Chris used to be quite firmly in favour of MQA. He published a very long "Q&A" with Bob Stuart which consisted of nothing but the usual deflections and non-answers. However, he did pay attention to the facts Archimago, I, and others gradually uncovered. Ultimately, his enthusiasm gave way to scepticism, culminating in the publication of Archimago's article and now this presentation at RMAF. Regarding the latter, I agree he was ill prepared for what went down, and he should have seen it coming. As you said, Chris lacks the technical expertise to address the objections from the crowd head-on, which gave them the upper hand.Which is heavily promoted by Chris, right? How come he doesn't listen to experts on those topics and products vs MQA? All of a sudden he gets religion on what audio technology does versus claimed?
That is why I say he simply is not qualified to play this role.
Are you referring to the banner ads?Can we now expect Chris to investigate the other snake oil products that advertise on CA?
Could you get to the point?Were you around for the start of the CA forum, pre advertising?
It shows that the MQA people are afraid of something, but watching the whole thing is indeed a waste of time.Well... watching that video was a total waste of time.
Chris could have stood for truth, justice and the American way before but he hasn’t because of commercial reasons, that doesn’t excuse the behaviour of the MQA guys or that awful jacket.Could you get to the point?
Chris' past behaviour is irrelevant here. What he said in this presentation and the reaction he received are.Chris could have stood for truth, justice and the American way before but he hasn’t because of commercial reasons, that doesn’t excuse the behaviour of the MQA guys or that awful jacket.
Can we now expect Chris to investigate the other snake oil products that advertise on CA?
Is it, will we now see Chris publishing measurements for the various uptoneregensonores and opining of their efficacy?Chris' past behaviour is irrelevant here. What he said in this presentation and the reaction he received are.
This thread is about MQA, not Chris, CA, or USB de-evilisers. Criticise Chris all you want, but do it somewhere relevant.Is it, will we now see Chris publishing measurements for the various uptoneregensonores and opining of their efficacy?
I approve of his stance over MQA, I just don’t believe he is ready for beatification yet.
Absolutely. In fact if you were to go back in the MQA threads at CA you would find I was also one of the first that gave Chris hell about supporting MQA. It's something that I see as very anti-consumer in HiFi and more about a DRM like corporate grab over the distribution of bit perfect copies of master tapes.. I'm proud of the fact that thru the efforts of many, Chris was able to open his eyes and take a much more enlightened view of MQA.Chris used to be quite firmly in favour of MQA. He published a very long "Q&A" with Bob Stuart which consisted of nothing but the usual deflections and non-answers. However, he did pay attention to the facts Archimago, I, and others gradually uncovered. Ultimately, his enthusiasm gave way to scepticism, culminating in the publication of Archimago's article and now this presentation at RMAF. Regarding the latter, I agree he was ill prepared for what went down, and he should have seen it coming. As you said, Chris lacks the technical expertise to address the objections from the crowd head-on, which gave them the upper hand.
I understand that there's some animus between you and Chris (and between your respective fan clubs), but this is hardly the place to bring that to front. The focus here should be on the content of the presentation and MQA's reaction to it (vigorous bullying). Your personal opinion of the presenter is neither here nor there.
One small step for the manIs it, will we now see Chris publishing measurements for the various uptoneregensonores and opining of their efficacy?
I approve of his stance over MQA, I just don’t believe he is ready for beatification yet.
Keith
Yes but it does show the disgraceful lengths to which the MQA employ are willing to go in an attempt to shout down any revelations of the truth. They spent the first half insisting on know the source of the graph that AFAIK has been in the wild for quite some time and Chris states is easily repeatable.. But rather than bring a evidence of error, they just throw a bunch of mud in the air to obscur the issue.. The rest of the time is spent screaming "there is no DRM" and "I never had sex with that girl". LOLIt shows that the MQA people are afraid of something, but watching the whole thing is indeed a waste of time.