23-Dec-2014, 09:47
(23-Dec-2014, 09:30)Chris Marshall Wrote: Seems like they are saying that some part of the process allows them to correct for errors in the original A-D converter.
Sounds interesting if so, there is hope for all those dodgy early digital recordings!
Not just early recordings! I have a couple of CD's that I have bought recently, new releases, that do sound very harsh. Checking on the Devialet’s input level meters, these run almost 100% in the “orange” zone. ("Slammed up against the buffers" is the mastering term, I believe)
So my view on MQA or any other format is that if it can be used as a means to get whoever it is doing the original mastering to take a bit of care, or indeed to get someone doing the mastering who actually knows what he is doing, then it can only be a good thing.