many people are in a position to do that) and see if they sound better, but also to ascertain if its delivering what it says it is - after all they are downloads predominantly now but may conceivably start being sold in place of other high-res formats in the future if it takes off. I'm glad there are people looking into it TBH - the music industry isn't exactly that trustworthy.
There are a few people on Roon's forums in the multitude of MQA topics there saying that MQA sounds great. But also a lot of loyal Roon users have an affinity with Meridian from the Sooloos days, so not 100% unbiased I'd say.
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