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Lenbrooke acquires MQA

Steve H said:
They may not have the right to use MQA now that Lenbrook has purchased the IP.
I was told that Bob Stuart doesn’t listen and will never give up early in the MQA fight.
In any case the renamed company will have to get into compliance and emerge out of administration to exist as a company.
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If the IP was sold, there's nothing a single person-employee can do. When you work for any tech company, you give your rights to patents and inventions away. The company may have a policy to compensate you for whatever they do with your patents, and sometimes it is generous, but they can also sell it and there is zero you can do about it.
 
pablolie said:
If the IP was sold, there's nothing a single person-employee can do. When you work for any tech company, you give your rights to patents and inventions away. The company may have a policy to compensate you for whatever they do with your patents, and sometimes it is generous, but they can also sell it and there is zero you can do about it.
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Easy enough for Lenbrook to do a consulting agreement for both Bob Stuart and Mike Jabra.
 
mqa still won’t die ??
 
pjug said:
Well it sounds like none of these three technologies will have to do with .mqa files, so at least there's that.
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You don't think 2 and 3 don't sound suspiciously like old mqa?.
 
Jimbob54 said:
You don't think 2 and 3 don't sound suspiciously like old mqa?.
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I could be wrong but it didn't sound like they'd be compatible with the older mqa DAC's and that unfolding process ?
It will take some convincing for even the high end cult to buy into all new playback gear again?
IMHO, as far as the home audio consumer, you can stick a fork in the MQA brand, they're done.
 
The part of MQA that was intriguing to me was the folding business, using empty spaces in the file to store parts of the signal. Wondering if this is what new business is about as in BT file size is important. Just speculating.
 
Jimbob54 said:
You don't think 2 and 3 don't sound suspiciously like old mqa?.
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Yes I think so to some extent. And I don't know this but I am guessing they will do away with the folding aspect (except for as needed in Qrono to unfold .mqa files which they will probably want to continue supporting).
 
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And now a streaming service. They must like the idea of losing money.
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2023 was a tumultuous year for MQA. The British company went into administration in March and then nine months later - was acquired by Canada's Lenbrook International. During that time, Tidal began shifting its hi-res audio catalogue from MQA to FLAC to leave me to propose "My crazy theory about...
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Can someone summarize why some people - even some audiophiles - feel/hear MQA to be better, more enjoyable?

OT: I was never inclined to even A/B it (=virgin ears).
 
pseudoid said:
Can someone summarize why some people - even some audiophiles - feel/hear MQA to be better, more enjoyable?

OT: I was never inclined to even A/B it (=virgin ears).
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Bias. Etc.
 
At least one of the new technologies is already implemented in the new Nodes:
MQA Labs' groundbreaking QRONO d2a technology further refines DAC performance by correcting timing errors during digital-to-analogue conversion, ensuring the timing response aligns perfectly with the original recording for an authentic listening experience.

And all BluOS devices have probably received new MQA libraries in the last month:

BluOS 4.6.3
Released September 17, 2024
• New MQA Libraries
• New chassis firmware for the NAD C 399, C 389, C 379 and C 3050
• Initial support for the Bluesound NODE (gen 5) and NAD C700 V2

Note: The NAD M66 firmware update will be included in the next firmware release.
 
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Isn't the timing quality (error) directly tied to the quality of the hardware clock inside the D/A converter?
How would software/firmware correct timing errors inside the D/A converter? Some sort of feedback loop?
 
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