This is my take on MQA, but first a little comparison. One might expect a well known chef to put all he had into a dish to serve up to his customers. He would not omit an ingredient, or use artificial vanilla flavoring instead of the real thing. All artists and craftsmen and woman want to and do give you their best.
Now, compare and contrast to the music industry. They are known for taking extreme advantage of their so called clients (the folks who make music) and act somehow that their "plate of food" is not to be given out unless it is dumbed down, either because of existing technology or whatever reason they will not present the original recipe. Consider 331/3 LP, a compromise for a needle to the groove, consider 8 track, compact cassette, compact disc (which we know is also a compromise, we really needed 18 or 19 bits not sixteen, and MP3 etc, and now MQA.
So, along comes digital, and they find folks are wanting the Hi resolution of the original master recordings. They just don't like that idea because they are greedy, they don't want you to have the best "food dish" they can make, they want to, as usual, dumb it down, cheapen it up before it reaches your taste buds.
............. Well...............
.........................along comes a couple of folks with this MQA idea, and they say hey music industry, we can make a product that will keep you from giving out your best food dish, and we will say that due to the flavorings of our product, the customer will be so happy to have the lower quality version, and we will do our best to convince the customer, and you the music industry will do your best to convince the customer, that in time the customer will never question that he is getting artificial vanilla flavoring.
Its a SCAM, for the GREEDY music industry. If you see it any other way post why!
Now, compare and contrast to the music industry. They are known for taking extreme advantage of their so called clients (the folks who make music) and act somehow that their "plate of food" is not to be given out unless it is dumbed down, either because of existing technology or whatever reason they will not present the original recipe. Consider 331/3 LP, a compromise for a needle to the groove, consider 8 track, compact cassette, compact disc (which we know is also a compromise, we really needed 18 or 19 bits not sixteen, and MP3 etc, and now MQA.
So, along comes digital, and they find folks are wanting the Hi resolution of the original master recordings. They just don't like that idea because they are greedy, they don't want you to have the best "food dish" they can make, they want to, as usual, dumb it down, cheapen it up before it reaches your taste buds.
............. Well...............
.........................along comes a couple of folks with this MQA idea, and they say hey music industry, we can make a product that will keep you from giving out your best food dish, and we will say that due to the flavorings of our product, the customer will be so happy to have the lower quality version, and we will do our best to convince the customer, and you the music industry will do your best to convince the customer, that in time the customer will never question that he is getting artificial vanilla flavoring.
Its a SCAM, for the GREEDY music industry. If you see it any other way post why!